Two Years Today Since Gary Speed Passed Away

Only seems like yesterday. More still needs to be done to help with depression in sport. Drummed home more this week with Trott coming home from Australia.

 

Well said. RIP Speedo.

 

Agree but put a full stop after "depression".

 

Well said.

 

While I echo your sentiments, and those of Stahlrost, I've seen no definitive conformation that Gary Speed was depressed. People have assumed that because he committed suicide he must have been depressed, but he never told any of his friends or any of his family or any health care professionals or anyone at all that he was suffering from depression. Of course, that doesn't mean he wasn't, many people keep mental illness hidden, but committing suicide doesn't mean he was.

A large percentage of people who commit suicide do have mental health issues, but not all, not by a long way. The list for reasons for suicide is as long as you arm and then some, written in a tiny font. Depression may well be at the top of that list, but it's not the only possibility up there.

It's become a fact that Gary Speed was depressed, he may well have been, it certainly makes it easier for us all to explain the tragedy and come to terms with it, but we really don't know.