Opening day of the 2017/18 season is away at Stevenage, part of the attraction of football is away days with your mates. The journey together with constant laughter at each other’s expense (in good nature) and the travelling into rival territories to support your club while outnumbered by home support so everything you do is […]
If you have been to see your GP about your mental health, I would imagine you were offered some sort of SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) if manifesting symptoms of anxiety or depression. Chances are you weren’t offered any form of counselling. One GP actually laughed when I suggested this, and he wished me “good […]
Saturday 29th July 2017 is a date I will never forget; not because it was my son’s 6th birthday but because it was the day I ruined his birthday weekend. It was a lovely weekend in Devon, we had taken him to a caravan park for the weekend as he loved to do and I […]
There is a strong discourse about mental health in sport and particularly in professional football at this time of national crisis but for it to truly be discussed openly it needs to start at the top of each football club. If chairs and directors are not creating a safe, confidential environment to allow conversation […]
We are live people, we are live. This is not a drill! Finally, after months of being on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and years of being in the process, this is My Discombobulated Brain’s official website. There are so many people I would like to thank but I will get onto that at a later date. This […]