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Michael Phelps keeps fighting every day depression, a disease that has struck a chord with both him and his own family; even the top Olympic medalist, has thought about taking his life; When confronted with this, his wife broke the silence and shared how difficult it was to deal with this situation.
After Vanessa lost Kobe, all I could do was look at Michael and say, ‘Can we help you? Why If I lose you, I don’t know what I’m going to do.
“I’ve had some scary ups and downs. This disease never goes away. The story has always been the same: “Michael Phelps has had depression, he overcame it after treatment, he collected a fan of Olympic gold in Rio and now everything will be perfect.” I wish it were true. That belief has fallen into ignorance ”, he explains Nicole Phelps, in an interview with the newspaper ‘Today’.
And is that Phelps fell into a deep depression after announcing his retirement from the 2016 Rio Olympics; It is even said that the cause of the disease was the constant pressure he had in his work.
“There was a part of me that didn’t want to liveSaid the 23-time Olympic champion at the time.
Nicole Phelps She says she has sometimes served as a psychologist for her partner, all to overcome the depression he is suffering.
‘I always thought I could cure him, be his therapist, whatever he needed. But What I’ve learned is that you can’t take responsibility for how it feelsno matter how much you love him, ”he says.