Benjamin Pavard from FC Bayern gave an insight into a difficult phase and talks regarding mental problems during the corona pandemic.
Benjamin Pavard revealed in an interview that he suffered from depression during the height of the corona pandemic.
“It wasn’t right in my head. First you tell yourself that it’s nothing, that it will pass, but when you see that it’s going to last, that you go to training and don’t have a smile on your face, then you have to react,” said the FC Bayern defender in an interview With The Parisian.
“Few know what I’ve been through,” Pavard said last December The team said, but did not go into detail.
Pavard lacks contacts
Now he spoke for the first time in detail regarding the difficult phase he experienced. Isolation and loneliness during the Covid-19 restrictions had a negative impact on Pavard’s psyche.
“I’m a person like everyone else, and although I have a super nice house with a gym, I needed contact with others,” Pavard looked back.
Pavard hides problems
“I got up, I had no appetite. I tried to keep myself busy, to cook, to watch series. I don’t really like the word depressed, but it was the case,” the 26-year-old continued.
At that time he pretended to be different and hid his problems. In the end, however, he pulled himself out of the swamp: “Like many football players, I was on my own and had to surround myself well to get back on top.”
He’s doing much better today: “I emerged from it as a better person. It changed me.”
Top performers in the season so far
In terms of sport, things are going well once more for Pavard this season. After he was considered a candidate for sale in the summer and had offers from other clubs, he has so far impressed as a right-back with strong performances.
He had to be substituted following a collision in the Champions League game once morest Barcelona, but returned to training a few days later.
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