{"id":32226,"date":"2021-02-25T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=32226"},"modified":"2021-02-25T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:46:42","slug":"depressed-football-fan-praises-amazing-reaction-after-hundreds-send-messages-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/depressed-football-fan-praises-amazing-reaction-after-hundreds-send-messages-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Depressed football fan praises &#8220;amazing&#8221; reaction after hundreds send messages of support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A football fan has praised the \u201camazing\u201d reaction after hundreds of people sent messages of support to help him cope with his depression.<\/p>\n<p>Sid, a Sheffield Wednesday fan, posted on Twitter that his head \u201cwasn\u2019t right\u201d and he was feeling in a \u201clow mood\u201d before the messages flooded in.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the people who spoke to Sid were Wednesday club legend Lee Bullen, ex-Premier League goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, and former England World Cup player Chris Waddle.<\/p>\n<p>Sid said: \u201cEvery single one of you, I would like to say thank you for everything. You\u2019ve been amazing. It will be hard and it will take time, but I am going to get there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was overwhelmed with all the responses. My spirits are really high at the moment. With all the people talking to me I feel good. I want to keep up the positive vibes and help people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank u to my family.sorry for the state im in.just wanted to say thank u so so <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gmWrV15w5F\">https:\/\/t.co\/gmWrV15w5F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@swfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GbDKvWMqhX\">https:\/\/t.co\/GbDKvWMqhX<\/a> u all <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AFcIc8QwZB\">pic.twitter.com\/AFcIc8QwZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sid The Greek Swfc (@SwfcSid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwfcSid\/status\/1363880868327157768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield football rivalries were put to one side and fans from both halves of the city shared love and advice.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the messages, one fan said: \u201cThis is what it\u2019s all about. Lifting people when they\u2019re down, giving them a reason to smile, giving them hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never going to be easy, but it\u2019s always going to be worth it. We all rallied round to support Sid and will do so again for anyone who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cI\u2019m so happy you spoke up and didn\u2019t sit there in silence mate. The Wednesday family stepped up, embraced you, and reminded you that we\u2019re here for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around one in six people in England report experiencing a common mental health problem such as depression or anxiety in any given week, according to statistics from mental health charity Mind.<\/p>\n<p>They also found that men are three times more likely to take their own lives than women.<\/p>\n<p>Over 36,000 people viewed Sid\u2019s video expressing his gratitude, with the official football club\u2019s Twitter account crediting: \u201cThe Wednesday family looking out for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User:Kivo\">Kivo<\/a>, labelled for reuse under this <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A football fan has praised the hundreds of people who sent messages to support his depression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":32242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Depressed football fan praises &quot;amazing&quot; 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