The defender of Bayern Munich and the French national team, Benjamin Pavard, talked about depression during the lockdown, which was introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Benjamin Pawar, Getty Images“Very few people know what I've been through. Everything was wrong in my head. At first you tell yourself that it will pass, but when you see that nothing changes and you go to training without any desire, then you understand that you need to react. I'm the same person as everyone else. Although I have a nice house with a gym, I need to connect with other people.
I got up in the morning and I had no appetite. I tried to occupy myself with something, cooked, watched TV series. I don't like the word depression, but that's exactly what I felt. I covered it up, tried not to show it to others, but now I feel much better. I got out of the situation and it changed me. I was alone, like many other footballers, and I needed to surround myself with the right people to keep my head up," Le Parisien quoted Pawar as saying.
