Ritcharlison burst into tears: “I won’t talk about suicide but I was depressed and wanted to give up”

In a terrible confession at ESPN, Tottenham spoke of the depression he went through after Qatar’s World Cup and stressed that his therapy saved his life. Being one of Brazil’s protagonists in the 2022 World Cup, Ritcharlison felt he reached the top and then wanted to retire from football even though he is only 26 years old. He thus fell into depression and needed the help of a psychologist to recover, as he said with tears in his eyes, during his ESPN interview. Ritcharlison’s statements “Before I even went to practice, I wanted to go home, I wanted to go back to my room. I don’t know why, what was going through my mind. I even went and told my dad I’d quit. Going to my father, who was the guy who chased my dream with me, and saying “Dad, I want to quit” was crazy. I was just playing in a World Cup, man, at my height. I’ve come to my limit, understand? I don’t know, I won’t talk about suicide, but I was depressed and I wanted to quit. Even me, who seemed to be mentally strong. After the World Cup it seemed like everything was falling apart. I think the therapist, whether he liked it or not, saved my life. I was only thinking about bad things. Even on Google, I was just looking for garbage, I just wanted to see crap about death. Today I can say, look for a therapist, if you need a therapist, look, because it’s nice to open up like this, talk to the man. Today a psychologist came to thank me to bring it to the world of football, the world off the field as well, because it’s very important and, whether we want it or not, it saves lives. I had this prejudice before, I thought it was nonsense, I thought I was crazy. In my family, there are people who think anyone who goes to a therapist is crazy, thinks he’s crazy. But I discovered therapy and thought it was great. The best thing, really the best discovery I ever made in my life.” Richarlison opens up about his depression after the 2022 World Cup and how therapy helped him Ritcharlison was Brazil’s first scorer in World Cup, Qatar.