![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/lingard-opens-up-on-his-battle-with-depression-and-reveals-he-would-drink/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crop-20425617.jpg&description=JESSE LINGARD has opened up on his battle with depression at Manchester United and revealed he used to drink to take away the pain. The fun-loving 29-year-old usually lights up a room with his smile or his light-hearted nature. Jesse Lingard suffered with depression while playing for UnitedCredit: The Times Lockdown allowed Lingard to reset and rediscover himselfCredit: Reuters But there was a point at United where he hit rock bottom with fan abuse leaving him not wanting to play. How big a pay cheque is, or what car they drive, what watch or clothes they wear is often used to dismiss the simple fact that footballer's are human too. Speaking in The Jesse Lingard Story, which airs on Tuesday on Channel 4, the now Nottingham Forest ace said: "I just felt so much scrutiny, especially after the Derby game and I was getting abuse as I got on the bus. "I can normally take it but sometimes it gets to a point where it's like: 'Ahh, I can't even be arsed doing this any more.' 'Nobody really knew about my struggles off the pitch so they think: 'You're a footballer, you live in a nice house, you've got money, you can deal with anything.' "But when it's someone's health and well being – it's a different situation. We're all human. 'It was difficult around that moment in time. It was probably [for] months. "I didn't want to play in case I did badly and there was more scrutiny. Football is my happy place but at that time, I couldn't really put myself in that situation. EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide. It doesn't discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society - from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers. It's the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes. And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women. Yet it's rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now. That){kind=link}
JESSE LINGARD has opened up on his battle with depression at Manchester United and revealed he used to drink to take away the pain.
The fun-loving 29-year-old usually lights up a room with his smile or his light-hearted nature.
But there was a point at United where he hit rock bottom with fan abuse leaving him not wanting to play.
How big a pay cheque is, or what car they drive, what watch or clothes they wear is often used to dismiss the simple fact that footballer’s are human too.
Speaking in The Jesse Lingard Story, which airs on Tuesday on Channel 4, the now Nottingham Forest ace said: “I just felt so much scrutiny, especially after the Derby game and I was getting abuse as I got on the bus.