Tom Boyd

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Tom Boyd opens up on mental health, details harrowing experiences (Zero Hanger)

Former Western Bulldogs player Tom Boyd has opened up on the mental toll of his football career, detailing his personal struggles in an interview with A ...

I need the support and the access to the collective wisdom of others." Super uncertain about my own capabilities and I get a life-changing offer that just about knocked me off my chair," Boyd continued. I thought I was going to die," Boyd continued. After just one year in Sydney, he received a mammoth contract offer from the Western Bulldogs to join the club in 2015, priced at $7 million over seven years. "What I found was that hanging on didn't work. "I was barely sleeping before a game.

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Retired AFL star opens up to mental health (Webringnet)

Retired AFL premiere star Tom Boyd spoke in regards to the crippling panic assaults that helped him give up soccer and revealed how he lured the love of ...

“I assumed I used to be having a coronary heart assault. “I used to be barely sleeping earlier than a recreation. I used to be extraordinarily not sure of my very own talents and acquired a life-changing supply, and it virtually disillusioned me within the chair,” Boyd recalled.

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'I thought I was going to die': Retired AFL star Tom Boyd opens up ... (9Homes)

Retired AFL premiership star Tom Boyd has opened up about the crippling panic attacks that contributed to h...

I need the support and the access to the collective wisdom of others,'" Boyd said. I thought I was going to die," Boyd said. "What I found was that hanging on didn't work. I've dealt with my issues'," Boyd said. Super uncertain about my own capabilities and I get a life-changing offer that just about knocked me off my chair," Boyd recalled. "I was barely sleeping before a game.

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Why Boyd wouldn't change a single part of his “unique” career (SEN)

The former no.1 draft pick was one of the most talked about footballers during his five-year career due to the fact that he departed the GWS Giants after just ...

I’d left in a position where I was happy and I was certain that the next part of my life was ready to start. “I’m extraordinarily lucky to have been awarded that contract and financially set myself up. “To be a part of that specific day was incredible. They’re two things to put in the plus column. I think it’s an important thing I need to be authentic about. Boyd insists he walked away from the game in a good place and was comfortable with the fact that he did not leave the Dogs in a position of “doom and gloom”.

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