Chloe Kelly

my psychiatrist at the time it was like we would log days where yeah it was a great day and we did this one where it was what did I do today why and like what how did that make me feel what does this say about me and I think that allowed me to then be like no I did this well today and it's not

Because I was trying my best to get out of the anxiety.

It wasn't like I was doing it from a bad point of view.

It was just trying to break.

Yeah, it's really hard.

And when sport gets you to a place like that, it's like, why did I start the game?

Because I loved it.

But this is not what I love.

I don't love how this is now making me feel.

So I think that was a turning point for me of like, right, I need to remember why.

Chloe started playing football it was for the great moments of winning but it was also because I just loved having a ball at my feet and playing the game but when it makes you feel a way that it's affecting your mental health that's when I started to realize what I need to make sure I'm looking after my mind here but for me it it felt normal at the time until January when I was like right this is

we can't carry on like this because I need to take a break.

That was when I was like, right, this is a turning point.

We need to change something because everything we've done from here on out isn't working.

And I remember talking to a psychiatrist and he was like, you need to make a change in your life because...

it's been going on for so long now that it's really affecting you.

So that was from hearing those words, I was like, okay, like, right, we're changing something now.

So that was, yeah, speaking out and speaking up for what I believed in.

And even when I, yeah,

changed environments still recognizing right it wasn't just mentally now I started to well I recognized it but beforehand but wasn't accepting of I started losing my hair and I was like no like I don't think this is acceptable