Image source: Godoy Cruz Football Club.

　　China News Service, February 7th. According to the official website of the Argentine First Division team Godoy Cruz, the 30-year-old Uruguayan striker Santiago Garcia has passed away.

According to foreign media reports, he suffered from depression during his lifetime and was found to have committed suicide in his apartment.

　　Santiago Garcia was born on September 14, 1990. He represented the Uruguayan U20 national team in the 2009 World Youth Championship.

In 2016, Garcia joined Godoy Cruz Football Club.

It is reported that Garcia has been receiving mental treatment after suffering from depression.

But in the end, he chose to end his life.

　　Throughout the world sports arena, there are not a few athletes suffering from depression.

As early as 2009, Menenck in Germany ended his 32-year-old life due to depression.

After his death, his wife Teresa held a press conference to tell Enke's secret.

　　In fact, Enke suffered from depression twice in 2003 and 2009, but because of fear of losing his position on the field, he chose not to disclose his condition to the outside world, and consequently lost the possibility of seeking medical attention.

Enke's death has thus become a pain that Hannover fans and even the entire German sports world have long been uncomfortable with.

　　The famous swimmer Phelps also revealed that after the 2012 Olympics, if he hadn't taken enough sleeping pills, he might have taken the drugs to commit suicide while traveling around the world. In 2014, he admitted that he was “escapeting some of them” when he was arrested for a second drink-driving trip. Stuff" and frankly said "I just want to die."

He also speculated that at least 90% of athletes have similar experiences with him.

　　In 2018, NBA stars Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan, Olympic swimming gold medalists Missy Franklin and Alison Schmidt, also known as "Female Flying Fish", stood with Phelps Come out and share your depression experience.

　　Generally, studies believe that exercise can alleviate or suppress symptoms of depression.

But in the field of professional sports, especially elite athletes, this is not universally applicable.

　　According to data previously released by the National Center for Bioinformatics, more than 25% of athletes suffer from mental illness. In some countries, the suicide rate of professional sports people is even higher than that of ordinary people.

Injuries, grades, and changes in status can all become causes of mental illness and even depression.

(Finish)