In Episode 8 of Mind Over Medals — News9 Sports' podcast on everything that goes on inside the mind of athletes — cricketer Robin Uthappa opens up about a phase in his life when he was ready to quit the sport and move to a different country to get away from the turmoil within his mind. At one stage, he even contemplated suicide. In this conversation, he speaks about how he got better and came out of depression. He also talks about why the IPL's auction system needs to be rethought and how cricketers in India start determining their self-worth by how much money a team is willing to spend on them.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains descriptions about suicidal contemplation. Listener discretion is advised.

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If you or anyone you know is feeling suicidal or having suicidal thoughts, help is available through mental health helplines. You can call all on 9152987821 or Aasra at 9820466726. You can also find both these numbers in our show notes at the bottom.
The IOC'S Mental Health Working Group has also developed a Mental Health Recognition Tool called SMHRT-1 to help athletes or their entourage members recognise mental health symptoms or disorders among athletes. Please note that the tool is just to recognise symptoms. Entourage members shouldn't attempt to diagnose athletes’ mental health without the appropriate training needed to do so.
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