Andres Iniesta was struggling with depression

Iniesta reports a depression: "I still wish it to be night"

World champion Andres Iniesta reported in a televised interview about the depression at FC Barcelona. The trigger was the untimely death of a professional colleague.

The problems would have started after the tripling of the Catalans with titles in league, Cup and Champions League in 2009, said Andres Iniesta, 34, on the Spanish television channel "La Sexta". "You start to feel bad, somehow strange, and you can not explain it," Iniesta, under contract with the Japanese club Vissel Kobe since this spring.

A feeling of inner emptiness was installed. "I still wish it was night to take a pill and rest." In particular, the heart attack of the death of Daniel Jarque, then captain of Espanyol Barcelona, ​​at the age of 26 only in August 2009, the mental problems that had triggered it, Iniesta , who competed in the football World Cup in Russia after twelve years for the last time with the Spaniards. The national team has been started.

He then started treatment, so the star of the midfielder. "I told the doctor that I needed help because I could not get out of this situation." The desire to get support had been so great that he had always come 15 minutes before the meetings.

Iniesta was also asked if he had thought about suicide and said: "He who suffers from depression is not himself.If you are so vulnerable, it is difficult to control your life." (Ram / SDA)