Craig Bellamy’s autobiography has a whole chapter on Gary Speed. It seems he was always a glass half empty person and had marriage problems. Coroners have ruled he may have accidentally hanged himself. He sat with a noose around his neck as a symbolic gesture to his wife and fell asleep. He slipped and lost consciousness.
I had an incredibly dark period at 25. I did some deeply irrational things, couldn’t hold down a job and managed to isolate myself from everyone. I had a short spell in hospital at one point which shocked me to my core. I never sought help or medication. I just carried on. It took three or four years to be right again. I was eventually diagnosed with Aspergers which is a form of Autism. I’m often referred to as “ weird but nice.” I’ll take that.