Comments on Profile Post by Damocles

Ey Damocles, sorry for the long wait. I've taken some time off TT because of the heart thing (+ health issues of my mom and brother). It seems that I suffer from severe PTSD symptoms and currently working with health care professionals on tackling this issue

Yeah, I remember that game of Man City against Arsenal. To bad G. Jesus was sent off. The gunners basically gave away the game because of that

But at least Liverpool is gaining some ground. That makes the final round of the Premier League a bit more exciting.

@Christiaan mate!! *BIG HUGS*!!

I'm so pleased you're okay.

You have been extremely missed around here!

Understand about the heart thing. I started having episodes of tachycardia in 2015 as a result of severe anxiety induced by 6 years of living with tinnitus and phonophobia. It is very scary, trust me, I know.

So sorry to hear about your families health issues also, I hope that these are nothing too serious.

But it sounds like you're handling things well. CBT definitely helped me recover from the anxiety.

On the subject of Manchester City, I just watched them thrash Man United on Sunday. And Chelsea managed to drop an extra 6 points behind; so I'm counting them out.

Another season of City vs Liverpool it is then.

So I am now a Liverpool fan until the end of the season. (ﾟ ～ﾟ )

Hi Damocles, yeah still dealing with tachycardia. The weird thing is that I keep waking up at 3 o'clock in the morning with a racing heart for no reason.

I'm now trying to break the routine by setting up the alarm clock at 2 o' clock. So far it has helped quite a bit.

How are you dealing with this anxiety thing?

Why not? Liverpool is not that bad right? I thought that only Evertonians have a problem with the reds? Still, at least it's not a Mickey Mouse competition like France. With a team like PSG, you won't even bother to watch football on TV

I got the anxiety under control after 2 years @Christiaan. It made itself known and started hammering me in early 2015, and I had to work on it all the way up until 2017.

Combination of therapy plus SSRIs (low dose citalopram) knocked it on the head eventually. Life has been good since.

Don't worry mate, you'll get back to the good place.

Well you make a good point. I'm a big fan of Klopp. But Liverpool just aren't Chelsea (my team) or Fulham (my childhood team), so to be honest seeing them win is just the best of a bad result tbh.

In any case, when it comes to Man City, consider me a Scot watching an England game; I'll support anyone they're playing against.

On Ligue 1: Tell me about it. I'd be embarrassed to be a French football fan. ( -_-)

Thanks for the advice @Damocles. I hope it's free of charge;)

Glad to hear that you aren't bothered by this thing. It must be such a relief to have this weight off your chest.

Btw. Are you still busy learning foreign languages?

so you're fan of both teams? You must be from the Chelsea neighbourhood, am I right? I've heard it's a very posh place. You must be doing alright, I reckon

Yeah, I'm still studying (along with working part-time), but nothing I really like at the moment; just an array of subjects that qualify me for University entry later down the line.

Well I grew up in Fulham @Christiaan (hence my childhood team), and have supported Chelsea since I was a teenager (because of my uncles all being Chelsea fans - my dad doesn't like football). So that's how that happened.

Unfortunately I don't live in Chelsea, but you're quite right, it is a beautiful part of London.

Regarding my current finances; nothing less than precarious I'm afraid. XD

It's sounds nice that you're working towards a certain goal. I really do hope you can pick up your bachelor studies again. Hopefully soon enough, considering the new treatments in the pipeline.

Ah, got it. You're a glory hunter! just joking;) Well, it must be a difficult situation when Abramovich has left town for a permanent vacay in a nice Siberian gulag. Hope they'll find a new sugar daddy who can pay the players salaries. Otherwise, Fulham would gladly take over their players & stadium

HA HA! That's actually an interesting point you raise @Christiaan. I sometimes feel that way supporting Chelsea (such a big/successful team), and I do often prefer to support the underdogs in a competition, like the FA cup (love if a League One team beats a Premier League side!).

So I'd actually prefer to spend my time watching/supporting Fulham most of the time. But the problem is, if you can't afford the premium sports channels in the UK, you're quite reliant on Match of the Day for all your football highlights and entertainment. So if your team isn't in (or you don't have a preferred team in) the premier league, it's kind of not worth watching.

Yeah, good luck to Abramovich. Guess it's only natural to sell a team in a country you're effectively exiled from.

@Damocles I share your passion. It's certainly fun to watch cup matches and hope that the underdog has a chance of making it to the final and winning qualification for Europe. It must have been a long time ago that a team from lower tier has done something like that? I only remember Millwall in 2005 or so. Fun times :P

Yeah same problem here. Everything ends up being commercialised. Even 2nd division is very expensive to watch on TV. Well, that's modern football nowadays.