Former cricketer Michael Clarke has opened up about his mental health, saying he believed he was suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
While he has not been formally diagnosed, the 43-year-old said “it’s a given”.
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OCD is a mental health condition that is characterised by reoccurring, unwanted and sometimes unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead to compulsive behaviours.
“I have never been checked, I think it is a given,” he said on the Mental As Anyone podcast on Monday.
“It is like ADD, it’s a given.”
“Definitely, ask my parents, you don’t need to take me to a doctor.”
Some examples he shared were his need to be clean and organised, his habit of ensuring his car’s petrol tank was always full and making sure his daughter Kelsey Lee’s clothes were always laid out.
The former captain of Australia’s cricket team then opened up about periods of the “deepest of sadness,” sharing that he was unsure whether he has experienced clinical depression.
“I’ve certainly been extremely sad, devastated, floored, can’t move for days can’t get out of bed.
“Losing family members, losing a couple of my closest friends, so I think I’ve felt the deepest of sadness, but I think it was sadness. I don’t know if it was depression.
“I’ve never gone to a doctor to be diagnosed with depression, for example, or to seek medication for depression.”
Clarke recently made headlines for his new relationship with his girlfriend, real estate guru Arabella Sherborne.
Their romance was confirmed a few weeks later when they were seen holding hands at the upscale Sydney hotspot, Mimi’s in June 2024.
If you need help in a crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
For further information about depression contact beyondblue on 1300 224 636 or talk to your GP, local health professional or someone you trust.
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