Christopher Eccleston
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During my severe clinical depression in 2016. I was at Piccadilly station in Manchester and a train was coming.
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I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
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Kate Nash
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I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
Where do I begin? There have been a lot.
Charles Dance
British actor
I’m getting closer all the time.
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I'm tired, I'm not myself and I'm not enjoying the sport as I have done for the last decade. Some might recognise it as burnout; I just know that over the last few years I haven't had the answers.
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Public statement announcing his break from swimming, April 2023, The Independent, 1 July 2023
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When I lost that 100m final I spiralled. I went quite aggressive. It is an Adam I don't really recognise.
As a great man.
To the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
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