"The senior doctor smiled at me": fitness influencer Fabian Nießl talks about his depression
Created: 03/22/2022, 16:30
By: Tanja Kipke
Fitness model, bodybuilder and influencer Fabian Nießl talks about his depression in a live interview.
© Fabian Niessl
Bodybuilder, fitness trainer and influencer: Regensburger Fabian Nießl gives deep insights into his past and the taboo subject of depression, which should no longer be.
Regensburg – Fabian Nießl from Regensburg* is a fitness model, personal trainer, influencer and, since last year, has also been the author of the book “Strong Man Very Weak”.
The book is about his depression and how he found a way back into life.
Around 240,000 people follow him on Instagram.
He also speaks openly about his past online.
However, this was not always the case.
He received his first diagnosis at the age of 18: Fabian suffers from depression.
The next seven years were characterized by constant ups and downs for him. "For a long time I refused psychiatry," he says in an interview with
Merkur.de
.
"When the complete crack came, I was in the clinic for three months."
Info:
There will be a
live interview with Fabian Nießl
on March 23 at 2:30 p.m.
He talks to us about his past, his stay in the clinic and gives insights into his life as an influencer.
Regensburg fitness influencer Fabian Nießl speaks openly about his depression
Body builders and tattooed all over.
Because of his appearance, the senior doctor in the clinic smiled at him at first.
"It was already difficult for me.
And then you're more or less laughed at."
It often happened to him that people smiled at him because of his appearance and didn't take him seriously.
To the outside world, Fabian hid his illness for a long time.
"At the time I wasn't strong enough to talk about it publicly." Two years ago he decided to speak and even wrote a book about his "way out of depression".
The subject is still taboo in public.
"Most people just don't talk about it.
Many are ashamed.” With his book and his public appearance, he wants to change that in the future.
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If you or someone you know is suffering from an existential life crisis or depression, please contact the telephone counseling service on: 0800-1110111. The Psychiatric Crisis Service for Munich and Upper Bavaria also offers help on 0180-6553000. Further information can be found on the website www.kundendienst-psychiatrie.de.