"The mental health of the French population is deteriorating"
.
It is the columnist Matthieu Belliard who chose to address the theme of mental health in “C à vous” on France 5 this Monday, April 10.
Invited on the set of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine alongside Thierry Lhermitte, Camille Lacourt has agreed to return to his burn-out.
"I think it's important because first and foremost you have to democratize it
," says the former professional swimmer.
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“What was really important to me is to say that it happens to strong people. People who have no objective, no resistance and who do not want to go beyond their limits, they will not go into burnout
, ”says Camille Lacourt.
One of the major issues surrounding this disease is the taboo it induces.
“When people go through this, this difficult moment, they are ashamed.
I wanted to say that it happens to strong people, to people who accept something that is not acceptable and at some point it cracks so let's start talking about it.
"One morning, we don't get up"
The columnist in charge of "five out of five" then returned to the trigger for the depression of the five-time world champion.
"The defeat.
I had worked for years to get to the Olympic Games and I am fourth.
There I tell myself that the ten, fifteen years that I spent in a swimming pool were useless
, admits Camille Lacourt with difficulty before adding:
One morning, we do not get up.
We stay in bed and it lasts, a week, two weeks and I had this image where I had the impression of falling, of being in an incessant free fall and at some point I told myself that I was going touch the ground and then I could get up”.
Finally, he understands that this impact and this desire to
“The key for me was to set myself very small but concrete goals.
It was to go and shave my beard, to go take a shower, to have fixed meal times
,” he says.
