Slime
Tour Winner
That's irrelevant, but trust me, she does.
Random Irritations
- Thread starter Blue in Munich
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That's irrelevant, but trust me, she does.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
really? Telling us she irritates you on the same day she goes public with her mental health issues, and then not being prepared to tell us why is not a good look imo.
Maybe it's the way she went about it. Plenty of her piers have stood up and said went about it incorrectly.
She didn't try to discuss it, she simply threw her toys out.
Disagreeing with how she did it isn't the same as dismissing her concerns.
Slime
Tour Winner
It's not about me.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I feel like I've somehow caught hayfever for the first time ever at the age of 34. My nose will not stop running and I keep sneezing. And I don't even feel ill at all. 
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
She may not have handled it perfectly, but there are obvious mitigating factors.
Given the circumstances, surely the correct response is sympathy, not irritation?
D
Deleted member 15344
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I believe she has tried to discuss with the LTA , she expressed her concerns a while back and they dismissed it with “media obligation” tagline and threats of fines and disqualification.
If someone is having anxiety and mental health issues then the governing body should be doing all they can do to protect the players not dismiss issues without a thought
Why not both.
She's done it in an irritating way (to him and others). So he (slime) has posted accordingly.
But been as we don't have a random moments of sympathy he couldn't post in there could he.
My employer would allow me to go see a shrink if I needed to, but they wouldn't tell me that whilst working I didn't need to carry out my duties so as to make my life easier.
Media work is part of it. It's a way of generating interest and finance. She likes the money she gets from the sport. It's part of her job. By all means take a break, but trying to stop an integral part of her role isn't imo the right thing to have done.
She has enough money already that she could simply have withdrawn pre tournament to seek the helps she needs. I'm sure the response would have been better for her then
D
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I’m not sure what money has to do with it - it’s irrelevant to the mental health of someone
Cant just dismiss someone’s mental health in that way
She is there is play the sport , to play tennis against her opponents, she fulfills after match interview on the court and struggles with it. Her “role” is to play tennis , the people there are to watch her play tennis , the money fans pay are to watch her play tennis. People aren’t paying to watch her getting grilled by journalists.
Ask any sports star and they would quite happily reduce their prize money if it meant the could be left alone by the media
No Phil. Her contract includes media work. So she is there to do that as well. So she takes that as her job or she doesn't.
As to money. Of course it helps. How many other people who have anxiety issues can't simply stop working.
As to me dismissing her mental health. I haven't in the slightest. I have agreed with the pov of view that she went about it the wrong way.
We've clearly got differing opinions. So I'm out now. As I'm as unlikey to change it as you are.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I think that's all fair and reasonable. It all depends how much (if any) support they offered her at the same time.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
As far as I'm aware she only expressed her intentions via a Tweet the day before the tournament, according to the BBC this morning nether party have attempted to talk this through.
I have a lot of sympathy for her, it must be really tough getting grilled in those after match interviews, specially if you're not in the best mental state or just not comfortable speaking in front of a room full of people.
I'm not comfortable with how she pulled out though, I expected her to continue playing but swerve the press conferences and take the heat for that, quitting like she has seems a touch contrived to me.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
In fairness, whilst it is part of the job, there should be some sort of protection in place to save them from some of the more inane questioning that they are subjected to, or the "journalist" that refuse to leave a point alone despite the interviewee having clearly given an answer, albeit not the one the journalist wanted.
D
Deleted member 16999
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The bit in bold:
If it’s a certain aspect of your role that is causing the problem, then any decent employer would remove you from that bit until your issues were sorted, why would they allow you to seek help then risk you and themselves by ignoring the said issue?
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How much money she has is completely irrelevant.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
What annoys me is the fact that ‘mental health’ is thrown around too easily nowadays. I agree that it is an issue but people now seem to be using to try and get their own way in every type of situation and it is getting increasingly hard to see who is actually suffering. People always say ‘I’ve got mental health’ - yes, you have. Just as you have physical health, doesn’t mean you have cause for special treatment.
D
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Can you tell me how you can see who is actually suffering?
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Unfortunately that is the problem
Really?
If it was deemed an integral part of my job. Whilst I'd want the employer to maybe give me a break, I wouldn't expect them to say I could just stop doing it all together.
I also, only saw her mention it when she announced her refusal to part take. So like I have said. I sympathise with her struggle, just not how she's decided to trying to get them to change.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
A hip injury that isn't getting any better, looks like I'm going to miss a crunch game tomorrow night ?
