Chris Kamara reveals emotional ‘apology’ to wife after speech apraxia diagnosis
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Sky Sports Legend Chris Kamara has revealed that he apologized to his wife after he had held his first battle for his health problems.
The 67-year-old was Diagnosed with speechapraxia in March 2022 And then one step back from his role on football on Saturday.
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Kamara – also known as Kammy – initially kept his struggles of his nearest and dearest, who took his wife, Anne,.
However, he now admits that he wants him to open more.
The Sky Sports Icon told The mirror In the mental health week of mental health: “They saw the signs (that I had a hard time). I should have talked to my wife Anne, for which I apologized.
“I didn’t tell my wife what was going on.
“My family would have supported me instead of someone I didn’t know, Anne, and my sons would have helped me in the first place.”
Kamara told how when he first realized that he had problems with his speech, he feared that he might have developed a condition such as dementia or Alzheimer’s – who sent his mental health spiral formation.
He added: “It was really a tough period. I just didn’t want to be bothered for my family, but my disease flourished just before the Covid -Lockdown. I had these stupid thoughts.”
Kamara also revealed how therapy helped him to overcome his struggles in mental health care and to accept his condition.
He added: “I kept thinking for more than 18 months that it would disappear.
“I just kept thinking one day that I wake up and I am back to the person I was.
“But I have accepted the way I speak now. And that is because of work on my mental health.
“My therapist told me that the day you accept your condition is the day that you are going to get better, and that is what happened. I can be my own worst critic, but my speech has improved and I think it’s fine how I sound.”
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Kammy returned to sports broadcast on Boxing Day For the reporting of Amazon Prime about the Premier League.
After his comeback he told The explicit: “If that is my last game as a reporter, what a way to go out.
“At that time I could hardly talk, unable to remember the players names and slurry my words.
“When my wife told me that Amazon had been on the phone, I said:” I know I am under your feet, but I don’t deliver packages! “
“Andrew Hornet was on the phone and asked me to work for Amazon Prime, with the match of Forest V Spurs with the incredible Jeff Stelling – And I thought it was great!
“No fear, no slurring, the game was good and Nottingham Forest treated me like a recurring hero. “
You are not the only one
Every 90 minutes in the UK, a life is lost on suicide
It does not discriminate and touches the lives of people in every corner of society – from homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and football players.
It is the biggest murderer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car accident.
And men are three times more likely to take their own lives than women.
Yet there is rarely talk about it, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly disaster, unless we all stop now and notice.
That is why The Sun launched the You Not Alone campaign.
The aim is that by sharing practical advice, increasing the consciousness and breaking through the barriers with which people are confronted when we talk about their mental health, we can all do to save lives.
Let’s all promise to ask for help when we need it, and listen to others … You are not the only one.
If you, or someone you know, need help with dealing with psychological problems, the following organizations offer support:
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