The latest news on January 16, 2022, Beijing time, four-time world champion Mark Selby was forced to choose psychological treatment after a psychological breakdown due to a recurrence of depression after losing Hawkins 1-6. Since Selby transferred to the snooker profession, he has been one of the sport's finest warriors and adversity rebels. However, since entering the season, Selby has been unable to bring his form back to the heights it once was, no matter how hard he has worked in training. This caused the always competitive Selby's psychology to collapse several times, and after losing to Hawkins, Selby's depression could no longer be suppressed. O'Sullivan, after learning about this, advised Selby to make some adjustments in his mindset.
Selby's depression recurred and his psychology collapsed several times
While Selby has been working hard for his goals, he even shined at last year's World Championships. But these glorious moments still can't suppress Selby's mental torment, and depression has always been selby's psychological problem that needs to be solved. Selby tweeted after losing: "I just want to apologise to my friends and family for disappointing them. I am in a bad state of mind at the moment, and the old disease has recurred, and although I have tried to imprison it and put on a brave face, it is impossible. And this is not the first time that Selby has had a relapse of depression, after losing to O'Sullivan at the last World Championship, Selby also chose to accept help from a psychologist due to a psychological breakdown.
O'Sullivan: Selby should learn to make choices
O'Sullivan, the first man in snooker history, has also battled depression and mental illness many times in his career, but he has successfully found his inner balance by paying less attention. After learning of Selby's current predicament, O'Sullivan said: "Selby currently has a choice: either choose to continue fighting or take a carefree approach to playing. It can be tough for him, but you have to decide whether you're going to rule it or it's going to rule you. There are two kinds of playing considerations here, and I chose the other path so I'm more carefree at the moment and I just take it as a pleasure. If you're going to make a choice, you have to take on everything that comes with it. I'm not hoping that Selby will change the way he plays, I just hope that he can have some change in mentality, and that's a change he has to make. ”
O'Sullivan: Selby is not right to ask for advice
When Selby's depression relapsed and he had a psychological breakdown, he was never shy about asking for the opinions of other players, but O'Sullivan thought it was abnormal. O'Sullivan said: "I know Selby has spoken to a lot of players and he asked if they could give him some advice about snooker games. I think it's very unusual for a player to do that. Have you ever heard that Nadal would call Federer and then ask his opponent to help him? This is clearly unrealistic. While he's open to this, you have to know that it doesn't make sense. It's a tough sport and everyone is mentally hard. You just have to enter the race and endure the trauma of all the battles here. If you want to be a top player, a world champion, or win a game, you have to let yourself go through enough ordeal. Or maybe you step back, reduce the intensity of your game, and enjoy the game well, rather than always thinking about the great vision of how many honors you want to win. You have to choose between ambitious goals and mental balance, and if you can't make a choice, then you're bound to continue to suffer. So I very much hope that Selby will think about it. ”