Michael Yardy:
The England and Sussex cricketer Michael Yardy had suffered eight years of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). For Yardy it was “intrusive thoughts” that drained him during improbably successful career. During the 2011 World Cup before the quarterfinal game, he was sent back to England.
He said that during the practice session he was left like a “zombie”. Yardy in his biography “Hard Yards” mentioned a moment of 2008 when he used to feel insecure in the night. He was staying with his family in Lathlain in Australia. “ramming chairs and tables against bolted doors” to keep out imaginary intruders.
Yardy failed to go to bed and cry a lot as he failed to defy his “intrusive thoughts”. His own trouble left him to pursue a degree in Sports Physiology.