Sports journalist Noora Toivo, who competes in the Special Forces program, says on Instagram that she has started anti-depressant medication.
Noora Toivo competed in this season’s Special Forces. Jenni Gästgivar
Yle’s sports reporter, former hurdler Noora Toivo says on her Instagram account that she started anti-depressant medication about three months ago. Toivo told about his divorce earlier this year.
– I feel that medicines, talking, therapy, talking, putting the everyday blocks of life in their place and actively processing things in the head have been very helpful in the divorce crisis. And slowly getting the hang of not focusing on the future or the past. But to this moment and to what is now and what is happening, Toivo writes in the update he published this week.
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Toivo says that he was diagnosed with depression earlier in his life. Nevertheless, he is taking anti-depressants now for the first time.
– There have been a lot of tough things in life and different things that have had to be overcome. Now, however, I decided to take the medicine, Toivo writes.
– I felt that the landscapes of my own mind where I went were far too deep. And far too heavy to carry on your own shoulders. Getting out of the hole seemed like an impossible task and it scared me what if I didn’t succeed.
Toivo’s child turned out to be the decisive factor. Toivo has shared pictures of himself in his Instagram update. Some of the pictures also include his small child.
– Because of that little man, I’m ready to do anything. Because of him, you have to fight, persevere and make sure that you truly become whole and remain a responsible and safe parent. Even if the breakup throws things and brings out issues and challenges that you’ve only seen in movies, Toivo writes.
– I am really satisfied that I dared to take the medication. And I am really pleased that they have helped. Life is a mix of those pictures up there. There is joy, infinite sadness, anxiety, fear, fun, longing, hope and many other emotions. There are in life.
– So feel free to accept help and also feel free to ask for help. Few of us can get through those dark moments of life completely alone without help. And above all, things do get easier and I at least believe that life will bear and win, Toivo concludes his writing.
A heavy separation
Toivo told about his divorce in August. Hope has been seen this autumn Special forcesin the reality show. The couple broke up a month before the shooting of the show began.
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In August, Toivo told Iltalehti that he had considered withdrawing from the program due to the breakup. The sports journalist admitted that the divorce had a big impact on his performance in the competition and his preparation for filming.
– I started training three months before filming. I had time to train for two months when the separation came. I had panic and anxiety attacks, didn’t sleep and lost a lot of weight. I had to take sick leave from work, and I couldn’t exercise almost at all. In terms of my mental endurance, I was in really bad shape, Toivo recalled in an interview with Iltalehti.
Special forces-the filming of the program was already a heavy experience in itself. Toivo said that he got bronchitis and hypothermia during filming. The health problems did not end even after the filming ended.
– Then at some point, when we went home, I was injected with lung X-rays because of a suspected pulmonary blood clot. I was tested and my pulmonary embolism values were elevated. Then I was ordered to the central hospital for contrast imaging. I had to check that I don’t have a pulmonary embolism, because it’s a life-threatening thing, the sports journalist told Iltalehte.
– But luckily there was nothing. I just had high values. My body had taken a bit of a beating.
After filming, the program’s doctor gave Toivo a three-week training ban.