The Real Madrid<\/a> and England<\/a> midfielder revealed he used to search his name on social media as a young player at Birmingham<\/a> but has learned to brush off criticism from outside.<\/p>\n Speaking as a Laureus Ambassador, Bellingham said: “With the development of social media and technology, there’s more ways to attack someone, to make them feel down — and I think there’s still a stigma around talking about mental health.<\/p>\n “I know there’s been times where I’ve felt vulnerable, doubted myself and needed someone to talk to — and, instead, I’ve tried to keep up this macho athlete image of, ‘I don’t need anyone’.<\/p>\n “The truth is that I do, everyone does. And you’ll feel a lot better from talking about your feelings and emotions.”<\/p>\n Bellingham believes there are still unrealistic expectations placed on sportspeople, saying: “As athletes, it seems like we have the world at our feet or hands — we can do whatever we want, earn so much money and never be affected by it.<\/p>\n “But the reality is, if we can show vulnerability, then it opens up a bigger conversation for people who are struggling in the darkness. It’s the duty of people like me — and the positions we’re in — to be role models.<\/p>\n “I still think athletes are seen as people who should shut up and take it, which is an old-fashioned outlook.<\/p>\n “That hate can be really tough for athletes — and I can really empathise with those who struggle with their mental health. Everyone is allowed their opinion on sport, but there should be limits to the horrible things you can say.<\/p>\n -Why has Bellingham, officially England’s best player, been dropped?<\/a> “I’ve never been in a deep hole mentally, but I’ve been around people who have, and it’s sad to see.”<\/p>\n Bellingham also highlighted the negative impact of the expectations athletes place on themselves.<\/p>\n “I always try to keep my confidence high, whether it’s through self-reassurance, or accepting the fact that I won’t complete every pass, I won’t beat every player or score and win every game,” he added.<\/p>\n “The more comfortable you are with that then the more comfortable you are with knowing you’re not perfect.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 10, 2025, 08:48 AM ET Jude Bellingham has opened up on feeling vulnerable in an interview to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-65984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Jude Bellingham has opened up on World Mental Health Day\u00a0Photo by Denis Doyle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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