Post by bluetornados on Jan 30, 2022 23:58:16 GMT
The 54-year-old shot to sporting fame, winning the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur in 1991 and representing the England national team for 10 years between 1988 and 1998, where he scored numerous goals. Yet behind the scenes, Gascoigne was beginning to crumble as he struggled majorly to control his alcoholism and subsequent mental health disorders.
Along with his struggle with alcohol, in 2001 Gascogine was diagnosed with bipolar disorder - a mental health condition that affects your moods. And since then, both Gazza and son Reagan have been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Sitting down for an interview with The Sun on Sunday, Gazza spoke about rearranging cutlery, moving water bottles and lining up various condiments.
He said: "I've got OCD and he's got it too. When I used to go and see him, if he wound us up I'd open all the cupboard doors to annoy him, because I knew he'd have to go round shutting them.
"With OCD, if we do something once we have to do it again. I remember England manager Terry Venables going mad because when I'd go on to the pitch I'd be ready, and once we had kicked off I had to tie my laces again, just the right foot.
"The game could have been going on but I'm just tying my shoelace. He'd be like, 'What are you doing that for?' I had to. And I didn't wear pants on the pitch either."
Gazza's son, Regan interjected: "When Dad comes to mine he ruins my house. So when I go to his, I move everything too. We know it annoys each other. At work, as soon as I enter the theatre, I've got to do everything in an order, including touching door handles and stuff. It's a nightmare."
"It's a nightmare," Reagan added to his father's previous comments.
In fact, OCD is not the only thing the pair have in common, with both of them preferring to go commando on a regular basis, even when professional dancer Regan appears on the ice.
Gazza continued to say: "I was always commando. Let it just do what it wants to down there, right?"
Paul Salkovskis says: "We don't know the cause of OCD but it's almost certainly some sort of mix of vulnerability - which might or might not involve the way your brain thinks - and the stresses which happen to you in life.
"Evidence suggests that if you've a first degree relative with OCD the chance of you having it rises to eight percent from 1.5 percent."
Along with his struggle with alcohol, in 2001 Gascogine was diagnosed with bipolar disorder - a mental health condition that affects your moods. And since then, both Gazza and son Reagan have been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Sitting down for an interview with The Sun on Sunday, Gazza spoke about rearranging cutlery, moving water bottles and lining up various condiments.
He said: "I've got OCD and he's got it too. When I used to go and see him, if he wound us up I'd open all the cupboard doors to annoy him, because I knew he'd have to go round shutting them.
"With OCD, if we do something once we have to do it again. I remember England manager Terry Venables going mad because when I'd go on to the pitch I'd be ready, and once we had kicked off I had to tie my laces again, just the right foot.
"The game could have been going on but I'm just tying my shoelace. He'd be like, 'What are you doing that for?' I had to. And I didn't wear pants on the pitch either."
Gazza's son, Regan interjected: "When Dad comes to mine he ruins my house. So when I go to his, I move everything too. We know it annoys each other. At work, as soon as I enter the theatre, I've got to do everything in an order, including touching door handles and stuff. It's a nightmare."
"It's a nightmare," Reagan added to his father's previous comments.
In fact, OCD is not the only thing the pair have in common, with both of them preferring to go commando on a regular basis, even when professional dancer Regan appears on the ice.
Gazza continued to say: "I was always commando. Let it just do what it wants to down there, right?"
Paul Salkovskis says: "We don't know the cause of OCD but it's almost certainly some sort of mix of vulnerability - which might or might not involve the way your brain thinks - and the stresses which happen to you in life.
"Evidence suggests that if you've a first degree relative with OCD the chance of you having it rises to eight percent from 1.5 percent."