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Wife of snooker champion Graeme Dott reveals the heartache behind his battle against depression
May 14 2010 Exclusive by Annie Brown
SNOOKER star Graeme Dott's wife has spoken for the first time of how she helped him win his battle against depression.
"Pocket Dynamo" Dott, 33, credits childhood sweetheart Elaine, 28, for bringing him back from the depths of despair.
But she had feared their fairytale life was gone forever as he retreated into himself following the death of her dad - his long-time manager Alex Lambie - in 2006.
Weeks later, Elaine had a cancer scare and miscarried, adding to the couple's torment.
And last night, Elaine revealed how the triple blow turned Graeme into a shadow of the man she had fallen in love with.
She said: "It was a dark time for us. It was as if I was an outsider and I was looking in and our fairytale life was crumbling. I just felt it was slipping away from us.
"We were struggling as a couple. There was something wrong with him but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Someone who was usually so happy and outgoing had turned into someone withdrawn."
Graeme would not bother to eat, dress, shower or shave and he would sit staring at the TV, lost in a trance.
Elaine recalls him watching five hours of television and not being able to recall one thing that he had seen.
She said: "He just let himself go. He had no interest in anything, not even snooker. It was soul-destroying."
Graeme was no longer the attentive husband who would surprise his wife with flowers and cuddle her on the couch as they watched a DVD.
Elaine said: "I felt it must be me, but it wasn't. Graeme was ill, in the advanced stages of depression, but I hadn't really put a name on it."
It wasn't until they put a wreath down together on Alex's grave at Christmas 2007 - a year after his death - that Graeme cried for the first time over the death of his dear friend and manager.
Elaine recalled: "That was the first time I had seen him showing emotion towards losing my dad. He just let go and I think that was healthy.
"It was that day I said that he had to go and see the doctor and get better."
Graeme went to see their GP and he spent an hour talking to her, baring his soul and taking his first steps on the road to recovery.
Elaine admits she would have done anything rather than give up on her man, even at the lowest ebb of his illness.
She said: "I love Graeme with all my heart. He is my soulmate. I would never, ever have abandoned him."
咕咚吧的|都是高手
Wife of snooker champion Graeme Dott reveals the heartache behind his battle against depression
May 14 2010 Exclusive by Annie Brown
SNOOKER star Graeme Dott's wife has spoken for the first time of how she helped him win his battle against depression.
"Pocket Dynamo" Dott, 33, credits childhood sweetheart Elaine, 28, for bringing him back from the depths of despair.
But she had feared their fairytale life was gone forever as he retreated into himself following the death of her dad - his long-time manager Alex Lambie - in 2006.
Weeks later, Elaine had a cancer scare and miscarried, adding to the couple's torment.
And last night, Elaine revealed how the triple blow turned Graeme into a shadow of the man she had fallen in love with.
She said: "It was a dark time for us. It was as if I was an outsider and I was looking in and our fairytale life was crumbling. I just felt it was slipping away from us.
"We were struggling as a couple. There was something wrong with him but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Someone who was usually so happy and outgoing had turned into someone withdrawn."
Graeme would not bother to eat, dress, shower or shave and he would sit staring at the TV, lost in a trance.
Elaine recalls him watching five hours of television and not being able to recall one thing that he had seen.
She said: "He just let himself go. He had no interest in anything, not even snooker. It was soul-destroying."
Graeme was no longer the attentive husband who would surprise his wife with flowers and cuddle her on the couch as they watched a DVD.
Elaine said: "I felt it must be me, but it wasn't. Graeme was ill, in the advanced stages of depression, but I hadn't really put a name on it."
It wasn't until they put a wreath down together on Alex's grave at Christmas 2007 - a year after his death - that Graeme cried for the first time over the death of his dear friend and manager.
Elaine recalled: "That was the first time I had seen him showing emotion towards losing my dad. He just let go and I think that was healthy.
"It was that day I said that he had to go and see the doctor and get better."
Graeme went to see their GP and he spent an hour talking to her, baring his soul and taking his first steps on the road to recovery.
Elaine admits she would have done anything rather than give up on her man, even at the lowest ebb of his illness.
She said: "I love Graeme with all my heart. He is my soulmate. I would never, ever have abandoned him."
