'It got to a point where I hated watching my own team play'
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Leeds United forward Patrick Bamford has been revealing all about how he turned to a sports psychologist to help him deal with his injuries, after reaching a point where he "hated" watching his own team play from the sidelines.
In a special edition of the 72+:The EFL Podcast, Bamford said: "At the time, I didn't even think I needed a sports psychologist. It was just one of those things that was suggested to me.
"When I really started to notice it helping me, it was when my injuries came. When I was out injured for so long, it actually got to a point where I hated watching my own team play.
"It sounds so strange, but it used to give me the feeling of anxiety or depression or something. Regardless of whether we won, drew or lost, I would just be in the worst mood after watching a game.
"I just couldn't shake it until I had spoken to my psychologist.
"I actually remember that I went through a period where I just wouldn't watch the games, just until I had gotten to a point where I was comfortable with it all again.
"So he helped me a lot through the injury process and with setting my goals, but obviously when you start playing again, the focus starts to change again."