Just because he was brought up only a couple weeks ago, Hemsky had another article out in Czech talking about how badly he was affected by depression, post playing career.
https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/00iYBvR...BApD6pJDFpLAB0
A reddit user translated a portion of it:
"At 35, the age when I wanted to keep playing, I was just aimlessly changing diapers and refusing to accept that hockey was over. When my son cried, I reacted with irritation, but I'm not like that usually, recalled Aleš Hemský.
I saw nothing but emptiness everywhere. I may have made good money during my career, but what if I lost something I love? What made me who I am? It seemed to me that I had lost the meaning of life and I had a wonderful wife and son at home. I met probably all the conditions of depression, I really thought that I was not normal. At that time, I thought that I would 'throw it in' [Czech slang for hanging oneself] somewhere," admitted the Czech hockey player.
"No one should be put in such a situation. If so, he should definitely tell someone about it. Find at least one person to whom you can tell that you have a problem. You don't even have to tell him everything in detail. I myself know how difficult it is. I've also always kept everything to myself,"
Glad he's found help though and seems to be in a better place mentally.
