Norris 'proud' to have helped others with mental health openness

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris says he is proud that his openness about mental health during his time in the sport has helped others.
Lando Norris (GBR), McLaren F1 Team
Lando Norris (GBR), McLaren F1 Team
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Norris has previously o💫pened up about his own issues during his debut F1 season bac🔯k in 2019.

Since then, Norris has been one of F1’s star performers with a handful of podium finishes and maiden pole🥂 position.

His fine form has put him amongst the top stars in F1 as he leads🐬 McLaren’s continuꩲed resurgence alongside Daniel Ricciardo.

Norris thiဣnks that being honest𓂃 about himself has helped other people be honest about themselves. 

“I am very happy to see more people speaking out abou💃t it and realising it is only going to benefit them and benefit others,” he said at the end of 2021.

“I don’t think there is any negative from doing so. I think it is only going to help 🎶you in getting better, and certainly it is g꧑oing to help if you have a big following or a lot of people watching you when you say it. You are only going to help people who are also struggling.”

Norris revealed that🐻 he’s had messages from fans about their own struggles.

“I am very happy and proud to be a part of that group of people who have accepted it and are happy and confident๊ to speak out about it,”❀ he said.

“One of the biggest things that made me think it was good to speak out about it is my fans, my followers, and espe⭕cially when I would hint at it the first few times. Before I was even speaking about it publicly, a few of them were saying how much it is helping them and the impact that I can have on them. Then over time realising that the impact I can have on the hundreds or thousands of people is huge.

“When I start to get messages of me helping them out, to make them feel much better or their friends or family, that is a pretty amazing thing to see. So the ꦫmore I saw that, the more I realised the impact that I can have and the ꦉplace that I am in with Formula 1 in my life, with the followers that I have and the fanbase that I have, means the bigger the impact. 

"Therefore I thought it was be🧸tter to speak about it more publicly and worldwide to try to help as many people asﷺ possible.”

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