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Rating Bridges: Stu’s Battle with Depression
This week on Back & Forth, Dan and Will are joined by Stu Baker for an open, raw and deeply honest conversation about mental health, identity, and what happens when the coping mechanisms you’ve relied on suddenly disappear.
Stu speaks candidly about his upbringing, joining the Navy at 17, and using rugby as an outlet for pressure, emotion, and stress. When injury forced him to step away from the game, he shares how losing that release led to a gradual unravelling — culminating in a diagnosis of clinical depression in his 30s.
A central part of the episode focuses on Stu’s experience of…
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