“I managed to tick off pretty much all the goals that I set for myself and had this deep down belief that it would resolve all my issues, insecurity and sense of panic and fear,” says former England rugby player Jonny Wilkinson, who admits he thought all his worries would disappear once his ambitions had been met.
“It’s quite a harsh coming-down-to-earth when you realise it doesn’t really touch that feeling,” the 46-year-old adds. “You think by building an identity it is going to be fulfilling, but actually you end up realising you don’t want to live through that image of yourself that you created.”
