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Pascal Nadaud He is the most recently expelled from the reality show “Exathlon”, an exit that surprised everyone, but that determined him to initiate the release stormy childhood he lived, after revealing why he decided to break the silence about sexual abuse and suicide attempt who lived a few years.
In an interview for Half time, former captain of Mexican rugby team revealed the main reason that led him to share the painful childhood he had between the ages of six and 10.
“It’s funny, because I have an image that is very different from the person I am, people think that because of the sport, the jobs I had, I already see myself as a successful person, I think success comes from to a family that supports you, but it doesn’t. I opened it too I decided it was time to trust myself and I start to heal everything I have inside, because every time I speak I feel that I am improving, I channel it in a better way “, he told Mediotiempo.
For Pascal the exact moment to speak was this, since Exathlon it goes beyond a circuit on the beach, because it is the power of projection that television offers with such a successful program.
“Many people approached me, I received phone calls from people who had known me since I was a child, there are things I had not talked about and exposing them makes people be taken into account because I made decisions when I was younger so because I move away from people in my family etc., this helps me, but The ultimate goal is to be able to do something more for other people, because we are in such a rotten society, where it is difficult to tell the truth, that they are not prepared for people to be direct, to be real. “
“We are all human beings, often people believe that athletes do not suffer, that they have an easier life, but everyone has suffered and that suffering or pain causes you to do things and make the most of the benefits,” said the athlete. who with his story is looking for a change.
How Pascal handled childhood abuse
The events took place in Manzanillo when she was just a child and she lived with her grandmother and partner, an Italian with alcohol problems who sexually abused Pascal when he was only six years old.
“I would run, I would go out and I would disappear for hours, I would walk, I didn’t like being at home. I don’t remember well how I coped with the pain. it’s something you get out of your headI just remember that I didn’t want to be there, I didn’t feel comfortable, I was afraid to hear that my grandmother’s car was coming, I would run and I would return hours later, they knew I would return at some point, fortunately nothing serious happened to me, but everything changed when I came to the city, there I found refuge in other houses, they hugged me because they saw a vulnerable, shy child who needed love and they gave it to me even if no one knew what I was going through so far, “said the athlete, who also said that his mother at abandoned with his grandmother, she is currently in a psychiatrist and does not have a good relationship.
Rugby, the plan that is still present
Although now he will seek to enjoy the beach and the rest of the world, Pascal intends to travel and relax, but also to enjoy a back discomfort that affects you and for which, too decided to leave reality how he did it. If the injury allows it, he will return to the sport he once thought he would not like because of the strong contacts that exist.
He also revealed that his generation was a very strong bet, but they lacked new talent to continue to promote rugby in Mexico
“There came a time when the national team was very strong and we pushed the one that was above us, but there was a very strong drop in the level in the team and there were also problems with Conade, In a matter of money and those problems that are already known, the support has decreased, right now I’m not at a hundred, I don’t know what the level is or what happens with rugby in Mexico, I don’t know if I’ll make it back “You’re playing with the injury I have in my back”, in addition, he said that he would like to resume the program at national level where he taught rugby training with cassettes and that he did not continue due to lack of resources.
Corruption in government, the enemy of sport
“The problem is that there are so many sports and limited resources, but there should be no war between the federations, the problem is corruption in the country, we are aware that all resources go where they don’t have to go and sport, education and culture are the ones that should focus more and invest the least, I think it comes even higher than Conade, it comes from a government issue. We need to generate better Mexicans who don’t want to steal everything in front of you when you are in a good position, “Nadaud added.
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