article_snippet: Another fan wrote: 'It's sad to hear about this Gazza.
article_snippet: Tracy Stephens posted: '@gazza8gascoigne Don't let a great support team who will help make you ill.
article_snippet: Last month the former footballer appeared on a BT Sport football programme alongside former drug addict Russell BrandRussell Brand.
article_snippet: the former footballer told fellow guests Jimmy Greaves and Russell Brand how the former footballer fundamental aim on a football pitch was to 'entertain the fans, win fellow guests Jimmy Greaves and Brand over', but admitted that sometimes it all became too intense for the former footballer.
article_snippet: the former footballer also admitted that even today 'it's sometimes hard to go to games' because the former footballer ends up 'analysing the former footballer.'
article_snippet: the former footballer added: 'I drive the former footballer nuts.
article_snippet: The 47-year-old former footballer gave evidence at the hearing in London to determine what compensation should be paid by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in eight representative cases.
article_snippet: In a written statement supplied to the High Court, the former footballer said that the former footballer fame had brought many benefits but also caused the former footballer much heartache as the former footballer had struggled to come to terms with the end of the former footballer playing career.
article_snippet: Constant media pressure made it very difficult for the former footballer to lead a normal life and had led to the former footballer family not being as close as his family once were.
article_snippet: the former footballer said the former footballer suffered from alcohol dependency and also had treatment for drug use and addiction to the drink Red Bull.
article_snippet: the former footballer statement said: 'I have suffered from mental illness, including paranoia, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.