World Mental Health Day 2025 | Taylor Moore checks in with Bristol Rovers teammates

For Bristol Rovers defender Taylor Moore, the importance of talking about mental health can never be understated.

The centre-back has been a champion of discussions around mental wellbeing since joining the Club last year, launching 5K Your Way in collaboration with the Community Yrust. This inspiring mental health initiative looks to promote physical and mental well-being, encouraging participants to join in a 5K walk while engaging in open conversations about mental health.

Friday 10 October 2025 marks World Mental Health Day and, in recognition, Moore asked his Bristol Rovers colleagues across the club fellow players, coaches, backroom staff and operational employees, how they recognise and take care of their own mental wellbeing.

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Hi everyone, it’s Taylor Moore. To mark the official World Mental Health Day, we wanted to highlight the importance of mental health and reminding people that it is okay to not be okay. Although we are part of Bristol Rovers, our roles may be different, but mental health can affect us all in many different ways. We ask the players, the staff, and those connected to the club the questions that really matter [Music] for me. when I recognize my mental health isn’t where I would like it to be or in the right place for me is on a morning when you wake up you don’t look forward to getting out of bed and coming into work um you don’t enjoy your everyday activities that you maybe normally enjoy uh you just feel that extra weight on your shoulders you feel down lethargic maybe you know your highs and lows I think you know everybody’s human nature to have good days and bad days and I think uh the best way to look at that is is that we all have bad days and uh we have to find that reset button and uh my grandad have a saying it’ll always be dark at 600. Uh probably losing motivation uh and yeah not willing to work as hard to achieve goals. Probably get into like some some bad habits um know bad routines and then just sort of trying to call that back really. Yeah, I feel like I have less energy. Um, I feel that I go quiet and I shut off from the outside world. I think I I tend to get a little bit anxious. Um, I get nervous. Um, sometimes I don’t particularly want to leave the house if I’m feeling that way. But there’s certainly signs that uh I’m well aware of. when you think about things too much or you’re thinking ahead too much. I think a lot of us we get fixated in the future when I think you need to stay like within the present. You know, think about what’s going on as you speak. Um to be fair, there’s quite a lot of easier signs for me. Um my eating tends to go quite bad. Um struggle to get out of bed in the morning and uh I don’t get to the gym, which is one of the things I use quite a lot as people know me to regulate my mental health. So those are the signs I know that I’m struggling a little bit. [Music] For me, when I when things get too much, I have a I like to call a team around me. So that’s consists of me girlfriend, my my family, my mom, dad, nan, auntie, uncle. Um that’s a the close team and then I have people that maybe work in football ex coaches I was really close with and I just bounce ideas around. Um, don’t feel ashamed. Like we said, I use them as much as possible to bounce ideas off, to just try and be as open as possible. Times are hard. When things get too much, I tend to revert back to exercise. I tend to spend time with my dog. Um, and yeah, just try and remind myself of happier and better times. I tend to try and just get active, go for a run, go for a walk, try and just get some fresh air. And hopefully that’ll uh that’ll let me uh chill out a bit more. I listen to music, podcast, watch a uplifting movie, do things that make you happy. Go out with friends, socialize. Certainly don’t be alone. Get yourself out there and uh get yourself pulling a smile back on your face. We all as men we we are we like to carry the persona of being tough but I think like as a human emotions can take over and sometimes letting it out can be a good thing and then once you feel like you’ve got what you need out of it look forward you know I was always active growing up so I like to go for walks runs go to the gym uh walks with the family uh yeah anything to keep active I find it really helps I find weeks when I’m not very active. I do tend to struggle with when things get too much. Obviously saying that it’s quite hard for me to talk to people. It’s kind of one of those things that I kind of revert back to football quite a lot. Um it’s my safe space. It makes me feel happy and being around the team it makes me feel more comfortable. I think football’s a real big thing for me. Um obviously you get all the emotions in this but I think being in a team setting around the girls, knowing that I’ve got training three, four times a week and um seeing everyone. I just like to see my friends and um socialize as much as possible. [Music] To anyone that’s struggling, you’re not alone. Um there’s a lot of people uh it may not not be every single day, but there’s a lot of people that suffer. Um and the mental health isn’t always in the place where it should be. Just remember it don’t always last. You can uh you can have bad days, you can have bad weeks, but bad times aren’t there to stay. Stay focused. Refocus, reset, get yourself back back to being a better place. Uh talk to someone. That’s what I say. I I was the worst offender when I was struggling with mental health for a few years, not talking to people. Everyone, you know, people are always listening to you. There’s doctors, family, friends. Reach out. Reach out to people around you because they care and they they want to see you thrive. Um if you’re struggling, there’s always people out there that are going to help you. there’s always ways that you’ll be able to like learn from it and also they’ll be able to help you whenever you need it. No one ever knows what someone’s going through. So, if you’re able to speak to someone, let them know. And I’d like to think whoever you do speak to will look out for you and want the best for you. Just reach out. I feel like that’s the thing. There’s always people willing to help. It’s just having that bravery almost to talk about what’s upsetting you. Always uh, you know, find the nearest person to talk to. go and talk to somebody, you know, be it a friend, be it a family member, but sharing really, really helps. It might not always be that go-to, but definitely someone will be there waiting to listen and they can always give you some advice, whether it’s a colleague, uh a friend, a family member, uh a support line, just to talk and and open up. I know it’s always difficult to take that first step, but just to know you’re not alone, uh and there’s someone to talk to, I think, is invaluable. No matter what type of feelings you have, exercise and being outside, being around other people, being socialable can make such a difference to your day. [Music]