Saracens ready to move on from mental pain of showpiece losses
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Saracens employed techniques used to combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to help the squad to come to terms with their defeats in the Heineken and Aviva Premiership finals last season.
PTSD is generally associated with combat veterans and victims of serious crime, and while in no way comparable to the stress suffered by those groups, Saracens wanted to ensure that there would be no lingering psychological effects from losing 23-6 to Toulon and then, eight days later, 24-20 in the last minute of extra time to Northampton.
“All the lads had come back into camp and we wanted to get
PTSD is generally associated with combat veterans and victims of serious crime, and while in no way comparable to the stress suffered by those groups, Saracens wanted to ensure that there would be no lingering psychological effects from losing 23-6 to Toulon and then, eight days later, 24-20 in the last minute of extra time to Northampton.
“All the lads had come back into camp and we wanted to get
