Rose helps control her symptoms by taking a daily pill, but she says rugby is her true “medicine”.
“It gives me the buzz,” she said. “There’s a lot of adrenaline that’s stored inside my head and it helps to bring it out.”
The front-rower was a latecomer to the sport and only made her international debut in 2021, but is now one of the most senior members of the Wales squad, having been capped 42 times.
She has competed at two World Cups and four Six Nations, and has won the PWR title with Saracens twice, but she says her biggest success in rugby is that it helps her manage her symptoms.
“If I’ve done a rugby session and I’m exhausted, then it kind of does die down a bit because I’m exhausted and the devil on my shoulder is exhausted too,” she explained.
Rose believes having the condition in fact makes her a better player.
“I say it’s my superpower,” she said.
“I was never very good at catching and passing, but I’m good at getting the ball and smashing through people.
“It took me a while to learn to control that anger, but now I really use that as my superpower, because it makes me disciplined.”
