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Originally Posted by Jay Random
By speaking up, he helps to disinfect those rumours, not only about himself, but about other players having trouble with their emotional health. Some fans may get it through their heads that suffering from anxiety, depression, and similar issues does not make you a defective human being, but it is a legitimate obstacle to playing your best at a sport.
‘Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical.’ —Yogi Berra
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Agreed.
I'm all for mental health being talked about openly including to reduce the stigmas surrounding it, and so others feel like they can as well. And doesn't matter how famous you are, or how wealthy you are - mental health issues can still destroy you. Wealth perhaps gives you better ability to get help, because sadly therapy and even medications aren't cheap at all. But pro athletes and celebrities aren't immune to any of this.
I just don't like the fact he was somewhat forced into doing it.