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Originally Posted by IGGYFORMVP
Great article. Powerful story and very brave of him to open up like this. Hope this goes a long way to helping others.
Have to wonder how much a goalies mental illness could go undiagnosed because they are so damn weird/strange in general. No offence to any goalies out there.
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Clint Malarchuk has had a bunch to say on his OCD, and it's always fascinating/heartbreaking.
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"Sometimes they give a goalie his own room. To me, that was the biggest relief in the world. I could do my preparation--which every goalie does, but in private. Pacing, acting out. Mine was a little excessive. You know what the funniest thing is? Goalies have this stigma attached to them that they are crazy and flaky. I've had more people tell me that I was the most normal goalie they'd ever met. Inside me I was saying, 'If you only knew.' "
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http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-...lint-malarchuk