Post by Blunashun on Jun 1, 2018 4:11:36 GMT
More & more athletes are coming out of the closet as regards mental / emotional issues as it effects their professional careers. Right now I'm watching a program about former NBA hotshot Royce White. His battles are supposedly related to GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) & OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). We can probably add a certain degree of narcissism, whether White wants to admit it or not. He actually thinks he should be covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act & paid by NBA teams accordingly. Ummm...no. GAD & OCD are joined at the hip by the same disorder - anxiety. You get sweaty & nervous if someone does something that makes you uncomfortable. Like Monk on TV.
I'm very familiar with & sympathize with these kinds of disorders. My half-sister was diagnosed as a paranoid-schizophrenic & institutionalized. She died in there. Supposedly she was running away from staff members, slipped & hit her head. Okay. Why are there never cameras in these places? Then my brother was diagnosed with the same disorder. He too died. Killed by the police when he escaped from a halfway house he never should have been in. The moral of that story is, if you truly love someone don't ever institutionalize them 'for their own good.' Those places are soulless & largely un-monitored.
I've battled both OCD & GAD in the past. One doctor pleaded with me to just take the freaking medication & break the cycle. What does that mean? You're used to acting & reacting in a certain way. Break the cycle & you might get free of it. For all I know I contracted this from watching my relatives fall one by one. I didn't used to be like that.
He was right. I took tranquilizers for ten years & don't need them anymore. Been off maybe 8 years. The cycle had been broken. Someone at Subway can hock a loogie in my sandwich while I calmly watch. They give me the sandwich & I toss it in the garbage & say - "let's try this again." No change in my vitals. No crack in my voice.
So, we have to separate the legitimate cases from the BS, & move on to understand there's a big misunderstanding in America. On the one hand, anyone who claims a disability from a mental / emotional issue is automatically stamped as a con-artist. On the other hand, would you hire that person? Why not? Boom! EXACTLY! You're afraid of him or her. So you really do believe something is going on there.
Royce White's case is without merit, IMHO. The NBA is not a regular job. He said he was afraid of flying. No one is driving you from LA to Toronto. Ticket sales are based on performance & star value. You aren't in the lineup because of a panic attack (which I can completely relate to), then get a regular job like the rest of us.
Mr. White is helping to bring attention to a real issue in America. He's also helping with the negative stereotype. Please stop.
I'm very familiar with & sympathize with these kinds of disorders. My half-sister was diagnosed as a paranoid-schizophrenic & institutionalized. She died in there. Supposedly she was running away from staff members, slipped & hit her head. Okay. Why are there never cameras in these places? Then my brother was diagnosed with the same disorder. He too died. Killed by the police when he escaped from a halfway house he never should have been in. The moral of that story is, if you truly love someone don't ever institutionalize them 'for their own good.' Those places are soulless & largely un-monitored.
I've battled both OCD & GAD in the past. One doctor pleaded with me to just take the freaking medication & break the cycle. What does that mean? You're used to acting & reacting in a certain way. Break the cycle & you might get free of it. For all I know I contracted this from watching my relatives fall one by one. I didn't used to be like that.
He was right. I took tranquilizers for ten years & don't need them anymore. Been off maybe 8 years. The cycle had been broken. Someone at Subway can hock a loogie in my sandwich while I calmly watch. They give me the sandwich & I toss it in the garbage & say - "let's try this again." No change in my vitals. No crack in my voice.
So, we have to separate the legitimate cases from the BS, & move on to understand there's a big misunderstanding in America. On the one hand, anyone who claims a disability from a mental / emotional issue is automatically stamped as a con-artist. On the other hand, would you hire that person? Why not? Boom! EXACTLY! You're afraid of him or her. So you really do believe something is going on there.
Royce White's case is without merit, IMHO. The NBA is not a regular job. He said he was afraid of flying. No one is driving you from LA to Toronto. Ticket sales are based on performance & star value. You aren't in the lineup because of a panic attack (which I can completely relate to), then get a regular job like the rest of us.
Mr. White is helping to bring attention to a real issue in America. He's also helping with the negative stereotype. Please stop.