Posted by OddipusRex on January 30, 2003, at 11:53:47
In reply to Re: Stigma, posted by bluedog on January 30, 2003, at 10:58:45
That was Ricky williams
http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/0311/1349666.html
> Forgive me for not knowing the guys name or the team involved (I live in Australia and don't know much about superbowl etc) but I very clearly remember reading a report on the net recently about one of the star players in one of the teams being treated for social anxiety...Unfortunately I can't for the life of me find this link back.. but apparently this guy used to be shunned by his team mates and considered weird by the media because he used to conduct post game interviews with his helmet still on because his social anxiety was so overwhelming.
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> I think the reporting about the whole thing was quite open and apparently he was treated with one of the ssri's (Paxil I think) for his social anxiety and his problems were much improved. He apparently left his old team because the lack of understanding displayed by the coach and players of his condition in that team had created irreconcilable differences but another team was willing to snap him up (despite knowing about his condition) and his sporting performance was outstanding in the new team. So maybe not all teams in the superbowl competition are so ashamed about the stigma about one of their players suffering from a "mental illness". I found the fact that an all American sports hero suffering from a mental illness was willing to go public about the whole thing was a pretty good step in the right direction.
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