Hints dropped over Carey Price
Heavy hints are being dropped about Carey Price’s mental health as stories are run about Marc Bergevin weeping as he gave out the news.
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Jebediah Pallendrome 12:12 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
Am I missing something?
A person may have a mental health issue and/or substance dependence issue. Said person has checked into a program to treat the problem, just like tens of millions of people all over the world, each and every day.
How is this different from “local man has toothache, sees dentist”?
I don’t think I’m being insensitive here but, if the whole point is that mental health issues have been stigmatized for such a long time, and this isn’t so much the case anymore, then doesn’t making a really big deal about something we’re supposed to treat as commonplace kinda undermining the whole ‘hey, this is normal and okay to talk about’ vibe that’s been going out the past few decades?
Hockey players don’t live in a cave, they have all the money and resources they need to help themselves.
DisgruntledGoat 17:58 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
JP, I don’t think it’s a stretch to recognize that pro athletes have a wide reach in society due to their level of fame. They have a lot of influence especially on young kids.
If CP and the attention paid to his mental health issues convince one kid to flag to their parents that they are struggling, then I think it’s a positive net effect. And it will be a lot more than one kid.
I understand the “I’m a celebrity with all the resources woe is me” argument. However if they use their celebrity to model that it’s okay to struggle with mental health I’m having a very hard time being cynical about it, and I’m very cynical.