Urban Meyer and his Battle with Mental Illnesses

Submitted by xcrunner1617 on
The bleacher report recently came out with a very nice article about Urban Meyer and his trials and tribulations regarding mental illness. While he is the coach of our biggest rival, I think raising awareness on issues such as this can be really beneficial to society and something we can all agree rises above the standard rivalry antics. Link: http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/i-m-not-the-lone-wolf/
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Bando Calrissian

September 13th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^

I'll be honest-- I find this article a bit troubling.

All you have to do to address your mental illness is get yourself into a new routine, read a book about leadership, and change your attitude! Oh, and stop taking ambien. OK.

He acknowledged he had a problem, but I guess I just don't see a lot of long-term wisdom in the way he chose to address it.

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BoFlex

September 13th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^

I agree that it is a part, but it doesn't mean that Urban isn't doing the other parts as well. Also the goal of treatment is to return the individual to pre-morbid/baseline functioning, and some people can achieve that without medications. Maybe Urban is one of them, or maybe he is taking medications, but did not feel like disclosing it to Bleacher Report.

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