Jerry West suffers from depression.

wow I hope he gets better.

 

There's millions of sufferers of depression.

Its a tricky thing. Abusive parents and rough childhood is a huge cause. But then spoiled kids of overprotective parents who arent taught enough how to handle adversity can be vulnerable to depression too.

No one feels sorry for celebrities. But then it can be "You're Jerry freaking WEST, I don't feel bad for you" while he has it as bad as anyone.

 

i didn't read the article, but it seems like i remember reading one time that he used to take losing to the celtics really, really hard. like unhealthily so. so maybe that's why this doesn't seem as shocking to me as it should.

 

Shameful weakling. I should whoop his azz and take his money curse him of diseases and tell him it could be worse you silly b****

 

You be trollin'.

 

I just checked the link to make sure he didn't lose a loved one or has terminal illness. My mom whipped my ass till I was 16 and my father is a goon.

 

The lockout is even making the logo sad

 

I'm not totally surprised either.

Maybe some really, really tough troll somewhere got to him. Jerry needs to learn the ignore function, which I somehow just reminded myself how to use.

 

A useful function to have indeed good sir!

 

Interesting read. As someone who's battled it as well, I can relate. I wonder why he doesn't want talk therapy. There are some fantastic counselors/psychologists out there that can do a lot of good; West could surely get him a damn good one.

 

Just goes to show how much dad>mom. Too bad T-Mac didn't have a dad.

 

I had suspected this. I've heard him interviewed by many radio shows and he seems genuinely uncomfortable receiving compliments and gets angry when he is treated with special reverence. He seems like a thoughtful and sad guy, saying that he often grows tired of media attention and has even considered not talking to any media for the rest of his life in recent years.

But of course, he's still out there and making appearances so it can't be all that bad all the time. it just must be something that he lives with and overcomes daily.

 

donate ur money west ppl have it so hard just because ur sad doesnt mean hoard the cash and cry about how unfair ur life is :s