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I read this whole thread last night when my dogs woke me up and I couldn't sleep. You know this is REALLY SAD. It's sad because a kid with exceptional ability has fallen for the entitled culture that has been exploding over the last 5 years. He believes its his RIGHT to have protocols in place that benefit him and only him. As many have said, this situation is setting back the mentally ill people who actually are trying to learn to cope with their issues and live a normal live. He's the anti-advocate for GAD and is hurting many with his actions. I'm no doctor, but I've led some fairly large organizations in my day. Because of this experience, I believe in some form or fashion we all have some form of mental illness. Most people don't even realize it and find ways to deal with it. Other suppress these issues because they have to support themselves or a family. While others can't control their problems and are overcome by the illness. I once had an Senior Non-Commissioned Officer with 26 years experience suddenly lose his mind and believe he was a Paladin sent back to right the wrongs in today's world. Dude just went nuts after a fairly distinguished career. Doctors believed he had these delusions for years, but didn't act on them until a trigger occurred. I really enjoyed watching White in the Summer League. True he struggled at first, but he showed us some glimpses of his unique skill set. If he had went to the dleague early who knows where he would be. His passing and rebounding skills in our wide-open offense would be fun to watch. I feel bad for the Rockets. White has put them in a bad situation and at least from the outside it looks like they've bent over backwards to meet him half way. That he won't see the Houston doc seems to support he's scamming us. If he's really ill, why not see the best and get the organization on his side. Either he's willing to learn how to cope with his issues through treatment or he doesn't play in the NBA its that simple to me. Whatever the Rocks do at this point they've got this fans support.
Rockets' organization made a real risky move without thinking through things, and the egg is on their face.
Driving to practice in the middle of the day? Can't risk it, too unsafe. Driving in the middle of the night in anxiety-inducing fog and taking a picture. Totally safe. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23HTown">#HTown</a> fog last night was literally making me nervous. I was like.... WHAAAT?LBVS! <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23DrivingAnxiety">#DrivingAnxiety</a> <a href="http://t.co/xNsAOjg0" title="http://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/293019623660609539/photo/1">twitter.com/Highway_30/sta…</a></p>— Royce White (@Highway_30) <a href="https://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/293019623660609539" data-datetime="2013-01-20T15:38:17+00:00">January 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Actually not surprised at the bolded, because of the way that anxiety works and imo from White's displayed trust issues. What disturbs me more is that the doctor that he's seeing, and that I suspect he wants to be the doctor that has final say in his protocols, is his family doctor. From everything that's been posted, White hasn't seen an actual therapist; at least not regularly, and they're not in charge of his mental health, nor a licensed psychiatrist. The doctor that the Rockets HAVE assigned was even willing to help him find other specialists to help, if you read Morey's letter, and isn't even a doctor that they're forcing him to stick to. Just as a window to access other doctors that, I'm fairly sure, Royce could pick. This was basically was my experience with a psychiatrist; that they're willing to work with you and find the option that's tailored to you. So either White is scamming the organization, which I'm 50-50 on, or he's actually so mentally unstable that he's unfit for the NBA, which I'm leaning towards. (these two options aren't mutually exclusive.) I mean, if going into his closet and looking at his hats cause him anxiety, I don't even know how he's going to function in the pressure-cooker that's the NBA. I'm wondering if there's an injury clause or something that gets the Rockets out of the contract.
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I think the Rockets made a risky decision given a set of facts. Now that we drafted him, the facts have now been altered by a lying mfer. White put on a nice little show to get drafted and now that he is here, he isn't what he purported to be before the draft.
White hasn't fallen for any of our political fantasies (please keep political sloganeering in the D&D). He is a mentally ill member of a sports culture that worships its heroes, a person who understated his problems to ensure he was drafted. Period.
I may be late on this, but congrats for making it all over nutjob's twitter lmfaoooooo. Were you really apologizing to him or just trolling even harder? Please say trolling.
WHY DONT WE JUST GIVE HIM A SELF PHYSICIAN I MEAN HONESTLY IT WOULDNT HELP I SEE HIM BEING HONORED TOWARD THE END OF HIS CAREER OPENING THE LEAGUE AND MENTALY DISORDERED ATHLETES TO BE IN THE LEAGUE. HE IS A PIONEER A GUY WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE A FIRST STEP FOR PEOPLE OF HIS KIND. ROYCE IS A HERO!
didn't know which royce thread to post so i put it here. http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4082...st-heed-michael-johnson-warning-and-overcome# this is a story about an EPL player who currently being treated at Priory Clinic. Long story short, he was a football(soccer) phenom who made it pro all the way to manchester city and english national team. fought injuries throughout his entire career but still was a very good player. he was just released, only 24 y/o, due to mental health issues.
If you are correct, then that honoring ceremony is going to happen pretty soon because his career is going to be short.
