Unfortunately, mental health resources for athletes still pale in comparison to the various other forms of support they receive in order to facilitate optimal performance.
May 26, 2021
On a Saturday afternoon in mid-April, a few weeks after he was traded to the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon sat in the hotel room he was temporarily living out of and reflected on the most challenging season NBA players had ever dealt with.
While bouncing around the country as a deadly transmittable virus continued to spread, players had been contending with health and safety protocols that induced isolation, obliterated daily routines and separated them from partners, children, friends and family. Novel stressors had been stacked on top of the countless professional and personal reasons players might feel anxious during any typical season.
An NBA player has to be mindful of his health to play his best.Sometimes that means extra stretches, targeted exercise, specialized meal plans.It also means taking care of your mental health.“When we have diabetes, we go get treated. When we tear our ACL, we go get surgery,” current Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling wrote in the Players Tribune in 2018. “But if our heart
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Psilocybin Could be a Major Game Changer for Millions of People
The psychedelics story is quickly gaining momentum. Over the last few months, Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz have recently legalized its use. Joining them, Ann Arbor, Michigan lawmakers voted to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, as well.
Now, even Florida could soon legalize magic mushrooms by 2022. In fact, according to Miami New Times, “A recent bill introduced by Florida House Rep. Michael Grieco aims to legalize the use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance found in certain types of so-called magic mushrooms, to treat mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.”
Even the Canadian government allowed four terminally ill patients with cancer to receive psilocybin therapy to help ease end-of-life distress. This is the first time in 46 years that an exemption has been given in Canada for patients to access such treatment. Better, with the FDA’s more open-minded approach to psyched