Brooks suffers from

[Joker]

Anxiety disorder as per the most recent report

[McCarthy12]

That's tough.

What I'm wondering though, is didn't he deal with this in Houston, too? Did Howie get the scoop on this before he gave him $40 million?

[Loki]

Missed two games there as well.

Howie probably thought they'd just get him a case of Mylanta and he'd be fine.

[Ground_Meat]

Anxiety disorder as per the most recent report

Shawn Andrews II

[Corkey_for_President]

Nah. There's a difference between being plain crazy / not wanting to play (Andrews) and having to deal with anxiety attacks (Brooks). Brooks will be fine with treatment or meds or both. I give him mad props for standing up and admitting he has an issue publicly. It's actually his personal business, but he came out and shared.

[McCarthy12]

Yeah. If he wants to get help and play, he'll be able to do it. Good for him. They can certainly use him.

[Joker]

Brooks said it's not about wanting to play. He said he has an obsession with the game and that he is a perfectionist

[nor'easter]

I'm wondering the same thing about back in Houston. Once it's diagnosed there are both quick acting and longer term pharma therapies that can be used. I have an anxiety/panic issue that started in 2011 following an unrelated medical scare. Took me a while but Xanax (short term) and Celexa (daily) along with nearly two years of therapy have allowed me to resume a normal life. But as an example, I missed going to an Eagles game because I woke up at 4am freaking out that something might happen to me while I was there. Your brain is a finely tuned machine until it gets out of whack and then - watch out. I could barely leave my house for about a year without having 'issues.' I wish him luck. It's not a pleasant situation to find yourself in and even harder to admit to.

[CbEagle]

Well if he is a perfectionist working with this line would give anyone anxiety!

[rjohns02]

Thanks for posting this. Someone close to me is/was in a very similar boat to yours. It's difficult for others to understand what it's like. I'm sure I don't fully "get it" either, but I definitely understand it's not something you can just "power through."

[Corkey_for_President]

Got me bad a few times. One time at an Eagles' game - got a ride to the hospital via an ambulance due to heart attack like symptoms. It wasn't the Eagles or the game (LOL); induced by work/life stress. Still on mild meds and under control. Crazy shit and hard for folks to understand unless you've experienced it.

[nor'easter]

rj: I've got it and I still don't get it. But it sounds like you're being a good friend/mate. It took my buddies a while to understand why I couldn't go somewhere or do something with them. Now that they know they just give me casual crap about it.
Cork: had the same ambulance ride.
Me - so what's my BP?
EMT - it's high.
Me - how high
EMT - 200 over 100
Me - mmmmm. Good bowling score over bad golf score = fuck me

[Corkey_for_President]

I was in the bowels of the Vet next to the infamous "jail cell." After they checked my vitals, they got me outta there as fast as they could. First and only time in my life I left a building laying down! They worst was having the attacks on a plane, which I've had. Knock wood: can't remember the last time I had a full blown attack (~15 years).

[nor'easter]

Knock wood: can't remember the last time I had a full blown attack (~15 years).

That's fantastic!
I flew for the first time in five years back in March. Before that I had trouble even standing in the TSA line let alone getting on the plane.
Initially you think you're the only one who's got something like this and can't understand why it's happening and then you start to realize you're not alone.
Thanks for sharing and take care. I owe you for the online therapy session.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I can testify on the job stress thing. I was losing my shit (in the car) on a daily basis, and I finally had to walk away from a place I worked for 25 years. I realized the seriousness of it when I went for a stress test (for another issue), and after the treadmill workout, my heart rate never went completely back to normal.

The wife hated me quitting, but I told her that otherwise I'd be leaving the job in a straight jacket or a pine box. I still get some anxiety issues, but the change of environment reduced it a lot.