Ben Gordon: “Where Is My Mind”

[HooperScooper]

Mike Anthony of the Courant wrote an article on this with a bunch of quotes from Calhoun. Good read.

“He's very articulate, a very gifted writer,” Calhoun said Friday afternoon. “For those who know Ben, love Ben, this has been quite a struggle for him starting after [the NBA] and didn't have quite the same purpose. He obviously has suffered through a lot of things, been in for help. There are a lot of us who love him and are out there to support him. I love Ben Gordon like a son. He's been much like a son to me in so many ways, more over the past couple years, particularly.”

Mike Anthony: Brave and brutally honest essay by former UConn standout Ben Gordon about mental health could help save lives

Ben Gordon’s incredibly brave and brutally honest essay published Thursday by the Players’ Tribune is terrifying and enlightening enough to stand as one of the most important exploratio…

www.courant.com

 

[Waquoit]

I'm glad he still has money.

 

[Ha Who]

Powerful and raw emotion. Award winning

 

[RF79]

Great read, I’m happy he’s doing better. I give him credit for opening up and telling us really what was going on in what was a very very tumultuous time for him.

 

[Chief00]

Chief always liked Ben. In recent days, Chief talked to a few people, who also knew him fairly well too. None of us could foresee this happening. I think it is true, what helped make him a great player, may have hurt him late/post career live a normal life.

 

[HooperScooper]

Some Guy also wrote an article about this.

Jim Calhoun had hung up the phone with Ben Gordon’s mom Yvonne only a few minutes earlier when my call arrived.

“It is great that Ben is so honest,” Calhoun said. “The thing is he is going to continue to need help. Coming out, sharing his thoughts about feeling lost, the desperation, powerfully and dramatically, it is terrific for other people. So it is a great thing. Personally, Ben has to best as he can get a hold of this to make this a consistent lifestyle as opposed to the incredible highs and lows he continues to have.”

Jeff Jacobs: Raw and profound, Ben Gordon’s honest, enormous gift

Former UConn star Ben Gordon detailed his struggle with mental illness in a Players’...

www.ctinsider.com

 

[Edward Sargent]

We struggle as a nation with mental health.

 

[methodology]

One of the realest, best pieces I've read in a while. Takes a lot to open up and be honest like that.

Wish BG the best in his continuing day to day struggles

 

[mauconnfan]

"There are a lot of us who love him and are out there to support him. I love Ben Gordon like a son. He's been much like a son to me in so many ways, more over the past couple years, particularly.”

JC is an amazing man! Glad Ben had him but more than amazed with Ben's ability to cope as he did finally as he was in a tragic place. He will help many others I am sure, you can feel it in his words.