West also had a happy family
Recently, the video of NBA star Delonte West living on the street has sparked a hot discussion, in which he is beaten by a man and then roared unwillingly.
In fact, as early as 2016, West has been exposed to the streets, and this time it is even more shocking that a multi-millionaire who has played in the NBA for 8 seasons has fallen to such a point.
His good friend, former Magic star Nelson, later posted a willingness to help, and from Nelson's words, we get more information that West's problem is not just a superficial financial constraint, but more importantly, he already has a serious mental illness.
Hidden mental illness has long been hinted at
West played for Xunxing, Fujian
Chinese fans are no strangers to Delonte West, who was a close friend of LeBron James's Cavaliers until the 2011-2012 season when he averaged 9.6 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, and was a very qualified rotation player.
But during his time as a loner, West showed something surprising, he always inexplicably violated the discipline of the team, which made the intolerable team executives drive him out after giving him a few chances. After that, West played at the NBDL's Texas Legends.
In the 2013 and 2014 seasons, West played for Fujian and Shanghai respectively, at least when he played in Fujian, West was still a very normal foreign aid, but in Shanghai he only played 4 games, and then he did not say goodbye and returned to the United States to play. In 2015, West terminated his contract with NBDL due to injury, and there has been no news since then.
It is likely that at that time, West's spirit was problematic, but no one cared at the time, and everyone thought that he was just a problem player with a well-behaved and difficult to manage.
Extremely deteriorating mental state
In 2016, a photo of West on the streets in Maryland sparked a heated discussion when he was dressed in rags and looked like a homeless homeless man. But then West denied this, saying: "I'm not a homeless person, in fact I'm helping the homeless." ”
During the 2017 playoffs, West was in relatively good shape
At that time, people close to West had already revealed that he was suffering from a relatively serious mental illness and often could not control his behavior. At that time, West still denied it.
In 2017, some fans met West at a convenience store, when he was in a good mental state and cleanly dressed, which also reassured many people who cared about him, but what he did not expect was that the video of West being beaten on the street recently once again triggered a hot discussion.
Nelson also revealed some of the situation: "We talked about it a few months ago and I know he's really in a serious situation right now. When I saw this video of DeRondt, I was disgusted and wanted to spit it out, feeling empathy..."
All of the above signs, as well as West's unusual hysteria in the video, show that mental illness may have plagued him for many years, but in the past days, he always chose to hide and resist, so that now he is out of control.
How to cope with mental illness
Friend Nelson is willing to help West through this
As West's best friend, Nelson said he would do his best to help him through these most difficult days. At the same time, Nelson also said from the bottom of his heart: "What I want to tell you, when you think that you have mental problems, you must seek help from the doctor at the first time, to face the disease correctly, and let friends and family help you get through the difficulties." ”
"We know very little about mental illness ourselves, and we never think we're going to get it." Nelson continued: "But by the time you find out about your illness, it's really too late! ”
Yes, mental illness is characterized by being easily confused with personality, character problems, and it is not easy for oneself and others to be detected, and will always be blamed on emotional fluctuations. But in fact, mental diseases have their pathological and uncontrolled nature, if the drugs and other scientific methods are not intervened in time, the physical condition and spirit of the mental patients will be greatly damaged.
Marbury had also suffered from depression, but he came out, and West must have been able to overcome the disease
West is a very sad example, as a star who earned nearly $20 million in the NBA, has a certain reputation in society, and has a happy family, and he should not fall into the streets under any circumstances. As his friend revealed earlier: "West still has a property, his life is not tight, but no one knows why he did it..."
Before West, the NBA had an example of suicide due to mental illness that was not cured in time: former Yao Ming teammate Eddie Griffin, when suffering from severe "bipolar disorder" without timely treatment, chose to drive and collide with a train to end his life... In any case, we no longer want to see such a tragedy come. Fortunately, the good friends led by Nelson are willing to accompany and help West through the most difficult time, hoping that this NBA star can regain his strength and find his glorious and confident self! (Chen Chuan)