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Shades of a major DLine recruit this year. Though we're not in it at all this time. So much more entertaining as a spectator.
Engineering Engineering Engineering was his mantray... commits to LSU and majors in "General Studies"
Academics Academics Academics is the mantra this year... looking at Ole Miss, Auburn, and a place that hired his HS coach.
The lady doth protest too much.
Engineering Engineering Engineering was his mantray... commits to LSU and majors in "General Studies"
Academics Academics Academics is the mantra this year... looking at Ole Miss, Auburn, and a place that hired his HS coach.
The lady doth protest too much.
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buxfan4life
The future's so bright, I've gotta wear... shades.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/chargers/la-sp-super-bowl-barksdale-20180202-story.html
Chargers' Joe Barksdale breaks silence on his daily battles that have nothing to do with football
By DAN WOIKE
FEB 02, 2018 | 1:05 PM
The thoughts Joe Barksdale had wrestled with for as long as he could remember started to get louder.
"Just kill yourself. Just do it. What's the point of living if you're going to be this miserable the rest of your life? Just kill yourself."
It was early November 2017 and Barksdale, the Chargers' starting right tackle, sat in the team's training room. He'd just found out he wouldn't be playing in an upcoming game against Jacksonville after injuring his foot during a fight with a teammate.
He'd missed the previous two games with a toe injury that had been bothering him for more than a month. Now, he was going to be out again.
He cried.
His severe depression — something Barksdale calls the "monkey" always on his back — had gotten the best of him. Truth didn't matter anymore. Only sadness did.
He got home and sharpened a knife, his mind racing. His wife, Brionna, convinced him to put it down. They talked, he calmed, and the crisis was averted.
Barksdale, who is on medication and in therapy, is sharing his story in the hopes of becoming an advocate for people suffering from chronic depression.
"If I could save another person, maybe that's why the attempts [to harm himself] didn't work," he said.
During a wide-ranging interview with The Times, Barksdale, 29, said he was physically, emotionally and sexually abused as a child.
He hesitated to talk about the abuse at first before deciding to share his experience. "I was molested when I was younger," he said. "It happened."
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Chargers' Joe Barksdale breaks silence on his daily battles that have nothing to do with football
By DAN WOIKE
FEB 02, 2018 | 1:05 PM
The thoughts Joe Barksdale had wrestled with for as long as he could remember started to get louder.
"Just kill yourself. Just do it. What's the point of living if you're going to be this miserable the rest of your life? Just kill yourself."
It was early November 2017 and Barksdale, the Chargers' starting right tackle, sat in the team's training room. He'd just found out he wouldn't be playing in an upcoming game against Jacksonville after injuring his foot during a fight with a teammate.
He'd missed the previous two games with a toe injury that had been bothering him for more than a month. Now, he was going to be out again.
He cried.
His severe depression — something Barksdale calls the "monkey" always on his back — had gotten the best of him. Truth didn't matter anymore. Only sadness did.
He got home and sharpened a knife, his mind racing. His wife, Brionna, convinced him to put it down. They talked, he calmed, and the crisis was averted.
Barksdale, who is on medication and in therapy, is sharing his story in the hopes of becoming an advocate for people suffering from chronic depression.
"If I could save another person, maybe that's why the attempts [to harm himself] didn't work," he said.
During a wide-ranging interview with The Times, Barksdale, 29, said he was physically, emotionally and sexually abused as a child.
He hesitated to talk about the abuse at first before deciding to share his experience. "I was molested when I was younger," he said. "It happened."
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