Name: Canucks Forward Tyler Motte Shares Story of Living with Depression
Uploaded: 2020-03-13T04:13:11.000Z
Duration: 3 min 21 s
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- In sports, in hockey, there's this mindset

Gerund

that we've come to adapt to where it's all about being

mentally strong and not showing weakness.

My only input on that is it's not a weakness.

For me, just accepting and saying out loud

that was the first weight off my shoulders.

Starts off as, "Shake yourself out of it,

It seemed to slowly build up and get lower and lower,

and it would get to the point where I can't find the energy

In those times it gets more and more frustrating.

My girlfriend was the one who kept pushing me

It was a hard back and forth before I went and did it.

Went in, saw a psychologist, and was officially diagnosed

I've come to accept that it's something I'll deal with

the rest of my life, but I still have the ability

There are many things that I've noticed that have helped,

from reading books, maintaining social experiences,

still getting outside, having dinner with friends,

We have our mental skills coach with the team, Alex,

The hardest part for me was coming to accept it,

because I didn't want to be treated differently,

But at the same time, I think sometimes having

Just having them know that there is something

going on with me, and that there's nothing to worry about,

- [Interviewer] Are you nervous to share this story with us,

It's not necessarily about telling my story.

It's to help that one person or those handful of people

that need to know they're not alone in it.

I love the group of guys that we have here,

so I'm not worried about judgment or change of action

The support of individuals, teams, communities,

I think the stigma is going to shrink drastically,

or turned into opportunity where people can come

to fully understand what some people go through.

I think that's really the purpose of Hockey Talks.

There's people that always going through things

and this is just my way of hoping that I can influence

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Canucks Forward Tyler Motte Shares Story of Living with Depression

anxiety

mindset

mental

depression