You have to feel bad for the guy, but wow, he seems to have some serious mental issues with his Tweets and such. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8818221/houston-rockets-suspend-royce-white-cite-breach-contract
I don't think he or the team are handling this while thing that well. I will place blame on both sides. And this is coming from someone who was just diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (the same thing he has) about 4 months ago. Since I have experienced just how intense these things can be, I understand his point of view. My job has worked with me through this for the most part, but I now have a different absentee policy from the rest of my coworkers. And while they understand most of the time, there are times that I feel like my personal health is not being accounted for. His life is like mine, but magnified 1000 fold. I can't imagine the fear and strangeness that could come from that. At the same time, I understand the team. NBA is a business. draft picks are important. They want him to work and to play a part in the team. But, coming from someone who has this particular mental disorder, things can be completely fucked up. I wish Royce White well. I hope he and myself can figure our things out. It isn't easy. I also hope the Rockets can ease up on him a bit and actually help his disorder. It could work out for both parties in the end.
Thanks for sharing, hp. This is sad. I want to know how this didn't come up in predraft vetting. If I may ask, do you take medication, hp?
This was all known ahead of time, the Rockets just thought they could get him all taken care if with their medical and psychiatric staff. It's sad, because from what I have seen he is a sweet kid. NBA may just be too stressful for him. I hope he gets his anxiety under control, he could be a top three talent from the draft.
Not sad at all. Part of everyday life. Bummer for anyone that has these sort of problems. Isn't the problem of getting treated more important than anything else?
I don't take meds Kingspeed. Even though my life is strange now, I am a really happy person. I also rely on art and music creation to make me feel better. I don't want to mess with that. I guess for me, I started feeling a little better once I found out what the problem was. Before I found out I had G.A.D. I thought I was dieing every moment of every day. It didn't help that I had a doctor who thought I might have a brain tumor based on my symptoms. Once I had every test done, including an MRI of the brain, I realized it was an anxiety disorder. I have since quit smoking, and cut my caffeine and alcohol down by considerable degrees. Things still feel strange, but I can cope with normal life most of the time. I also don't feel like going into detail what this feels like. If you really want to know, p.m. me. There are a million things I could say....
I feel for Royce White, and I've been rooting for him since his anxiety disorder really came to light, but I also feel like there's more than one side to this story. I just can't see a team that invests a first round pick and millions of dollars into a prospect throwing him under the bus (no pun intended). I also think it's interesting that people forget White's tenure with Minnesota. He was considered a "head case," even before the anxiety issues, being dismissed from the team after his shoplifting and fifth-degree assault charges, as well as the whole stolen laptop fiasco. Like I said, I feel for him, and I'm not being insensitive to his anxiety disorder in the least, but I just don't think we're getting the whole story here, and I think there's something deeper going on here with White than his anxiety.
