Ex-Lions QB helps men tackle mental health stigma


Ex-Lions QB helps men tackle mental health stigma


....Getting men to think about mental health, and to get help if they need it, is the focus of a research project called “Healthy Men Michigan,” which is looking to break through thought patterns that keep men from seeking mental health services.....

....But he struggled with unresolved feelings about leaving the game of football, which had consumed his life from the age of nine. He also went through a divorce.

“I was at a loss, didn’t know exactly what to do. I got the divorce, ended up getting remarried, starting a business, and kind of just threw myself into it,” Hipple recalled. “I became successful, until it hit me about five, six years later, like, this is it?

“Is this all there is? Is this what life’s going to be from now on? I lost all motivation.”

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Bethany`s Notes: A great story about Eric Hipple and his struggle through mental illness including post retirement and the loss of his own son to suicide. Eric explains he took many avenues and finally found a way to put his energy into something that matters...getting individuals, especially men, to break through the thought patters that keep them from getting help for mental health concerns.

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