Silence is wrong road to go down

....Malone was 8 when his parents divorced, and he took the breakup hard. When he approached his father about seeing a counselor, though, his father said no.                                                              

“You don’t need to talk to anyone,” Malone remembered his father saying. “You’ve got me.”....

...At the same time, Malone said mental health was never discussed in the locker room. The stigma was strong enough that he felt weird saying hello to his therapist in the football facility, fearing that someone would see them together and make the connection......

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Bethany`s Notes: Reaching out is hard at any age. It is important to be heard by someone. The recent suicides and suicide attempts are real in collegiate athletics. The hardest may be to help those who you know need help but who refuse help.