RIP Mike Flanagan
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I don't know the whole story, of course, but I have to take the occasion of Mike Flanagan's suicide to put in a good word for antidepressants. Too many people suffer needlessly because of a still potent stigma about 'popping pills to solve your problems.' Eff that. Pop those pills. To insist on handling it alone is not heroic, not strong, just a crying shame.
For those who don't know, Mike Flanagan was a Cy Young pitcher for the Orioles in the late 1970s and 1980s---a fan favorite and all-around great guy. It just breaks my heart that he was in such despair.
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I don't know the whole story, of course, but I have to take the occasion of Mike Flanagan's suicide to put in a good word for antidepressants. Too many people suffer needlessly because of a still potent stigma about 'popping pills to solve your problems.' Eff that. Pop those pills. To insist on handling it alone is not heroic, not strong, just a crying shame.
For those who don't know, Mike Flanagan was a Cy Young pitcher for the Orioles in the late 1970s and 1980s---a fan favorite and all-around great guy. It just breaks my heart that he was in such despair.
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