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NEELY wrote: tim1_2 wrote:Assuming this is a suicide, it just goes to show how money doesn't buy happiness. A lot of people would give anything to trade places with a professional athlete…and then when you see something like this, it just makes it even more tragic.
Or he has been beat in the head so many times he had brain damage.
What about Tom Cavanagh (Sharks prospect)? Looks like he only had 2 AHL fights in his career. Found dead in a mall parking lot back in January. Died of "multiple traumatic injuries due to blunt force impact" which was ruled a suicide (don't even want to think how that's possible). Anyhow, point is he suffered from mental illness -- same as Rypien -- but not likely brain damaged.
I could be wrong, but the kind of pressure that having to fight the other team's best fighter on a nightly basis could certainly affect your mental state. Stress and anxiety, not being able to sleep -- all of that can lead to medication, then overmedication and dependence. Probably doesn't help the situation if they are already suffering from depression or other disorders.
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