Ricky Rubio’s return to basketball and his mental health confessions: “I was in the dark and I got out of it with help”

Ricky Rubio comes back and basketball celebrates. The Spanish base had retreated and abandoned the NBA take care of your mental health because he had hit rock bottom. It was his decision to return little by little to what makes him happy. No pressure. First of all he was called up to the national team with a great gesture Sergio Scariolo and now he signed for Barcelona. And when he was presented in the Camp Nou auditorium he smiled and told everything he had experienced. Because speaking up is part of the recovery process and helps others set the example that it’s possible.

“I developed chronic stress and had to regulate it. I didn’t label it as anxiety or disorder. I had symptoms of mental health issues, but I wanted to figure it out. “My psychologist helped me work on myself,” he confessed.

“I thought basketball was over. But I’ve been working and I hope it helps people who are struggling. I was clueless and comes out with help“He continued.

“I live day by day. We try to control the uncontrollable and you don’t know when life will take you down a different path. You have to live day by day,” he added.

Earlier this year, the point guard published a crude letter on his social media in which he communicated his decision to play and terminate his contract with Cleveland. “July 30th was one of the most difficult nights of my life. My mind went to a dark place. I knew I was going in that direction, but I never thought I wasn’t in control of the situation. The next day I decided to leave my professional career. “When the time comes, I would love to share my entire experience with all of you so that I can help others who are going through similar situations,” she wrote.

That moment came and Rubio was able to talk at length about the experience: “When I left basketball, I felt like the most cowardly person in the world. The player had eaten the person and didn’t really know who he was. It was a life lesson. We dramatize and do not realize the damage we suffer. I make a positive note that I pamper myself more.

How do you consider your return to high competitions now? “I took it as a game. I had strange sensations, because normally we play automatically and think about the day of the match, the training takes place… and we think about the final result when the match ends. You don’t like it and now I’m playing,” she said.

One of the keys that kept him coming back was knowing that his case can help anonymous people who are out there suffering and unable to talk about what ails them.

“Help is essential in a process like this. Mental health, yes. Talking about it is a victory for the company, something that arrived in the NBA with players like Kevin Love or DeMar DeRozan. But you can help people. We all need help at some point. A word, a hug, a ‘I am here’, everything helps. I saved myself and now I’m comfortable. I’m proud of myself. I give basketball a new chance