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I mean it's not as though we know that he doesn't have it.We have doctors and psychologists. I find it hard to imagine they would have missed what has become a pretty common condition.
I mean it's not as though we know that he doesn't have it.
All of 3 players have come out about it, the AFLW player Emma O'Driscoll, Heath Shaw and Jordan De Goey - and De Goey got lambasted for it. Considering the number of players in the AFL there's almost certainly others who have it and haven't announced it.
It could just be something they've managed without it becoming public knowledge, we don't know the ins and outs of every AFL player's psychological profile.
Great post, theirs so many nuances in it that it really depends on the individual to. And not saying Denver has it directly but that their seem to be a few signs of something.To dox myself a touch, I was diagnosed later with ADHD. I wonder about it from time to time with players because of the amount of focus that is required these days. You would either have to be next level instinctive in your playing ability, or you would have to have the game be where your hyper-focus moment falls every week.
ADHD totally affected my sports “career”, amongst other things. I was one of the best in the side when I was mentally there, but I could easily and often drop off—like right off a cliff style—when my focus was gone. A bad decision, a person on the sidelines, a well timed sledge could all send me at right angles—rarely in a violent way though—and I would be left floundering trying to catch up with the rhythm of the game again. It used to get so disappointed with myself that I could just ‘reset’. Cricket was the worst, see something out the corner of your eye at that moment the bowler is coming in, you are screwed.
Anyway, I wondered about the meds also. I don’t take them all the time—actually i dont like taking them, but when I do, I can get in order a lot quicker and can get a lot more work done. So it is, indeed, performance enhancing. With around 6% of the population having it, I wonder if they have a protocol for it.
I made a comment because he is a yahoo on the field as a basic summary hahaSorry if I’ve missed something, but is there any reason we have pseudo diagnosed a player with a potential medical condition? This isn’t to say he may or may not have it, I’m just wondering how we got here.
Who says it’s been missed?We have doctors and psychologists. I find it hard to imagine they would have missed what has become a pretty common condition.
DGB gave away a 50m penalty and now he has ADHDwtf is happening in this thread?
FMD.
Well summed up.DGB gave away a 50m penalty and now he has ADHD
Move the posts to TumblrIt’s not a safe space to just come up with theories or diagnose a players mental health
Not my decision but would be worth removing those posts for the reasons you've just mentioned. They're so unnecessaryWell summed up.
Some of you people need to realise this is a public board.
It’s not a safe space to just come up with theories or diagnose a players mental health, and I’m amazed that even needs to be pointed out.
It is, but we got the best player out of all of these with pick 2 in the MSD.How depressing that we flushed pick 6 in the bog. The only consolation is that it was a weak draft. Still depressing though. Errol Guldin is hiding further down that list somewhere too.
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I am more amazed that a journo hasn't picked this up and ran with it.Well summed up.
Some of you people need to realise this is a public board.
It’s not a safe space to just come up with theories or diagnose a players mental health, and I’m amazed that even needs to be pointed out.
Personally, I think Denver's current problems on the footy field stem from tension between his parents during his infancy.
Welcome to Big Footy.DGB gave away a 50m penalty and now he has ADHD
You have absolutely no knowledge on the subject and your opinions are disregarded.
It's clearly because Mercury was in retrograde during his conception.