Other Disclosures: Kevin Love, March 6, 2018
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“Everyone is Going Through Something”
Kevin Love – The Story
•Stress at home
•Lack of Sleep
•On the basketball court, expectations felt like a weight
•It happened during a game. “I knew something was wrong almost right after tip-off,” he said.
•Played 15 minutes in first half and game was just off
•Third quarter, coach called timeout, when he got to the bench, he felt
•heart racing faster than usual
•Trouble catching breath
•Everything was spinning
•Like brain was trying to climb out of his head
•Air felt thick and heavy
•Mouth was like chalk
•Knew he couldn’t go back into the game
•Couldn’t do it physically
•Blurted to coach, “I’ll be right back” and ran back to the locker room
•Running from room to room
•“It was like my body was trying to say to me, You’re about to die.”
Kevin Love – How I relate
•Relate to everything other than being a professional athlete
•Similar to my first panic attack---the run my senior year of high school
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