The title quote is from Brandon Marshall, a two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver. Brandon Marshall has been in trouble ever since I first heard of him, back in his college days at UCF. Not too long ago he was stabbed by his wife. His wife then violated an order-of-protection while he was in Boston. Because the last violation revealed he was in Boston, not his home in Miami, and because he has had plenty of trouble with the law, he chose to reveal he was receiving treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder.
I admire this guy. I don't admire his legal problems, and submit to you we can't blame trouble we get ourselves into on disorders. However I didn't hear that from him, I heard someone owning his condition and saying I screwed up, I'm getting help. Not only is he getting help he is committing to help others with the same condition.
It would be a lie to say I'm not patting myself on the back to some degree when I say it takes tons of guts to do what he's doing. When I started blogging it was easy. I doubted anyone was really reading it, so it was for me. Sure, I gave admonitions and the like, but it was still for me. The first time my story publicly, at a time where I knew it was seen and heard, it was pure agony. It's much easier to walk away and pretend like everything is fine.
So huge kudos to Brandon Marshall. The first time is the hardest. I wish you well and ask anyone close to a person who has a condition, but is now stable, to share their story. Brandon's right, it is worth doing if it saves someone's life.
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