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I can see Kai's thought process... I can also see the team's pov. Mental health is complex and we have barely scratched the surface on how to treat it. It's not like allopatric medicines for physical ailments where you pop a pill or have surgery and things get fixed. Therapy depending on the practitioner lies in the gray area of pseudo science and science and depending on who you consult approaches and results can be vastly different.
Mental health is difficult for everyone. Black community is far behind when it comes to embracing it. Men are far behind as well.
If you need to force 4 sessions / hours of talking about your situation and feelings to move forward in your career, I think thats more than fair. At the very least to protect everyone.
And if he wanted to meditate again he needs it structured so its happening consistently
Yeah, someone above was saying that it's "fucked" to say he needed to attend therapy before training camp. I hard disagree. I think it's practical and ethical for a team to wonder if this guy is going to be a danger or a bad influence on the rest of their guys. I don't want a guy carrying a gun on the team plane around, the same way I don't want a dude going through an undiagnosed mental health episode or a drug problem near the team.