#corey hirsch

[thinfatfit]

“I take meds for my mental health. I wouldnt be here if i didnt. So for all of you shaming people about meds...would it be better for you if I was medication free, but took my own life? Would you come to my funeral and call me a hero? Stop shaming people into not taking them.'' -Corey Hirsch (former NHL player)

[fuckyeahalexedler]

@CoreyHirsch: When I was sick 23 years ago and could barely get out of bed to get to practice....I never imagined this day possible. Thank you so much AlexEdler @NHL @Canucks @EdmontonOilers @Sportsnet650 @Sportsnet @GenePrincipe @sportsnetmurph @cmcdavid97 and so many more. I love you guys.

[asofterhockey]

[911] it isn't the storm that makes the ocean dangerous.

[hockey-time-machine]

Corey Hirsch kick save or blue paint aerobics class? You be the judge

[misterracoon]

People with OCD want 100% certainty. They want 100% certainty that they’re not going to harm anyone. They want 100% certainty that they’re not going to get some deadly disease. But their brain is lying to them — screaming at them, actually — that they’re going to contract a deadly disease, and then they’re going to inadvertently pass it on to their loved ones, and then it will be all their fault. OCD is not a disorder of harm, it’s actually a disorder of hyper-protection. People with OCD are particularly kind, and to hurt another human would absolutely destroy them. Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness. On a loop.

“Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark” by Corey Hirsch for The Players’ Tribune

[queernuck]

by Corey Hirsch

It’s the summer of 1994, I am standing at the edge of a cliff in Kamloops, British Columbia, and I am checking out.

In February, as a 21-year-old starting goalie, I’d backstopped Canada to an Olympic silver medal. In June, as the third goalie for the New York Rangers, I’d drunk out of the Stanley Cup. I have a girlfriend at home. I have a turbo sports car parked behind me. I have the horizon in front of me — so much horizon — and as I look out past the end of it, I am completely calm.

I’m going to see how fast this sports car can go … and drive it right off this cliff.

And then, finally, I’ll be at peace. My thoughts will be gone.

[greathockeywriting]

A must-read.

[hockey-time-machine]

Rangers goalie Corey Hirsch trying to make a save on Pens Mario Lemieux

photo credit in watermark