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Bleeding Green Nation: for Philadelphia Eagles fans

From the Bleachers #84 - Lane Johnson Opens About His Mental Health

Bleeding Green Nation: for Philadelphia Eagles fans

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Shamus Clancy discusses Lane Johnson's statement regarding depression and anxiety and how it relates to his struggles with bipolar disorder. Subscribe to the BGN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BleedingGreenNationSBN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Be it superstition or just an apparition, you suddenly appear, decided my boy does this strange romance and ghost a chance.

0:18.0

Welcome to From the Bleachers. I'm your host as always, Sheamus Clancy, coming to you from the wonderful

0:23.0

leading your nation-video podcast. Now I'm recording this late Tuesday morning,

0:28.0

doubling up on podcasts this week. I will have an odds and endzones with zoe later in the week, but dropped a brief

0:34.0

zack or it's memorial type podcast paying for farewell to an eagle's legend, as I said numerous times on that podcast.

0:43.0

The only man in Eagle's history to catch a game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl.

0:49.0

That was kind of a fun one. It was emotional, but it was a little light in the sense that we were reminiscing on an unbelievable time

0:57.0

that we all had following the Eagles as fans. And how many people are watching the performance was in that 2017 season.

1:05.0

If you haven't listened to it, definitely suggest going back and listening to it.

1:08.0

But today I want to talk about something that is emotional, but has a more gravitas to it.

1:15.0

A bigger weight, heavier weight, something more serious. And as Eagles fans, no Lane Johnson has missed some time in the last couple of games of the team.

1:24.0

A way with a personal matter, a personal issue. And er, this week, I believe, well, it's Tuesday.

1:31.0

So I think Monday, Lane opens up on social media about why he hasn't been playing for the Eagles.

1:37.0

Why he's been away from the team. And it seems that he's opened up about his own mental health struggles.

1:44.0

And it looks like that he is rejoining this team. And I'm hoping that he does play Sunday against the Raiders in Vegas.

1:49.0

But for him to speak up, to begin, I'll just read what he tweeted out.

1:54.0

Tweeted out, put this picture, this graph on Instagram and social media.

1:59.0

So Lane tweets this out October 18 that 747 AM.

2:03.0

I would like to thank everyone for their understanding support over the last two weeks.

2:08.0

I appreciate the positive notes and messages as I work hard to restore my personal life.

2:13.0

The pressure and anxiety are things I've dealt with for a long time that have kept hidden from my friends and family.

2:18.0

If you're reading this and struggling, please know that you are not alone.

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