Social Anxiety Support

kos · 04-24-2010, 10:52 PM

On April 27th ESPN is airing a documentary on the 1998 Heisman Winner and current Miami Dolphin, Ricky Williams. I have watched a few of these "30 for 30" documentaries and I've been rather impressed at the emotional depth they have been able to cover.

As may of you know Ricky has suffered from social anxiety in the past. I'm hoping they go into depth about that. From the looks of this trailer that seems to be the case.

I'll try and record it and put it up on youtube for anyone that doesn't get ESPN or just missed it. It is a 90 minute documentary and chronicles five years in the life of Williams, who went from a legendary college career that included the 1998 Heisman, to NFL riches, to NFL outcast, to the Outback in Australia, to holistic medicine, to an unlikely comeback littered with lost battles against the league's drug policy.

http://30for30.espn.com/film/run-ricky-run.html
http://www.statesman.com/sports/pro/...ng-616455.html

Fitzer · 04-24-2010, 11:04 PM

I am really looking forward to that. There is such an interesting story behind Ricky Williams life and career. No doubt he is the most well known SA sufferer.

millenniumman75 · 04-24-2010, 11:40 PM

I might have to set my VCR - yes, I can use the timer

AstronautsGrapes · 04-27-2010, 07:31 PM

i missed it on espn, but it will be on again at 11:00PM EST on espn2.
anyone who missed it be sure to check it out!

millenniumman75 · 04-27-2010, 10:02 PM

I missed it!
I knew I had forgotten something. Maybe it'll be on YouTube.

BetaBoy90 · 04-28-2010, 08:17 AM

Were you going to post this on youtube, I always had a fascination with Ricky since he came to the CFL that one year.

Fitzer · 04-28-2010, 12:51 PM

I thought it was pretty good. However, they didn't talk about his Social Anxiety very much. I think they only mentioned it once or twice. It was still pretty interesting though.

inVis420 · 04-30-2010, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fitzer

I thought it was pretty good. However, they didn't talk about his Social Anxiety very much. I think they only mentioned it once or twice. It was still pretty interesting though.

Yeah I guess he didn't want to talk about it and everyone in his life obviously doesn't understand it. I enjoyed it though...I could relate with a lot of what he went through.

kos · 04-30-2010, 10:01 PM

http://30for30.espn.com/film/run-ricky-run.html Some new clips here. I also forgot to record it lol. Check the link for times it airs again on the right.

TurningPoint · 04-30-2010, 10:43 PM

I need to watch one of these 30 for 30 docs. I'm a big Bill Simmons fan, and I'm disappointed that I haven't seen one of these.

inVis420 · 05-05-2010, 01:15 PM

I watched it again recently...really inspirational stuff. He's a smart dude, I learned alot from hearing him talk about things. Good to see him overcome his disorder at the end.

04-24-2010, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
kos Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 2,029	"Run Ricky Run" Documentary on Ricky Williams On April 27th ESPN is airing a documentary on the 1998 Heisman Winner and current Miami Dolphin, Ricky Williams. I have watched a few of these "30 for 30" documentaries and I've been rather impressed at the emotional depth they have been able to cover. As may of you know Ricky has suffered from social anxiety in the past. I'm hoping they go into depth about that. From the looks of this trailer that seems to be the case. I'll try and record it and put it up on youtube for anyone that doesn't get ESPN or just missed it. It is a 90 minute documentary and chronicles five years in the life of Williams, who went from a legendary college career that included the 1998 Heisman, to NFL riches, to NFL outcast, to the Outback in Australia, to holistic medicine, to an unlikely comeback littered with lost battles against the league's drug policy. http://30for30.espn.com/film/run-ricky-run.html http://www.statesman.com/sports/pro/...ng-616455.html

04-24-2010, 11:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fitzer Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 414	I am really looking forward to that. There is such an interesting story behind Ricky Williams life and career. No doubt he is the most well known SA sufferer. __________________ "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau

04-24-2010, 11:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Mentor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Gender: Male Age: 37 Posts: 93,004	I might have to set my VCR - yes, I can use the timer __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better! TROLL ALERT STATUS: CHAT -> BERT FORUMS -> ERNIE (troll activity on the increase) WATCH WHAT YOU TYPE!

04-27-2010, 10:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Mentor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Gender: Male Age: 37 Posts: 93,004	I missed it! I knew I had forgotten something. Maybe it'll be on YouTube. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better! TROLL ALERT STATUS: CHAT -> BERT FORUMS -> ERNIE (troll activity on the increase) WATCH WHAT YOU TYPE!

04-28-2010, 12:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Fitzer Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 414	I thought it was pretty good. However, they didn't talk about his Social Anxiety very much. I think they only mentioned it once or twice. It was still pretty interesting though. __________________ "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau

04-27-2010, 07:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
AstronautsGrapes Status: and i have social anxiety Join Date: Sep 2009 Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 229	i missed it on espn, but it will be on again at 11:00PM EST on espn2. anyone who missed it be sure to check it out!

04-28-2010, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
BetaBoy90 Status: User Requested Permanent Ban Join Date: Jan 2010 Age: 23 Posts: 4,306	Were you going to post this on youtube, I always had a fascination with Ricky since he came to the CFL that one year.

04-30-2010, 10:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
kos Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 2,029	http://30for30.espn.com/film/run-ricky-run.html Some new clips here. I also forgot to record it lol. Check the link for times it airs again on the right.

04-30-2010, 10:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
TurningPoint Status: Matic :o Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Toronto Age: 23 Posts: 206	I need to watch one of these 30 for 30 docs. I'm a big Bill Simmons fan, and I'm disappointed that I haven't seen one of these. __________________ PM me. I'm up for a talk anytime. It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves. - Karl Marx

05-05-2010, 01:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
inVis420 Status: Box of Rain Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Baltimore Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 306	I watched it again recently...really inspirational stuff. He's a smart dude, I learned alot from hearing him talk about things. Good to see him overcome his disorder at the end.

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