Robert Gallery played 8 seasons in NFL.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ.
Dark thoughts. Constant ringing.
The same symptoms that killed Junior Seau and Aaron Hernandez.
One thought played in his head on repeat:
"๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช-๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ."
In 2021, he couldn't take it anymore.
So he got on a plane to Mexico.
To try something radical:
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
The last option he had left.
36 hours later...
The constant noise? Gone.
The dark thoughts? Silent.
"It saved my life," he said.
"I'm not anxious all the time. I can go for a run and be thankful that I'm alive."
He co-founded Athletes for Care to help other brain-injured athletes find help.
Eight seasons of football nearly killed him.
One trip to Mexico gave him his life back.