Susan Seara

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

@kanebrown and thank you for being our go to anthems to all the her hockey games, basketball games, soccer tournaments. If we are driving, we’re listening to you ALWAYS! 😍

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

@kanebrown Happy Birthday!! You and my daughter share this date and you made her year at your concert @casinorama this past summer!! It was the best day of her 10 years!! You are THE BEST! We hope you have the best day with your beautiful family too. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

I just entered to win an iHeartRadio Experience to go Backstage with Kane Brown! @iHeartRadioCA #iHeartRadioExperience https://t.co/XPYwLJC19E

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

I just entered to win an iHeartRadio Experience to go Backstage with Kane Brown! @iHeartRadioCA #iHeartRadioExperience https://t.co/XPYwLJC19E

[NHL @NHL]

SIDNEY CROSBY

A CANADIAN LEGEND WINS WEARING THE MAPLE LEAF ONCE AGAIN 🇨🇦 #4Nations

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

WOW. A high school in Ohio organized a march to the polls with the high school band for first-time voters who are 18 or about to turn 18. Every high school around the country should do this too. So amazing.

[CBC Olympics @CBCOlympics]

🇨🇦 Damian Warner is off to a BLAZING start in the men's decathlon, posting the fastest 100m time in the field

Watch decathlon all day long on @cbcgem

[Irek Kusmierczyk @Irek_K]

President @JoeBiden tonight called climate change the existential threat. We see it in Jasper. As hearts break for Albertans, we pledge support. Get folks safe.

But let's also be real with eachother: this is the world that climate denying Conservatism will leave our children.

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

@RafaelNadal @carlosalcaraz Vamonos Carlitos!! Xoxo 😘

[Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal]

Enhorabuena @carlosalcaraz por esta inmensa victoria!!!! Grande!!!! Muy contento por tus éxitos !!! 🇪🇸 #Vamos

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

An effective treatment for depression from a systematic review of >200 unique RCTs:
Exercise
Benefit proportional to intensity of exercise prescribed
https://t.co/gvj7IdqN49
@bmj_latest @mnoetel @UQPsych

[Dr. Adil Shamji 🇨🇦 @ShamjiAdil]

Ontario saw almost 900 emergency room closures in 2022.

This is not a flaw; it's a feature of Ford's healthcare system that prioritizes private, for-profit interests.

I'll continue to hold @fordnation accountable & push for care Ontarians can depend on.

#onpoli #onhealth

[CDC @CDCgov]

Improving ventilation can help reduce the risk of #COVID19 spreading at your holiday gatherings. You can keep windows open, use exhaust fans, and use air purifiers. A breath of fresh air for a safer celebration.

Find more tips here: https://t.co/aGOBDegU2s

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

Davis Schneider: The FIRST player in @MLB HISTORY with 9 hits and 2 homers in his first three games! #NextLevel

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

I’ve been a hospital chaplain now for eight years at hundreds of deathbeds. I want to tell you something I’ve witnessed.

Most people, at the end, realize they’ve spent a lot of their life hiding. Sometimes by choice, or because they could not safely choose to be themselves. ➡️

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

LOVIN THE BICHETTE HEADBAND!! @BlueJays #NextLevel

[Susan Seara @s_seara]

@BlueJays LOVIN the Bichette headband!! Thank you @BlueJays

[🖤🖤 @ButlerLonney]

Imagine the nerve of asking for federal $ for healthcare after forgiving 1 billion dollars to 407, cancel license plate fees, lost 4.4 billion Covid funds, cut 1.5 billion in healthcare, gave over 400 million to parents for "tutors" and you can still afford a HWY for 10 billion.