Oakland A’s closer opens up about his anxiety: ‘It’s something I’ve struggled with a lot’
OAKLAND – Oakland A’s reliever Trevor May opened up Sunday about the anxiety issues he’s faced this season and at times during his career, saying it’s only recently that he’s been better able to recognize symptoms and deal with his mental health struggles in a more positive fashion.
“There’s enough on these guys’ plate. They don’t need me being a storm cloud walking around, and I definitely don’t want to have it at home with me. So, it was just in everyone’s best interest .” When he was younger and still trying to establish himself as a big-league player, May said he would have internalized how he was feeling, not wanting to show that he was struggling with anxiety.“Anxiety is something I’ve struggled with a lot in my life in different ways,” May said. “I’ve realized that a lot of the things that I might have felt in the past that I thought was something else, was actually that.
“ get up in the morning and the first thought in your head is we’ve got to pitch that night, so our anxiety kind of slowly … it’s almost like anticipation and anxiety together,” May said. “It builds up until that moment you might pitch. The phone rings, it’s either your name or not, and then you either relax or you lock it in and go pitch. Like, that’s our cycle.
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