Shawn Bradley admitted he has had suicidal ideas within the wake of a motorcycle accident that paralyzed him from the chest down.
Bradley, a former heart for the Sixers, Mavericks and Nets, spoke to Sports activities Illustrated about how he and his household are coping along with his paralysis.
Whereas he earned almost $70 million in his NBA enjoying profession, the monetary and emotional prices from the accident are staggering.
As a lot as being paralyzed would weigh on anybody, it's even more durable for Bradley — who at 7-foot-6 is far greater than the common individual. He wanted a 500-pound wheelchair that took a number of months to assemble.
A date night time along with his spouse, Carrie, required her to make an advance journey to the movie show to ensure it might accommodate a wheelchair of that dimension. Getting him into their minivan was one other battle, and he or she is left tending to his popcorn and soda.
“I like him, and he was so pleased,” she mentioned, “so I by no means needed to inform him [it was exhausting].”
In the home, she helps him with consuming and bathing. The educational curve of Bradley’s new actuality has been tough on all of them — and brought the ex-NBAer to some darkish locations.
“I don’t know the way I can ease the burden of me,” Bradley mentioned. “Possibly it’d be higher if this was simply throughout. Sure, these ideas creep in—and so they’re actual. I can’t ever think about myself performing on these ideas, however I undoubtedly have them.”
Bradley additionally mentioned that it's tough to be round individuals from his former life, like Dirk Nowitzki and Mark Cuban, and have them see him in his present state.
“People who I’m very shut with, the primary time they see me, it’s emotional,” Bradley mentioned. “It’s extraordinarily draining.”
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