I’ve talked more about Jaylen Brown in therapy than perhaps I have any other basketball player. Not more than any other human being. That would be asinine. But basketball player? Most definitely. He still comes up more than he should. Probably more than any basketball player should. But these are my therapy sessions, and thus my analogies to toy with. They work for me; I haven’t asked whether they work for Dr. Bailey, but she also hasn’t asked.
There has never been a professional athlete to which I’ve felt more connected to than Brown. I relate to his experience with anxiety, the voices in his head that he’s previously struggled to quiet.