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BYU's Tanner Mangum goes public with mental health issues in hopes of helping others, eliminating stigma

Jaren Wilkey, BYU

I have been feeling that I wanted to do more, to step up and use my voice to help other people.

PROVO — Before Tanner Mangum could seek the help he needed, the BYU quarterback had to convince himself that admitting he was struggling didn’t make him weak.

“I’m a very positive, optimistic, happy person,” he told the Deseret News Thursday. “But I also have an anxious side to me. I’m a people pleaser; I’m afraid to disappoint anyone, which would really stress me out.