Early this year, longtime Sharks broadcaster and former player Jamie Baker made a stunning admission via social media, revealing that he has battled depression for nearly two decades and “almost committed suicide on numerous occasions.”
Baker later expounded on his struggles in an emotionally powerful piece by Katie Strang of The Athletic, and now he’s talking about the steps he takes to fight his demons on a daily basis.
“You’ve got to re-train your brain because your brain is almost programmed to think in a negative way — to hate yourself, to beat yourself up,” he says in a digital vignette airing this month on NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California.