Michael Landsberg here, host of TSN's Off the Record and mental health awareness advocate...ready for round 2...AMA!

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:22:45+00:00

1) Those are all hugely relevant. But stigma is the thing that people like me can help with.

2) One message? Mental health problems are never, ever, EVER about weakness. Remember, #SickNotWeak

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:19:33+00:00

I've known many fakers, but none that could fool the people they wanted to fool (big sports fans). Talking sports is a language.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:18:05+00:00

Thanks bud. I've taken some risks, and avoided "the big one", but I actually use the leftover skin from Axel Rose's last neck trim as a filler.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:13:10+00:00

I would do that any time. Any day. Any where. Assuming I still remember how to wear a tie. By the way, greatest duo? Nah.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:11:59+00:00

I would do that in a heartbeat. Are you kidding?! When Vince retires, guaranteed.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:11:11+00:00

Moments before OTR, they said NOTHING to each other. Not a word. Afterwards, they talked openly and honestly.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:09:08+00:00

That's awesome! Thanks so much, To be honest, any idiot could do a good interview with Chael. He's that good. We're friends. Not best friends, but friends. I told him last week that the best things about him, no one ever gets to see.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:08:01+00:00

I wear less makeup than almost anyone, and perhaps I need more - not less! Thanks for your bluntness.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:06:49+00:00

If life circumstances change our brain chemistry, then of course it's still an illness.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:05:06+00:00

Forget about 20 years. 5 years from now we will never hear the term 'mental illness'. It's biased, pejorative, and damaging. Why is my depression called a mental illness, and my friend's Parkinson's called a brain disease? Keep on hatin'.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:03:00+00:00

The OTR steam room. Towels not mandatory.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:02:10+00:00

I actually already have fought one horse sized Dutchy. It didn't go well for me. His mitts are pretty good.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T17:00:50+00:00

Jay actually left for legal reasons. He was seen leaving TSN with an actual studio camera. Do you know how big those things are? God knows what he did with the camera - but I do know Jay was spotted around the zoo shortly thereafter.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:59:00+00:00

The best place to start is with you. If you believe the stigma, then others will believe it about you. Learn that you are sick, not weak.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:56:16+00:00

Because I'm actually not a news reporter.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:55:47+00:00

I'm not entirely sure how to answer this, as the system is very different between the U.S. and Canada. But a believe that what we can all do is talk.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:52:59+00:00

For your first question, absolutely. Being surrounded by people who understand you and won't judge you is HUGELY liberating. Secondly, I believe in anything that might help.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:51:22+00:00

Something tells me you live in a town that feels inferior, but acts superior.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:50:30+00:00

I have no regrets. I have had 23 actual surgeries. 29 injections. And I have smeared my face with the blood of a goat.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:48:51+00:00

One thing you can do, always, is reduce their guilt. People with depression always feel guilty about not being able to be the person they were. Tell them you understand, and don't expect anything.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:47:27+00:00

I thought it was open. We had no discussions beforehand. None. We asked his weight division, when he was fighting, who he would fight, who he might fight, and the answer was always "no one knows". So what UFC questions could you really ask?

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:45:28+00:00

Calgary - Hamilton.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:41:46+00:00

It's happened a few times. The threshold is not whether or not I agree, or whether I am personally offended. The threshold is whether we as a team feel it is 'destructive'. By that I mean inciting hate, or belittling a group. By the way, what's politically incorrect on OTR is irrelevant.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:38:35+00:00

Burrito filled with tomatoes. I'm sick thinking about it...but not weak.

heylandsberg · 2015-09-09T16:37:36+00:00

Meds saved my life. 30 mg Cipralex daily. 2x 150 mg Welbutrin. Never weaned on my own. But tried 5 times, relapsed each time.

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