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Boykin...again

MTfrog5

Active Member
Sadly, he's bipolar and when those with that affliction get off their meds, crapola happens. So many of these shooters, or machete hackers recently and over the past few years that have been identified as "mentally ill" usually have term bipolar dropped somewhere by a family member in the follow-up interviews. TCU & Raider's Barret Robbins was bipolar and his disappearance the evening before the '03 Super Bowl was directly tied to his going off his meds as were the troubles he repeated got into over the next 13 years before bing sent to a mental institution in '16 for slugging a mother & her daughter. Guidance and support from friends & whomever are all fine and dandy, but once that last intake of medication wears off in today's high tech, in your face 24/7 intensity, all bets are off. In his case, as in so many others, independence and thrills kill. If he doesn't stay on his meds, he will most likely be imprisoned, institutionalized or interred.
Bipolar is very possible but either he hasn’t been on meds ever or in a long time. He’s been stealing people’s money and acting like an idiot for more than a couple years
 

MCFROG III

Active Member
It was stated in the press in the earliest situations after he left TCU and was with Seattle. Same thing for Manziel after he kept doing his garbage and his bipolar disorder info finally came out. It's very commonplace among singers, actors and athletes who achieve incredible success then suddenly spiral out of control. Even stars who didn't crash & burn have written about the struggle they've had for years that was kept hidden until exposed in their tell-all memoirs. It is very "tricky" dealing with it and Boykin's background probably didn't provide the best of the best professional help in his youth, and certainly after he no longer had the rules & regulations of whatever TCU impressed upon him, his freedom held too much avoid, and as so many have said, the meds just held him down, or back, or whatever.

If you check on most of these guys who go into churches, schools, last week's jewish family's home & etc., to commit these horrible crimes out of the blue, the articles in the following days which interviews the perpetrators family or friends seem to say that he's not a bad guy, has mental problems, gets into trouble when he goes off his meds & just needs help, because he doesn't mean to do what he did. And so many times, "bipolar" appears in the sharing of their knowledge of his situation.
 

Chongo94

Active Member
Just did a quick google search and not a single article mentioned any diagnosis of bipolar disorder whatsoever. Maybe I missed it or maybe not, sometimes a cruddy person is just a cruddy person.
 

StinnettFrog

Active Member
Being on top of the world and flipping it the other way has to be tough to pull out of without a strong support structure. Not making excuses just hoping he turns his life around. Football is just a game, so much he can still do if he figures it out
 
Being on top of the world and flipping it the other way has to be tough to pull out of without a strong support structure. Not making excuses just hoping he turns his life around. Football is just a game, so much he can still do if he figures it out
He might be put away for awhile.

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Brog

Full Member
We call all our guys STUDENT athletes. Did Boykin actually ATTEND TCU? Ie, did he attend any classes? Did he get a degree in something? Did he major in something? Did his education at TCU actually equip him to do anything in life? I don't know. Just wondering.
 

Eight

Member
We call all our guys STUDENT athletes. Did Boykin actually ATTEND TCU? Ie, did he attend any classes? Did he get a degree in something? Did he major in something? Did his education at TCU actually equip him to do anything in life? I don't know. Just wondering.

fairly certain he attended class at some point and time he was at tcu and even had a major....
 

YA

Active Member
We call all our guys STUDENT athletes. Did Boykin actually ATTEND TCU? Ie, did he attend any classes? Did he get a degree in something? Did he major in something? Did his education at TCU actually equip him to do anything in life? I don't know. Just wondering.
Really??

He went to class. Did not graduate. Are you suggesting that TCU allowed a player to play without going to school?
 

Brog

Full Member
Really??

He went to class. Did not graduate. Are you suggesting that TCU allowed a player to play without going to school?


I asked a question. How is it that YOU assume TCU might have allowed a player to play without going to school?
 

Eight

Member
I asked a question. How is it that YOU assume TCU might have allowed a player to play without going to school?

going out on a limb and say your questions about boykin attending classes or if he actually attended tcu.

might have all been rhetorical questions on your part, but not really sure your point.

going to school at tcu doesn't inoculate one from any or all of bad decisions, poor judgement, being a dumbass, mental illness, etc......
 

tetonfrog

Active Member
It was stated in the press in the earliest situations after he left TCU and was with Seattle. Same thing for Manziel after he kept doing his garbage and his bipolar disorder info finally came out. It's very commonplace among singers, actors and athletes who achieve incredible success then suddenly spiral out of control. Even stars who didn't crash & burn have written about the struggle they've had for years that was kept hidden until exposed in their tell-all memoirs. It is very "tricky" dealing with it and Boykin's background probably didn't provide the best of the best professional help in his youth, and certainly after he no longer had the rules & regulations of whatever TCU impressed upon him, his freedom held too much avoid, and as so many have said, the meds just held him down, or back, or whatever.

If you check on most of these guys who go into churches, schools, last week's jewish family's home & etc., to commit these horrible crimes out of the blue, the articles in the following days which interviews the perpetrators family or friends seem to say that he's not a bad guy, has mental problems, gets into trouble when he goes off his meds & just needs help, because he doesn't mean to do what he did. And so many times, "bipolar" appears in the sharing of their knowledge of his situation.

The sad thing about bipolar is how easy it is treat it:

1) see a doctor
2) take the meds
3) don't get high or drunk every day

I know that is easier said than done because the tricky part is finding the right doctor and the correct meds. The hard part is convincing people to accept they have it and get help to treat it.

Sad situation for Tre. Hopefully he can turn his life at some point.
 
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