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‘I felt lost’: Flames’ Oliver Kylington sheds light on his mental-health battle



‘I felt lost’: Flames’ Oliver Kylington sheds light on his mental-health battle

by DekeKneePulls

9 Comments

  1. DekeKneePulls

    While he isn’t ready to share the full story yet, Kylington offers a glimpse of the personal battle that he went through. I am just so happy that he’s back and appears to be thriving. 

  2. Duck_Caught_Upstream

    Even though he doesn’t share what happened it’s still a really nice read.

    I think it does shed some kind of light on how rough it was for him at one point. Also very cool that if he does decide to share his story at one point he hopes it can help others.

    Oliver is a king 👑

    Also I disagree with Francis (shocker) saying he hasn’t shown flashes yet. I don’t think he has any points but he looks really good thus far. Good skating and passing and looks to have some chemistry with Pachal, which could be huge for next year

  3. L_nce20000

    “I don’t think people have the knowledge to deal with emotions, sometimes. I think society is afraid of that in ways where negative emotions are not OK to be shared, you know? That’s completely the opposite, I would say.”

    Hit it right on the head, Kylly. Thank you for using your platform and speaking up.

  4. I hope he does continue to share more over time. It sounds like what he went through is so relatable to a lot of people and I’m sure it would be comforting to many to hear him talk about how he got through it.

  5. Randdomize

    Not to speculate but it wouldn’t surprise me if it had something to do with a person very close to him and money. I can only imagine it’s something athletes deal with a lot. Finding out someone you really trust has been stealing or using you would be heartbreaking and feel like the ultimate betrayal. So happy he’s back out there and feeling better.

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