He also said God can’t hear the prayers of sinners. Kinda his whole schtick

His mom coaches notre dame too. Poor guy

I see he prefers Eastern Orthodoxy

His mom is the coach of Notre Dame 😭

In all reality I hope he’s okay. Guys been through a lot his first few years as a pro

And the catholics who do talk like that converted 2 weeks ago

Since it was the last day and I knew I’d never seen him again I mostly just tried to tune him out. I didn’t see the upside to engaging with someone who was clearly missing a few screws.

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my ex had religious psychosis. she thought that the hummingbirds were god coming down to visit her. i ended up getting a phone call from a neighbor that she was walking into peoples houses looking for her “dad” (god).

“Just put the fries in the bag, bro” is what I’d say.

Only appropriately to respond by his username.

It’s probably where all the fun people will be hanging out.

eh

Nope, this dude was built like a fire hydrant.

I’ve seen the difference firsthand. I’ve seen religion transform people for both the better and worse. Even if it’s not something I personally subscribe to, I get it. I have my own belief systems I’m sure some people would love to scrutinize. Some people just want to feel better about themselves.

I look at it this way: we all do some stuff that is completely illogical, irrational, or plain old weird. It might be small stuff, it might be belief in a particular religion (from my point of view, as someone who is agnostic), it might be something we don’t even realize about ourselves. Bottom line is none of us have a monopoly on rational, logical thought, even if some of us are better/worse than others in this regard.

The only thing that should matter is trying to do right by others and taking the time to listen to and learn from them. If you do that, I don’t really care what you may or may not believe. And there’s nothing inherently wrong with religion, even if it’s a power we often can’t handle.

Also, I think it’s possible to be too rational for one’s own good. There’s a place for faith and belief in some form, or at least that’s something I feel I’ve learned over the years.

Just psychosis with religious and spiritual themes, hallucinations and stuff

“Religious psychosis is a condition where individuals experience psychotic symptoms intertwined with religious or spiritual themes.”

https://amfmtreatment.com/blog/understanding-religious-psychosis-symptoms-causes-treatment/

Psychosis refers to a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During an episode of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are disrupted and they may have difficulty recognizing what is real and what is not. (Source)

Now if we add “religious”, we can understand it as psychosis induced by religious imagery. Often it manifests (if Ivey is indeed in psychosis) in Christianity imagery and preaching about the end times and sinners and the such. I’m using Christianity as an example because it’s the most popular religion worldwide but it can manifest in any belief systems from Shia Islam to indigenous American beliefs

My dad was bipolar and during a manic episode right after my birth he joined a mega church for a brief period of time, during which he gave them lots of money and believed I was the reincarnation of Christ and would tel everyone. It’s just psychosis with a religious slant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_delusion

You already on the internet. Google.

A lot of it just comes down to personality, too.

Keegan Murray was drafted right ahead of him so the expectations were also high. Keegan’s also a religious person, as is his family. And coincidentally, Keegan’s also been struggling with injury and performance this year.

But if you ask any Kings fan or Iowa fan, Keegan just seems like a really mellow guy. I don’t think he’s going on any religious rants anytime soon.

Trigger warning: ivey has also publicly talked about his history with SA

stimulant abuse is also a major possibility

some people do stims ONCE and it breaks their brain, my ex worked at a facility that treated people with stimulant psychosis, its scary shit

there’s a delayed effect that can happen too, people who do stimulants in their youth are fine then when they hit 40 their brain breaks, or they do fine in their youth because they have their affairs in order, but if something stressful happens in their 40s they snap

the brain is not a boomerang, you throw it too far and it wont come back

steroid abuse can also twist your personality

Joking aside, stuff like thinking you’re a “targeted individual” and being gangstalked is pretty common in terms of non-religious psychic breaks.

Conspiracy type circles have some big commonalities.

Just general psychosis.

Religious psychosis is just a branching off of general psychosis.

The conspiracy subreddit has a ton of weird ramblings written by people that are manic, going through psychosis, or just are crazy. Although a lot of it does end up religious in the end

It’s rarely ever actually about religion. Because religious people who are truly about their faith (ie, the minority) would never act the way our evangelicals do. For them, it’s simply a means to selfish ends.

I take it arguing with him would have been a moo point.

Man he was DEEP into that stuff. Like, he even had issues with people going to a Beyoncé concert.

His dad was in the NBA as a player and a coach, and his sister is in the W. He probably doesn’t realize exactly his privileged he is.

On the one hand, I kind of admire someone being so passionate about their faith that they would go against the grain essentially (I’m agnostic fwiw).

On the other hand, dude is legitimately nuts so that makes actually admiring him rather difficult.

Hopefully he doesn’t regret it later on, if he ever breaks free from the crazy that is.

Can’t believe that dude is still in the league

COMPLETELY HEALED

Maybe I’m off base in this characteriziation, I haven’t exactly looked into all these guys’ beliefs beyond just the occasional headline that I happen to see, but Isaac seems like a very different strain of ‘religious nutjob.’

He created white ppl once again that prankster

Nightmare blunt rotation.

Get ready to be a Chinese legend and have a statue in Beijing, buddy

As someone with a bipolar family member, can absolutely confirm

I’m glad your brother is doing better now

coping with being traded to a bad team

may be far deeper than that. about 16 months ago, he was playing a solid role on a decent team before getting injured. Nothing special, but definitely looked like he was going to have a good place in the league. Then he suffers an injury that takes him out for almost a full year, struggles on his return, barely contributes while everyone around him takes off and the Pistons have the year of their dreams, and then gets traded to a bad team, struggles hard for his new team and then gets shut down… all in a contract year.

that’s a BRUTAL turn of events in what I’m sure he at one point hoped would be a good year that would’ve made him a shit load of money. That could drive anybody off the deep end.

Yes it does. Rodman, Metta, Lamar Odom, a kid I can’t recall that had a flying phobia, these are just a couple I recall off the top of my head. It’s probably all baked into the collective bargaining agreement. Don’t want players crashing out and getting cut trying to traverse the professional sports world.

Paid someone.

There are people that gather unique bans, or just a private party.

Also people hack and sell accounts too. Especially ones with cool names

According to one of his comments, he’s actually anti-catholic:

“Catholicism is a false religion. And is not the true doctrine of Christ. It does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ. *quotes Galatians 1:6-9 NKJV, I Timothy 6:3-5 NKJV, Matthew 16:6 NKJV & Matthew 16:12 NKJV*”

No he went off on someone in his comments about Catholicism being a false religion… while his mom is coaching ND.

We totally have u/s0da_pressed

Very good point, people overlook that

Kind of ties into the Paul George mental health stuff

Yes these guys are super rich and have access to things most people will never have, but at the end of the day they’re human too and can experience mental health issues due to their identity and most important passion (basketball) slipping away from them due to injuries and setbacks

He’s not fine, Donovan is doing him a favor by saying he is. He looks like shit when he plays and has had issues all year