The truth behind my complete destruction.

Yo Schlopy...I used to live up in Summit and did dope for a few years, along with whatever else I could get my hands on. Realizing that I loved skiing more was one of the big things that helped me kick that shit. Keep on skiing man...you will make it through this.
 
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I can tell you’ve never had to deal with anything rough in your life before. Easy to talk when you aren’t face to face with this kinda shit.

Schlopy, big big ups to you for coming out with a post like this. Depression is very very real and eats at your very fucking soul. I’m so grateful that you were strong enough to push through. The world needs more people like you.
 
This hits pretty close to home as I just lost a friend, colleague, and mentor to suicide. One of the best ski patrollers in the biz. I'm glad you were able to see the blue skies beyond the gray clouds. It's going to be a long process but keep pushing, get back on the shred sticks and send it into the future.
 
"One of the BIGGEST keys to getting by day to day life for me is reminding myself that the world is exactly what I make it. If I live in a negative thought dominant world, then everything around me seems negative and if I don’t catch myself in these thoughts... then that negativity will continuously grow and eventually at an exponential rate."

Definitely going to try and do this in my day to day life!

I'm glad you found the positive side of life and are still here with us, keep it up man!
 
Thank you so much for talking about this dude!

I first noticed you back in that Team America JOSS vid back in 2010. I thought that you're a goddamn good skier and that I really like your style in general. Kept enjoying your skiing from then on every time I saw you in an edit or movie. I've got to admit that I didn't really thought too much about your disappearing until this morning when I saw your post here. I could never imagine you went through something like this. Hating yourself so much. But that's the point, I don't know you at all and from the outside you'll never really grasp what's happening in the inside of somebody until they tell you. A lot of people who truly suffer on the inside are so good at hiding that and pretending to be happy.

What I really wanted to tell you (I actually registered on NS for telling you that, it's my first post, so wuuuhuu!!): You helped me with your post! I can relate to that. So thank you so much for sharing that. I'm dealing with low self-confidence and episodes of depression. Definitely not to the extent you've undergone. But it's not a game of surpassing, everybody has his own problems and they all need to be taken seriously. What's not a problem for some people or seems easy to deal with to, can be a big ass problem for others. So, your post reminded me how beautiful and worth living life is, even though there are the downs where you thing you'll never see the light again. But it's there and you'll be up again. And that there are others who also struggle in life but decide to continue living. I wish you all the best for your further path and the strength to always find your way back up again when you're down. You got this! It's worth it.

Love from Germany

Alex (cool name btw, isn't it? ;))
 
Hey! First comment on NS as well even though I’ve been following for a couple years. (Sorry for my English if ever it’s not clear, I would not even know how to make it clear even in french. And my autocorrect is pretty fucking annoying XD.) First Alex, I would like to apologize for judging you when you made the News. It’s so easy to judge when you don’t know, when you are far and when you see something or someone acting in some way you can’t understand. In a better world, we wouldn’t judge at all. I’ve been no where from where you’ve been and even tho I only took weed here and there, I’ve been searching for hapiness for quite some years. I’m dealing with Anxiety like alot or humans right now. But you my friend, I wouldnt even try to imagine what it was like to be you. Sounds like the worst nightmare to me. No wounder why you lived with anger and lack of feelings, no one with feelings would actually went through this. Autodefense I say. Anyway I am so glad to see your post this morning. Glad to see that you are beeing you again. Glad to see that you have ambition again. You are not a bad human. You made mistakes, we all did. But for the kids watching you from the screen, you’ve been an inspiration, an hero. I say fuck happiness! This shit is overrated. Hapiness and Sadness is part of the game. Well beeing is the key. To anyone struggling with life, i’m wishing you to find peace with yourself. Learn to know yourself, to identify when your not going so well. To seek help when you think you need it even tho its hard as fuck nowadays. Btw religion is and always was a good way to deliver ourself from our demons. And its way cheaper then a psy. Also Learn to be you and accept you are. Its the hardest thing to do according to me. Alex, I wish you the best, lots of good friends, love, and powder. I’m 26 years old and I can tell you man: You are my hero.

Have fun man!

First day on the slopes 2day you made it special

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This transparency is refreshing. This sport seems to lose some real favorites due to substance abuse problems. But it's rarely adressed. Wishing you the best in whatever your path may end up being.
 
Thanks Schlopy, this was very insightful and shed light on some world views I (and I'm sure many others) have been holding onto when its healthier to stop trying to avoid positivty. And remember doing tricks for the feeling, because that passion is what will bring happiness.
 
Well done for telling the story. The internet can be a rough place at times but hopefully this was cathartic and maybe even the response will be helpful.

I don’t know how good competing in park is for mental health. It seems like a tough slog where the window at your peak is only a few years before either injury or progression casts someone aside. You’re then washed up well before 30 unless you’re Candide and can reinvent yourself. If there’s anything else going on at the same time I’m sure the brutality of the career path doesn’t help.

I’m suspect this happens more than we realise, unfortunately.
 
Feeling numb is more dangerous than feeling like shit. Cos at least if you feel angry or sad there is still feeling.. I'm glad you found your way out. Its hard to believe it can get better! 💜
 
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Feeling numb is more dangerous than feeling like shit. Cos at least if you feel angry or sad there is still feeling.. I'm glad you found your way out. Its hard to believe it can get better! 💜
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Wow heavy stuff. You’re so connected to your existence, I can tell you’re on the up and up. Im sure this is an inspiration for many and I commend you for your honestyand transparency with such deep personal tribulations.
 
Always loved your part in Attack of La Nina at silverton. It would be awesome to see you back out there again.
 
My favourite segment of all time was yours from Attack Of The LA Nina! Crazy to read this and hope to see you skiing again soon. Best of luck with the recovery!
 
I think schlopy made a great point in his powell podcast -(https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/The-Powell-Movement-Alex-Schlopy-Interview)

...when he said his dad enabling him was the right thing to do. Its not even close when you look at the statistics—tough love simply does not work. You dont get positivity from negativity. Schlopys dad giving him money when he asked for it was the right thing go do because love is the best advice anybody can ever give to keep someone alive. Cocksucking tv whores like dr drew pinski are full of shit. Tough love just makes a person more self destructive and more willing to kill themselves.

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I think schlopy made a great point in his powell podcast -(https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/The-Powell-Movement-Alex-Schlopy-Interview)

...when he said his dad enabling him was the right thing to do. Its not even close when you look at the statistics—tough love simply does not work. You dont get positivity from negativity. Schlopys dad giving him money when he asked for it was the right thing go do because love is the best advice anybody can ever give to keep someone alive. Cocksucking tv whores like dr drew pinski are full of shit. Tough love just makes a person more self destructive and more willing to kill themselves.

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Couldn't agree more. If he and his dad didn't have the relationship they had, then that night when his dad called him about his friends mom could have gone much different and much more horrible.
 
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Couldn't agree more. If he and his dad didn't have the relationship they had, then that night when his dad called him about his friends mom could have gone much different and much more horrible.
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Yeah. I cant stand the shit that happens on intervention. Conditional love is as worthless as a fair weather friendship with a business partner. Unconditional love is what works because when you are at a low/pathetic point in life is when you need to cash that chip the most.

On intervention the family of the addict is always like “baby we are doing this because we love you” and its bullshit. They are doing it because they are too low iq to figure out how to control their kid.

Conditional love is like parents never smacking their kid when they were acting a brat growing up, and then disinheriting them from the parents will because they dont like who there kid had become.

unconditional love is like parents who give their kid a smack when they deserve it, and once they mature into a balanced unspoiled adult they have no reservations about willing them all their money.
 
[tag=85767]@schlopy[/tag] Have listened to both the podcasts you did with Dumont, and a tremendous amount of respect for speaking about what you have/are going through. I think it's going to help a lot of people, including myself, on whatever level it can. The ski community is full of amazing people, but definitely need the ability to speak out more as you have done. Wishing you the best man!
 
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