Barrett Robbins disappeared for nearly 24 hours before Super Bowl XXXVII. Now, for the first time since his disappearance, the Raiders' All-Pro center has gone public, telling his story to Andrea Kremer on Outside the Lines Nightly.
During their extensive interview, Robbins is asked by Kremer, "You are in Tijuana, do you even realize 'I am away from the team'?"
Robbins responds: "No, I didn't. The hardest part to me is that the feeling I had was that the game was over and we had won and that was the way I felt ... it's crazy to me."
The edited transcript:
ANDREA KREMER: You win the AFC championship game, you only have one week before the Super Bowl. What was Super Bowl week like for you from the start even?
ROBBINS: It was surreal ... looking back on it, it was almost like it wasn't happening. It was a whirlwind ... it really was.
KREMER: At what point during the week are you starting to feel something, I don't know what something is, you need to tell me, but what point?
ROBBINS: Wednesday I started to feel different ... started to go through ... the signs of this bipolar episode ... the first signs ... a real odd, scared feeling, and it got worse.
VOICEOVER: Bipolar disorder is a stress-sensitive condition associated with a chemical imbalance in the brain and marked by extreme mood swings. More than half of those diagnosed with bipolar disorder have problems with alcohol and/or substance abuse. It is manageable ... but not curable.
During their extensive interview, Robbins is asked by Kremer, "You are in Tijuana, do you even realize 'I am away from the team'?"
Robbins responds: "No, I didn't. The hardest part to me is that the feeling I had was that the game was over and we had won and that was the way I felt ... it's crazy to me."
The edited transcript:
ANDREA KREMER: You win the AFC championship game, you only have one week before the Super Bowl. What was Super Bowl week like for you from the start even?
ROBBINS: It was surreal ... looking back on it, it was almost like it wasn't happening. It was a whirlwind ... it really was.
KREMER: At what point during the week are you starting to feel something, I don't know what something is, you need to tell me, but what point?
ROBBINS: Wednesday I started to feel different ... started to go through ... the signs of this bipolar episode ... the first signs ... a real odd, scared feeling, and it got worse.
VOICEOVER: Bipolar disorder is a stress-sensitive condition associated with a chemical imbalance in the brain and marked by extreme mood swings. More than half of those diagnosed with bipolar disorder have problems with alcohol and/or substance abuse. It is manageable ... but not curable.
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