Renfro: Support over depression battle ‘surreal’

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Former Washington Huskies wide receiver Isaiah Renfro took a few weeks to arrive at the decision to share his depression with the world.

He wrote one message on his Instagram page, ran it by a few friends, and then got even more nervous. He threw that version away and went over in his mind again if he really wanted to bare his soul about his depression and stepping away from college football. He knew the stigma. He knew what people might say. He didn’t want to be deemed a quitter for something that was beyond his control.

But Renfro also knew he might help someone — and find himself — along the way. So he recomposed the message — “straight from the heart,” he said Tuesday — and hit send.

Been debating on posting this but this is me taking steps in the right direction to becoming myself again.. pic.twitter.com/ptE1k9oKKJ

— Isaiah Woods-Renfro (@WaveGodZay) May 29, 2016

“I didn’t want to. I was really nervous about it,” Renfro said during an interview on SportsCenter on Tuesday. “I was talking to one of my close friends before I posted it — seeing what he thought about it.

Renfro first noticed his depression when he arrived at Washington. He said he just didn’t feel like himself.

“I didn’t feel like I was confident. I’m …

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