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“I was afraid to tell anyone,” said Corson. “I was afraid and embarrassed to show weakness. I probably should have opened up to someone like (Pat Quinn). He was the kind of guy who would have understood. I probably should have told people. I can see that now. I couldn’t see it then. If you’re trying to figure out what’s wrong with you, how can you expect others to understand?”

Corson saw Roberto Osuna on television not long ago, read the words of the Blue Jays closer, heard about the young man going public about his problems with anxiety. He heard it and wanted to reach through his television set to tell him he understands. He wanted to tell him how proud he was that Osuna, at age 22, had the courage to tell the world he was hurting and needed some help and understanding.

“My instant reaction was, ‘I know exactly what you’re going through, man,’” Corson said in a lengthy interview. “I’m glad he came out with it. I’m glad he had that courage to do that. I tried to deal with it on my own. I wasn’t very successful. You get to a point where you’re kind of living in a dark hole and you can’t climb out of it. It takes over your mind. It takes over your body, sometimes.

“If Roberto wants to talk about this in any way, tell him I’m available. If I can help, I will. I’ll be honest, I know how much I suffered. And if I can help one person not go through what I went through, I’m there. This is something we need to talk more about. So many people have it.

“(Bad) stuff would cross my mind and I had to turn the switch and say no. Keep battling. Keep fighting. You think of your mom. You think of your sisters. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve been through. It’s taken me a long time to be able to talk about it.”