Amanda Beard | Coming of Age in Competitive Sports
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How Extremely Frustrating Was That for You?
Iike was in a dark low spot. I struggled with my self esteem and that negative loop going on in my head. So i started trying to figure out how to not eat very much, right? But then i was training six hours a day. And so every little avenue and road that i took, especially like my mitlat teens, was just the unhealthy road. For me, as an athlete, i really felt if i told people about how i viewed myself, how i viewed my body, or just anything that i was thinking, my competitors would look at me and think i was weak.
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