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Excellence, Mental Health, and the Olympics: Going Hard Without Falling Apart

FAREWELL

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How to Deal With the Pressure of the Olympics

i think it's good to de stigmatize mental health, but i think trying to compare your kid, yourself to some one like a mihaela shiffern or samon biles makes no sense. I have all the respect for olympic athletes because they are so vulnerable out there, right? They put everything on the line. It is so hard to imagine caring so deeply about something. And that also leads me to re evaluate that perhaps we shouldn't lionize and make heroes and worship athletes, because it really doesn't help anyone, including them.

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