A psychological counselor takes you into your own inner world, like the attention of it!
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On the banks of the Seine, the Olympics are in full swing.
When a person can win the championship in this grand event, I believe it is a very beautiful thing, but there are also some people who are depressed after winning the championship.
How did they get out? Today, I will give you an inventory:
Swimming genius Phelps
United States swimming genius Phelps said in an interview: "Depression is a difficult thing to talk about. ”
During his depression, he locked himself in his room for several days and continued to have suicidal thoughts.
After recovering, he joked about those days: "It's harder to get out of bed than to win a gold medal".
Some people have analyzed that there are two main reasons for Phelps' depression.
One is a problem with the family of origin, and the other is "post-race depression".
Phelps' parents divorced when he was seven years old.
Phelps said in an interview: "The broken family has had a very big impact on him. ”
Later, accompanied by his wife and family, he received formal and systematic depression treatment, and slowly came out of this painful experience.
Liu Xiang, who is "difficult to peace".
We always expect that those who succeed will be better than the previous one next time.
It was under such expectations that Liu Xiang changed from a "flyer" to a "sinner" for a while.
In the field of sprinting, it has always been the world of black and white people, and Liu Xiang's birth broke people's perception of the yellow race in sprinting.
He won 36 championships in his 12-year career and won the first Olympic gold medal in Chinese track and field history in 2004.
is such a great person, but he will still be criticized.
Because of injury problems, he temporarily withdrew from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, and was ridiculed and criticized for a while.
Because of this reason, Liu Xiang once fell into depression, once upon a time he locked himself in his room, and his mind flashed countless times:
I have obviously tried my best, why do so many people still slander me?
He didn't understand that human nature is like this, and the expectation of the strong is endless.
Screenshot of Liu Xiang's Weibo
Finally overwhelmed, he announced his retirement in 2015, and after retiring, he really returned to life, let go of various expectations of others, became himself, and slowly walked out of the haze.
Giving up the game due to depression
At the last Tokyo Olympics, 24-year-old United States gymnastics queen Simon · Biles announced her retirement from team and individual all-around events due to mental health conditions.
As early as the age of 19, she was the gymnast with the most gold medals in the world at the World Championships.
On the issue of withdrawal, she said:
"At the end of the day, we're human too."
"We have to protect our physical and mental health, not just come out and do what the world wants us to do."
When the eyes of the world are on them, anticipation and stress fill the body for a while.
To be honest, because my family works in the sports department, I have been exposed to a lot of athletes since I was a child.
My dad knew a guy who was training hard because of excessive pursuit of results, and as a result, his body collapsed, and he couldn't let go of it mentally.
Statistics show that the prevalence of mental disorders among elite athletes in Australia and France ranges from 17% to 45%.
It is said that exercise is very helpful in alleviating depression, but it is important to know that everything is too much, and excessive exercise will have a negative impact on the body and mind.
In addition to sports injuries, the physiological, immune, endocrine, and metabolic changes of excessive exercise are also highly similar to those of major depressive disorder. (A Review of Mental Health Issues in Elite Athletes)
Sean ·McCann, a sports psychologist at the United States Olympic Committee, once said:
Mental strength can be divided into two parts, one is the uncompromising desire to win, and the other is the resilience to break through unknown obstacles. There are a few athletes who have both. Psychologically fragile people have never won in an Olympic competition because their weaknesses have been exposed.
Many times, the Olympic competition seems to be a battle of strength and technology, but also a battle of psychological quality.
I wish all the Olympic athletes a safe return.