National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 80.‘Whenever you get in a high stress situation, you kind of freak out,’ Biles told reporters.If you are experiencing a mental health challenge, reach out to: swimmer Caeleb Dressel said after a gold-medal performance that “he doesn’t want to be compared to anyone, because swimming is something he enjoys, and the medal doesn’t matter,” Tuell said. Tuell said that in a television interview this week, U.S. But when shown a list of possible symptoms, only 1 in 7 could identify them all.ĭepression appears not only in changes of mental state, but can have physical expression with headaches or head pain, digestion issues, sleep disturbances or changes in weight or appetite.īut the experts said a key tool is perspective.
The research found nearly half of respondents said they are very confident that they would recognize signs of depression in a loved one. That’s the most important thing that parents can do.”īut it’s often hard for loved ones to know when something’s wrong, according to a study this week by Myriad Genetics, the Utah company that owns the Mason firm once known as Assurex Health. They can ask, 'You’re not feeling well? Well, what’s going on? Tell me more about that.' Just be there. If children want to talk about her, “Parents can encourage the conversation. Biles could be a bridge for families, she said. Tuell pointed out that one out of four people in the United States this year will get a mental health diagnosis.Ĭinko said children have especially struggled through the pandemic. Mental health monitors have found that the isolation and restriction of the coronavirus pandemic have triggered more depression, anxiety and anger. So for her to come out and take care of herself, and how important it is to do that, is remarkable." She has said she has felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. Biles “knows she has little girls watching her, all these people across the world watching her. Tuell said revelations from celebrities can bust stigma over mental health. It’s kind of the older generation who are so critical, so likely to punch at this.”
The more we talk about it, the better we are all going to feel. “The millennial generation and our Gen Z, they can talk about mental health and are way more comfortable with it than Gen Xers or baby boomers. Cinko read the taunting as a sign of changing times. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, tennis star Naomi Osaka and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have publicly described the harm from the crushing pressure to perform.īut backlash, mostly from older men, has been fierce, calling Biles a quitter for declining to risk her life for a sporting event. Other young well-knowns have spoken this year about the psychological hazards of life that is powered by high expectation. She told reporters her body is not hurt, but her mind resisted the necessary control for her gravity-defying performances, where misjudgment can mean career-ending, possibly crippling injury.
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