Mental health issues

Mental health issues Jul 28, 2021 1:52:12 GMT Rey Kahuka likes this

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Post by stickman38 on Jul 28, 2021 1:52:12 GMT

Jul 28, 2021 1:40:20 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Jul 28, 2021 0:38:20 GMT stickman38 said:

looks like we can add Simone Biles to the list and I hate to say it because I like her.. but she basically quit right in the middle of the team competition last night because of, in her own words, "mental health" issues.

Link... www.bbc.com/sport/av/olympics/57993247

Choking is a mental health issue now? Peyton Manning, A-Rod, Greg Norman, the 2004 NY Yankees, the 2007 Patriots, the list goes on and on.

I just watched the final and I'm more annoyed after having actually seen it. So you screwed up a vault. I get it, this stuff is hard. Two of the Russian girls fell off the balance beam. Did they quit and ask for replacements? No, they finished their routines and their team won gold.

I'm not upset that Biles choked, it happens to the best of them. I'm just blown away that an athlete of her caliber would simply quit because she got caught up in the moment.

LOL!!

I've just never heard anyone describe it as a "mental health" issue like Biles did. Maybe I'm reading this wrong but it just struck me as kind of peculiar. I wish her well in the future but yeah, maybe she meant it as an excuse like "hey I choked, but it was because of my mental health issues, not because I suck today".

I feel it kind of robbed the Russians of a chance to say they "beat the American team that featured Simone Biles". I didn't like it either. you don't quit in the middle of the damn competition like that. But still, why would she bring up mental health? hmmm...