Encouragement from coaches and other athletic leaders can make a big difference in getting student athletes to actually seek help for mental illness, experts say- via healthing_ca healthing health mentalhealth anxiety
While hitting your head may not seem to be that critical when it happens, sometimes the trauma can be enough to have devastating consequences.
Sarah Shulze, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin runner, died by suicide in April. “Sarah took her own life,” her family said in. “Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment.” “Student-athletes on campuses are hit with more pressure to perform and excel” than the average student, sports psychologist and University of Mississippi counsellor Josie Nicholson. They live such hectic schedules with so many expectations. … There’s not really much time to stop and process anything.”
In the early days of the pandemic, student athletes were pressured to keep playing, Wade said. There were even discussions of students losing scholarships if they choose not to play. “You’re essentially forcing student-athletes to return and risk their lives without compensation,” he told the Times.
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