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    Mental health issues are common among athletes due to various pressures. Data shows that almost 35% of elite athletes suffer from mental health crises. Keeping healthy relationships and self-care can be difficult with busy schedules. Successful athletes like Dwayne Johnson, Ian Thorpe, and Ricky Hatton have discussed their own experiences with depression and loneliness in sport, showing how the high demands of sport can negatively impact mental health. Their comments support the idea that sport reflects societal problems in Australia related to mental health.

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    Mental health issues are common among athletes due to various pressures. Data shows that almost 35% of elite athletes suffer from mental health crises. Keeping healthy relationships and self-care can be difficult with busy schedules. Successful athletes like Dwayne Johnson, Ian Thorpe, and Ricky Hatton have discussed their own experiences with depression and loneliness in sport, showing how the high demands of sport can negatively impact mental health. Their comments support the idea that sport reflects societal problems in Australia related to mental health.

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    Good morning/evening, I’m Chloe and today I will be talking about how mental health in

    sport holds a mirror up to the worst parts of Australia.

    For so long in the world of professional sport and non-professional sport, the word ‘mental’
    has traditionally only been followed by the word ‘toughness’ to create the slogan
    “mental toughness” ... until recently, when the word ‘health’ has come into play. “Mental
    health” issues or illnesses in sport are often caused by verbal abuse from the crowd, the
    media, pressure to perform well, not enjoying the game anymore, standards, stress and
    overworking yourself.

    Among professional athletes, data has shown that almost 35% of elite athletes suffer from a
    mental health crisis. With so many different pressures on them to perform, as well as the
    rest of their public lives, being a professional athlete is incredibly stressful. Keeping healthy
    relationships and finding time for yourself in between a crazy schedule can get to be so
    much for just one person. Does knowing that information really want people to pursue sport
    as a career? For example, here are wise words from successful athletes who had run ins
    with mental health issues.

    After a bout of depression, Dwayne Johnson aka ‘The Rock’ (actor and wrestler) said “I
    found that with depression one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re
    not alone. You’re not the first to go through it… I wish I had someone at that time who could
    just pull me aside and say, ‘Hey, it’s going to be okay.'”

    Ian Thorpe (5x time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer) was surrounded by people but had
    intense loneliness and said “It’s like a weight is pressing down on you. There are days when
    you just can’t get out of bed. You cannot face the world. You tell yourself simple things like:
    ‘Just get to the kitchen and get a glass of water.’ But not being able to do something so basic
    is frightening.”

    Ricky Hatton (a professional boxer) who had multiple suicide attempts said “We’re out of
    our comfort zones with depression. I certainly was and whenever I have bad days now, I
    speak to someone to get it off my chest. I have no shame telling that and that’s why I’m
    here today.”

    These comments alone made by athletes about mental health issues give huge reasoning to
    believe that sport holds a mirror up to the worst parts of Australia. This can cause
    terrible conditions such as severe mental health issues which can (in worst cases) lead to
    other horrible and life changing illnesses and health problems that alter and
    effect peoples relationships, occupations, lifestyle and quality of life overall.

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