…so how we separate the athlete from the person or…make sure performance doesn’t define us? This

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]more common in really elite athletes because we identify with our career, with how we play in sports, our performance becomes our identity, and not even while we're playing, but afterwards, too. It it it is a real issue, I think.

[00:00:16]I need to say this just because I'm not a doctor, right? And like the mental health is not the mental game.

[00:00:24]We're not talking about the same thing.

[00:00:25]It's like, "Hey, if I've got depression, I can't do my mental game." Right? There's people Depression isn't something that just happens upon people. It's It's getting more common, but I think there is a thin line between the mental game and mental health, especially in elite athletes, that it's good to be aware of.

[00:00:47]And it's good not to let just sport rule who we are. Mhm.