As the focus on the mental pressure on athletes has been thrust into the news through Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, tennis star Naomi Osaka, tennis star Rafael Nadal, and NFL stars Richard Sherman and Aaron Rodgers, the subject could not be more timely. And who better to spearhead it than former NFL star Marshall
Tanya MacNaughton of Perth Now interviews Evelyn Snook about their theater piece Borderline.
Emily Klueh, a former Team USA swimmer who is in Tokyo as a mental health officer for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, helping elite athletes care for their minds as well as they care for their bodies.
Many people don’t get the treatment they need because their disorder goes unnoticed. This article by Catherine Pearson at The Huffington Post lists what to look for.
Wayne Webster, from Bristol, UK, has been making music about how he deals with his mental health, in the hope it will support others.
Our news story today comes from Winnetka, Illinois. It is an article from the Daily Northwestern’s Rebecca Aizin and focuses on Courtney Cook, an author who recently published on living with Borderline Personality Disorder titled “The Way She Feels.”
