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Talking openly about debilitating thoughts and emotions might seem like a logical and necessary step for an athlete, until you consider that sports are built on the pillars of toughness and perseverance. Picture every Hollywood sports movie, ever. One thing they all have in common: a montage of the lead character pushing through the pain, training to become the best. Our culture celebrates harder, faster, stronger. Vulnerability, it would seem, undermines that pursuit. And within sports culture, continuing to practice or play, no matter what your mind or body says, is romanticized: T-shirts
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