Athletes are not super humans ENG-ESP

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Sometimes we tend to see athletes as true super humans and although some of them really look like that because they have a physique that seems to be sculpted by the Greek gods, the reactions they have to the problems, often remind us that they are still human like us.

People like us who suffer and cry, who rejoice and cheer for the achievements they have in their training camps. I remember about two months ago I went to a bar to watch a soccer game and I remember a guy next to me screaming hysterically because a player had missed a penalty kick, it got me at first, but then it left me thinking about how silly we can be to yell nonsense to maybe players who could be our sons or brothers.

By that I mean the pressure that players are exposed to all the time.
When I read stories of what happens around professional or semi-professional sports, I think I am shocked as everyone else is, as it is not easy to read stories about the suicide of some players and athletes who are at the height of success in their careers. What may be most surprising about this is that there have been many cases of suicide of young athletes in recent weeks.

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A veces solemos ver a los atletas como verdaderos super humanos y aunque algunos de ellos de verdad lo parecen pues tienen un físico que pareciera estar esculpido por los dioses griegos, las reacciones que ellos tienen ante los problemas, muchas veces nos recuerdan que siguen siendo humanos como nosotros.

Personas como nosotros que sufren y lloran, que se alegran y animan por los logros que estos tienen en sus campos de entrenamientos. Me acuerdo que alrededor de dos meses fui a un bar a ver un juego de futbol y me acuerdo de un tipo a mi lado que gritaba histérico porque un jugador se había fallado un penal, me dio al principio, pero después me dejo pensando en lo tonto que podemos llegar a ser en gritar tonterías a quizás jugadores que pueden ser nuestros hijos o hermanos. Con esto quiero decir a la presión que los jugadores suelen estar expuestos todo el tiempo.

Cuando leo historia de lo que pasa alrededor del deporte profesional o semiprofesional, pienso que me impactan como a todos, pues no es fácil leer historia sobre el suicidio de algunos jugadores y atletas que están en la cumbre del éxito de sus carreras. Lo que más puede sorprender de esto es que se han dado muchos casos de suicidio de jóvenes deportistas en las últimas semanas.

Lauren Bernett, 20, had been a softball player until April 25, when she committed suicide. On April 13, it was University of Wisconsin track and field athlete Sarah Schulze, 21. On March 1, it was Stanford soccer captain Katie Meyer, 22. Last week, Southern University cheerleader Arlana Miller, 19, left a note on her Instagram account and then committed suicide.

These are just a few of the athletes who have committed suicide in recent days, which has set off alarm bells of what is going on in general in sports and why these girl have decided to end their lives having a bright future ahead of them.

What makes an athlete who is at the top of the sport?

I think this is a difficult question to answer and one that most people tend to ask themselves or wonder, why? Why does a girl like Katie Meyer who's performance, saving two penalty kicks, gave Stanford the championship, decide to end her life. Or why a girl like Sarah Schulze, who had excellent academic grades and decided to commit suicide.

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Lauren Bernett, de 20 años había sido jugadora de Softball hasta que el 25 de abril, se suicidó. El 13 de abril, fue la atleta de atletismo de la Universidad de Wisconsin, Sarah Schulze, de 21 años. El 1 de marzo, fue la capitana de fútbol de Stanford, Katie Meyer, de 22 años. La semana pasada, la animadora de la Universidad del Sur, Arlana Miller, de 19 años, dejó una nota en su cuenta de Instagram y luego se suicidó.

Son solo algunas de las atletas que se han suicidado en los últimos días, que ha encendido las alarmas de los que está pasando en general en el deporte y por qué estas chica han decidido poner fin a su vida teniendo un brillante futuro por delante.

¿Qué hace que un atleta que está en la cima del deporte?

Creo que es una pregunta difícil de responder y que la mayoría de las personas suelen hacerse o preguntarse, ¿Por qué? Porque decide poner fin a su vida una chica como Katie Meyer que con su actuación, salvando dos penales, le dio el campeonato a Stanford. O porque una chica como Sarah Schulze que teniendo excelente nota académicas decide suicidarse.

It touches me to think that these are very young girls who are athletes, even leaders of their teams, who are making this decision. For me and I'm sure for many it's hard to take in that athletes are making these decisions. Is this a pattern that has just started and will we continue to see in the coming weeks, months or years? What is affecting the athletes? Will this continue to grow? Well I hope not.

Perhaps there are unique situations that athletes go through such as injuries that can cut off or slow down their athletic development that perhaps one fails to understand. But is this a factor in the recent or for the suicide of athletes?

I think what this could do is significantly increase the levels of stress and depression among athletes, and only someone who has seen what depression can do to your life or the life of a loved one will understand how fucked up it can be.

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Me conmueve pensar en que son chicas muy jóvenes que son atletas incluso líderes de sus equipos, que están tomando esta decisión. Para mí y estoy seguro que para muchos es difícil de asimilar que atletas tomen estas decisión. ¿Es esto un patrón que acaba de comenzar y que seguiremos viendo en los próximas semanas, meses o años? ¿Qué está afectando a los atletas? ¿Seguirá esto en crecimiento? Bueno espero que no.

Quizás haya situaciones únicas por las que los atletas pasan como lesiones que puedan cortar o frenar su desarrollo deportivo y que quizás uno no logra entender. Pero ¿Es esto un factor que el reciente o para el suicido de atletas?

Creo que esto lo que podría es aumentar significativamente los niveles de estrés y depresión entre los atletas, y solo aquel que ha visto lo que la depresión le puede hacer a tu vida o la vida de un ser amado entenderá lo jodido que puede llegar a ser.

Athletes are no different from you

We tend to see athletes as unattainable demigods as I have said before, but in reality they are not much different from you. As they say the phrase from a movie they too feel emotions, they too bleed, they too cry, they too are human.

Maybe it is the same society or environment that makes us see athletes as better than us, or as more capable or as the tough guys. It is this culture that makes perhaps many of them repress all these feelings. It is difficult for us to see a martial arts fighter being soft or vulnerable or showing his feelings. For showing yourself to be vulnerable is synonymous with weakness, such seems to be the collective thought.

I believe that all of us who love sports do not want to see this in our favorite sport, much less in our favorite team. In sports we share collective values that make us bigger and better, feeling part of a team or group is one of the most beautiful feelings in the sports world.

Los atletas no son diferente a usted

Solemos ver a los atletas como semidioses inalcanzables como ya he dicho antes, pero en realidad no son muy diferentes a usted. Como dicen la frase de una película ellos también sienten emociones, ellos también sangran, ellos también lloran, ellos también son humanos.

Quizás sea la misma sociedad o entorno que hace que veamos a los atletas como mejores que nosotros, o como más capaces o como los tipos duros. Es esta cultura que hace quizás muchos de ellos repriman todos estos sentimientos. Nos es difícil ver a un luchador de artes marciales mostrándose suave o vulnerable o exhibiendo sus sentimientos. Pues mostrarte siendo vulnerable es sinónimo debilidad, tal parecer ser el pensamiento colectivo.

Creo que todos los que amamos el deporte no queremos ver esto es nuestro deporte favorito, ni mucho menos en nuestro equipo favorito. En el deporte compartimos valores colectivos que nos hacen más grandes y mejores, sentirse parte de un equipo o grupo es de los sentimientos más lindo de mundo deportivo.

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However, mental health is not something that should be taken lightly, mental health is a topic that I have already talked about in previous posts and I will continue to talk about it as many times as necessary.

Mental health is also something that should be talked about in sports, especially when it is due to lack of mental health and proper treatment that valuable lives are being lost beyond the sport.

Sin embargo hay que tomar notas de la salud mental, no es algo que debe de pasar a la ligera, la salud mental es un tema del que ya he hablado en post anteriores y del que seguiré hablando cuantas veces sea necesaria.

La salud mental también es algo que debe hablarse en los deportes, sobre todo cuando es por falta de salud mental y el adecuado tratamiento que se están perdiendo valiosas vidas que van más allá mas del deporte.



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Whoever is directly controlling the V2K told me to kill myself.
They told me if I killed myself now it would save the lives of countless others.
Saying the longer I wait to kill myself the more people will suffer.


They are reckless and should have shown the proper media what they had before taking me hostage for 5 years. I know there are many in prison that dont deserve to be there because of this. Your stay in prison will not be fun @battleaxe and friends. People are going to want you dead when they find out what you did. I hope you die a slow painful death. You sick mother fuckers.

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Its a terrorist act on American soil while some say its not real or Im a mental case. Many know its real. This is an ignored detrimental to humanity domestic and foreign threat. Ask informed soldiers in the American military what their oath is and tell them about the day you asked me why. Nobody has I guess. Maybe someone told ill informed soldiers they cant protect America from military leaders in control with ill intent. How do we protect locked up soldiers from telling the truth?
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I totally agree, I must admit that it is easy to idealize them and think that sometimes they are perfect beings, however life itself is in charge of showing us that they are also people just like us, many times we are very hard on our sports idols and we do not understand that just like us they also have good and bad moments, I think that the new generations grow up seeing these sports references as a role model and this puts a lot of pressure on them that perhaps they are not willing to handle, I think that everyone in general should learn a little more about how to express ourselves about the athletes and we should be less unforgiving when any athlete is wrong because just like us they are human beings and there is nothing more human than to err.

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Totally agree and also remember that they have their own problems and many times they also make mistakes in their decisions and end up making the worst of them. Greetings and hugs

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Injuries can frustrate a player into depression when the process is taking longer than expected and their age is counting too, for the case of long term injuries. There is always uncertainties about if they can get back to their form before injury struck. They are humans after all...they are expected to feel...

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Yes we may agree that they commit this ungodly act as a result of mental health. But another question is what are the causes of these mental health? and what are the solutions? Do this people just develop mental health for nought? I think there are more to these. We never can tell what this people, not only athletes but also this our celebrities go through behind camera. I think while we cheer and celebrate them, we should also include them in our prayers.
My humble suggestion.

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I don't have answers for your questions but they are valid and you are so right that not only athletes have mental health issues, but even celebrities we follow and ourselves.

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