This week Juandolyn Stokes and Dr. Lisa Tait talk about mental health and competition. Tait shares with Stokes that competition can be debilitiating to your mental state. She also shares that the pressure from feeling like you carrying the weight of winning can collapse and bring down your mental state.
Tait shares that mental health is a priority and that it needs to be taken more seriously. She says the relationship dynamics with coaches and athletes can be incredibly demeaning to the athletes. Tait mentions much of the stress on athletes is rooted in performance for money and the pressure to be great.
Listen to the full interview below.
On Point with Juandolyn Stokes can be heard Mon - Fri from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Listen through News & Talk 1380-WAOK, V-103FM
