{"id":12,"date":"2020-09-14T17:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-2310-fall-2022-group-3\/?p=12"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:43:16","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-2310-fall-2022-group-3\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/stanford-soccer-death-suicide-experts-no-warning-signs-rcna18713<\/p>\n

https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/1752-4458-4-10<\/p>\n

It has been all over the news recently. Athletes speaking out about their struggles with mental health. In 2021, Simone Biles Biles, arguably the best gymnast ever, backed out of the all-around Olympic final that she trained 4 long years for. In the New York Times article, Biles said that she had been \u201cfighting with her own head\u201d and was not in the right headspace to compete. A year later, as detailed by NBC news, Stanford soccer star Katie Meyer tragically took her own life. The nation was shocked by the passing of this girl who had many friends and was excelling both academically and athletically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/28\/sports\/olympics\/simone-biles-out.html<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/stanford-soccer-death-suicide-experts-no-warning-signs-rcna18713<\/p>\n

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Both\u00a0<\/span>Simone Biles and Katie Meyer seemed as though everything was going right. The culture around athletics is a very peculiar one. Due to the nature of competition involved with high level athletics there is an emphasis on perfectionism and resilience. Unfortunately, this contributes to a toxic environment in which no one wants to appear like they are struggling. Hence, although it may seem as though athletes are always speaking out about their mental state, in reality, this is just a facade created by the media. The impact of a culture that denormalizes speaking out about mental health was detailed in Amanat Khullar\u2019s article \u201cThe silent mental health crisis among South Asian immigrants in US, UK is crying to be addressed.\u201d In South Asian culture emotions are often suppressed and this has led to an epidemic of depression. The suppression of emotions in both an Athletic culture and South Asian culture are linked to perfectionism and high expectations. Often facing tough and unpredictable situations, South Asians and Athletes alike are told to keep their heads high and not let anyone know that they are struggling. In reality, this can be too much and unfortunately lead to depression. In October of 2022, Victoria Garrick Browne came and spoke to Bowdoin College student athletes about the parallels between athletic culture and depression. She told the immense crowd of the mental battles that she fought as a Division I volleyball player and expressed the importance of talking about mental health. Garrick Browne currently tours around colleges and universities giving similar talks to student athletes. Similar to Khullar\u2019s argument, to help end epidemics of depression we must first examine the cultures that surround them. Fortunately, college athletics within the United States has already taken the first step towards this through heightened awareness<\/p>\n

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Athletic department hosts Victoria Garrick Browne to highlight mental health<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n