Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Health: Mental Toughness Can Include Asking For Help

By:

• Sienna Durr, Student-Athlete, Columbia University Kamla Modi, Ph.D. Director, Learning & Evaluation, The Jed Foundation and former athlete and coach & Thea Zunick, Ed.D., Manager, Community Engagement, The Jed Foundation

As high level athletes, we are supposed to have this internal drive that keeps us hungry and pushing for more. We always ask more of ourselves, of our bodies, and of our minds. We push through pain, through fatigue, through hurt, through disappointment. We are supposed to be mentally tough to complete the jobs we have set out to do. That’s how you reach your goals. That’s how you win championships. But how do you push through the pain when your mind is the thing that’s hurting?

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