Did US Olympics Legend Michael Phelps Struggle With Depression? Everything You Need to Know
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Despite winning 23 gold medals, 28 Olympic Medals, and other world records, Michael Phelps fell victim to depression. When people open up about achieving things becoming the main cure of depression, Phelps had an uncommon experience altogether. He opened up on the mental health struggles that came up to him after every Olympics. Hence, Phelps now is an advocate for depression as his foundation is doing well to curb people from going down.
Back in 2018, Phelps spoke about being depressed after every Olympic Games as he could not handle the pressures and expectations of the sporting world. Thus, talking to people helped him as he revealed in different interviews.
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What happened to Michael Phelps?
After years of struggling with mental health issues, he is now one of the most influential personalities in helping people understand how it is okay, to be not okay. Putting hard work and commitment to his sport is something that he practiced regularly. Simply because he wanted to win every single time. However, he revealed how he would be depressed after the Olympics while noticing the pattern every single time, thereafter.
“Really, after every Olympics I think I fell into a major state of depression. I would say ’04 was probably the first depression spell I went through,” said Phelps.
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He talked about using different unethical methods to figure out the problem but could never contemplate the issues he really had. Being caught in a lot of controversies, Phelps talked about the entire problem imploding back in 2012. The legendary swimmer sat inside his room for several days while not able to get out of his cocoon.
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What does Michael Phelps talk about depression? Is he really depressed?
Supporting Simone Biles
Currently, the legendary athlete is happy and helping people realize the problems related to depression. Recently, famous gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from team gymnastics competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she could not handle the pressures of the competition. She became an advocate for most athletes who face similar issues. Thus, her stance was widely appreciated including Phelps, who loved her approach to depression.
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“We’re human beings, nobody is perfect. It’s ok to not be ok. It’s ok to go through ups and downs and emotional roller coasters … I felt like I was carrying, as Simone (Biles) said, the weight of the world on my shoulders. It’s a tough situation,” said Phelps.
After he struggled with mental health issues, Phelps started the Michael Phelps Foundation to help people live a healthy life through different activities. They have reached over 100,000 people while providing financial needs for swimmers.
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A truly blessed individual, Phelps continues to defy the odds, even though, he is retired. As he said, it is okay not to be okay. Depression is not taboo as Phelps gave a clear understanding of what he went through.
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