I think we can certainly learn from it. I think your earlier commment is really important to understand:
"And I was 45 when it happened to me. If this would have happened when I was 23: again, I don't know, man. "
Because I think we have to appreciate that a 23 year old is going to act very differently and accept "information" from doctors/family/friends/coaches very differently than a much more mature person at 45. Add in all that she was juggling, and I can certainly see how things can be "missed" by her coaches/family/academics.
So I think it's as important to have a "support" group that is not just understanding of what they may go through but who is actually there. But understand that being there for a 23 year old developing young adult can have many obstacles vs a person that lives with a family and is pretty much already there in your life in a daily manner.
All that "juggling" of sports and academics and life/friends/family likely meant that no one group was able to really be there on a very daily/consistent basis. And so when that happens, groups may often find that their response was "she seemed fine when we saw her" and thus not actually there when she needed it most.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
"And I was 45 when it happened to me. If this would have happened when I was 23: again, I don't know, man. "
Because I think we have to appreciate that a 23 year old is going to act very differently and accept "information" from doctors/family/friends/coaches very differently than a much more mature person at 45. Add in all that she was juggling, and I can certainly see how things can be "missed" by her coaches/family/academics.
So I think it's as important to have a "support" group that is not just understanding of what they may go through but who is actually there. But understand that being there for a 23 year old developing young adult can have many obstacles vs a person that lives with a family and is pretty much already there in your life in a daily manner.
All that "juggling" of sports and academics and life/friends/family likely meant that no one group was able to really be there on a very daily/consistent basis. And so when that happens, groups may often find that their response was "she seemed fine when we saw her" and thus not actually there when she needed it most.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Mar 12, 19 10:52