This is similar to the challenges Corey Hirsch faced during his NHL career.
I’m thankful these issues are being raised because they are super important.
The thing about anxiety is that it is a valid, important and useful emotion.
When it’s positive it enables excitement (which has its blessings & curses).
When it’s negative it breeds fear (which also has its blessings and curses).
Either way, anxiety is unavoidable in high stress situations like elite sports, first responders, or health care. What no one wants to talk about is how abysmally it is managed, especially in relationship to burnout.
Bottom line is that anxiety is an intensely personal emotional milieux. It is unique for every individual and everyone can benefit from either having better emotional literacy in themselves or appreciating it and understanding it in others.
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