At the Tokyo Olympics, “athlete’s mental health” may have attracted more attention than in the recent Olympics. Its symbolic presence was the abstention of the American gymnastics “absolute queen” Simone Biles. Dr. Mai Uchida, a psychiatrist living in the United States, said that this abstention was “very significant.” What does that mean?
In the first part, “1.42 million people like it”, Simone Biles, the absolute queen of gymnastics, “The big meaning of” mental health abandonment “”, Simone’s pressure as an absolute queen and the sexual violence problem that shook the American gymnastics industry. I told him that Simone was also a victim, and that he was forced to think about suicide. In the second part, I will explain the background that it was dangerous to continue with the introduction of the video and the reason why the choice of abstention was important, based on the commentary by Dr. Mai Uchida.
Racial problems, slander, many things to carry from an early age
Simone Biles, the “Absolute Queen” of American gymnastics. Behind her abstention from gymnastics team competition for mental health was the considerable pressure of being an absolute queen and the problem of sexual violence in the gymnastics industry.
In addition, Simone was also slandered.
“Figure skating and gymnastics are not uncommon nowadays, but the absolute number is still small. Coaches and referees must work in an organization that is overwhelmingly white in the world. Don’t. Of course, I think that many people have a fair evaluation without any racial barriers, but it seems that there were many people in the past who said, “I’m black.”
In addition, Simone is toughly trained to perform difficult techniques. Therefore, my arms and legs are very pumped up. Then, including the appearance, such as “with such a thick and muscular arm …” and “a feminine leotard does not suit”, unpleasant slanderous injuries flew on SNS, deeply hurt, and often depressed. “(Dr. Uchida)
The cosmetics brand (SK-II) has made an animation video of Simone’s slander and bounces off them and heads for the Tokyo Olympics, and is developing it on YouTube. It’s also a video that shows how hard she was in a difficult situation.
“As I mentioned earlier in the article by Mirai Nagasu, the brain continues to develop until the late twenties. The brain of a child prodigy who both Nagasu and Simone will participate in the Olympics At a developing age, the competition will begin in earnest.Originally, even though they are of an age that requires the care of adults such as parents, they are treated as adults just because they can play sports, and it is taken for granted that they can handle adults.And self-management is also requiredThat’s why.
What Nagasu and Simone have in common is that they were not a wealthy family who could help as much as they wanted. If you don’t get good results, you won’t be able to continue the competition in a good environment, so you’ll do your best both physically and mentally. Moreover, such a mental state can affect the outcome of a match, so it cannot be told to many people. By enduring and working hard, we try to survive. “
Even if you start playing a sport that you like, you have a heavy responsibility. Moreover, even if you want to escape, the more you become a champ, the more pressure you put on yourself, such as “Why do you escape here?”
“Simone has abstained this time.If you continue acting as it is, you must be seriously injured.He also said that he felt a deep fear. This is a state called “twisty”, which means that the mind and body are not integrated and the movement cannot be controlled. Normally, you would play while imagining landing, but you wouldn’t have that image and you wouldn’t be able to grasp how your body would move. Because it jumps and spins so vigorously, if you can’t control it, it will affect your life as well as serious injury.
After Simone abstains“Now my mind and body are not in harmony. I’m sure some people don’t realize how dangerous it would be if it came out in the game. “I think it was because I felt so much fear. “(Dr. Uchida)
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