There’s help for the post-Olympic blues, whether you win or lose

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Top athletes can wind up physically, emotionally and mentally burnt out from the Olympics. Game Plan offers Canadian athletes access to mental health care providers and more, but it only goes so far, lauraarmy writes.

But some are darker. The heartbreak of falling short after dedicating so much of your life to one moment. Confronting the unknown after a four-year Olympic cycle.composing herself on the side of a mountain after skiing off course in her specialty, the slalom.Canadian curlercoping with an early exit in mixed doubles, after a game decided by the smallest of margins.

“To put everything into this one competition and then when it’s over, whether it’s good or bad, it’s over and ... there’s just this empty feeling, whether it went well or not,” Labbé said this past week.Top athletes such as American swimmer Michael Phelps and Canadian trampolinist Rosie MacLennan shared similar experiences.

Athletes work one-on-one with Game Plan advisers to decide which resources might help the most, Button added. Those advisers will follow up with athletes who went to Beijing.

 

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lauraarmy Win or lose they'll carry these 2 weeks but many, many other, equally as filling memories will be there too. Those created on that long, arduous journey to get to, those 2 weeks. It's a bit more than just Feb '2022.

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