Last summer Ricky Rubio put himself in the center of the media spotlight for a decision that he had meditated on for a long time: abandon basketball to focus on his mental health, thus following a path that many other athletes have begun to take in recent years. far from the old taboos.
"I have decided to stop my professional activity to take care of my mental health. I want to thank all the support I have received from the FEB to understand my decision. Today
The case of Ricky Rubio was not the first nor the last, but it was one of the most important in the history of Spanish sport. However, the American athlete Simon Biles has been a standard bearer demonstrating that he can stop to treat mental health and then return to the sporting elite.
At the last Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021, Biles said enough and was honest with everyone: “Since I entered the mat, I have been alone, confronting the demons in my head [...]. I must do what is good for me and focus on my mental health and not compromise my well-being,” she acknowledged very bravely.
Now Biles continues competing at the highest level and has regained her joy doing what she likes most and what has made her one of the best gymnasts in history.
Another Spanish sports idol who opened up publicly about his mental health problems was Andrés Iniesta: “I felt empty inside. I had a very difficult period, but thanks to the specialists I was able to get ahead,” he admitted after the death of his friend Dani Jarque.
“I am happy, although it is difficult to say, to have lived through that situation and to have come out, because I think it has made me a better person. You know how to choose, decide the important things. “Situations that you didn't give value to, now you give it to them,” he said some time after his break to treat his psychological problems.
Naomi Osaka tried to combine the demands of elite tennis by staying away from the media: “I am not going to do any press conference during Roland Garros. I have thought many times that people have no regard for our mental health. I have seen many videos of athletes breaking down in a press room after losing a match, something that has also happened to me,” she explained in her best-known intervention.
Who has probably been one of the most voracious and winning athletes in history, Michael Phelps, also had his journey of mental health problems: “I had no self-esteem. There were times when he didn't want to be here. That wasn't good. I felt lost. I wasn't motivated. For a long time I didn't do anything. Literally nothing,” he would explain after winning 8 Olympic medals.
These athletes have broken the mental health taboo and have shown professionals from other fields how important it is to treat these psychological problems to be able to return to the highest level without any fear, an aspect that human resources teams are increasingly addressing with more training. .
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