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Fallen Heroes - Sports Stories of Madness, Reliance, and Inspiration (Paperback)
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Fallen Heroes - Sports Stories of Madness, Reliance, and Inspiration (Paperback)
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Fallen Heroes shares fourteen unique stories of elite athletes who
struggled with significant forms of emotional disorders and mental
illness within the public eye. The book includes accounts of
athletes who succumbed to their mental afflictions as well as
stories of those who demonstrated incredible determination and
courage to either manage or overcome their personal challenges.
Readers explore the unique intersection of extraordinary
performance and the emotional struggles that often inform and shape
the achievements of famous athletes. They learn about the
imaginable pressure athletes endure physically and emotionally to
perform on the public stage and how this lifestyle is generally
counterproductive to emotional stability and consistent self-care.
This textbook includes stories of baseball pitcher Dock Ellis,
gymnast Christy Henrich, middle distance runner Suzy Favor
Hamilton, cyclist Marco Pantani, hockey player Theoren Fleury,
surfer Michael Peterson, football player Lionel Aldridge, and
others that range from heart-wrenching to inspirational. Written
with respect and reverence to elite athletes and informed by the
author's decades of experience in counseling and psychotherapy,
Fallen Heroes is an ideal supplemental textbook for courses in
kinesiology and health science, physical education, abnormal
psychology, counseling, sociology of sport, physical education, and
mental health.
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