Teves Talks
By Sydney Teves
By Sydney Teves
On March 1, Katie Meyer, the goalkeeper for Stanford University’s soccer team, was found dead in her dorm room. Her cause of death was later revealed by her parents as suicide.
I was absolutely devastated when I saw this. Meyer was under a lot of pressure to be the best and always perfect, according to her parents. There were other factors at play as well, one being her breaking point. This shows exactly what stress and pressure can do to someone.
Although there has been a lot of work done recently to lower the stigmatization about mental health and to help people deal with mental health issues. There needs to be more talk about mental health and more places for people to go to get help when they need it.
This is why we need to check in on people. See how they’re doing. Even if we think someone is okay, they could be hurting inside or struggling with something. We need to constantly check in on people as well as ourselves.
Mental health is very important. Mental health in sports is just as important. People may think that athletes who have accomplished a lot are always happy because they are successful. This is not always the case. Someone can look happy, but really be hurting inside. Katie Meyer was one of the people who we lost too soon to suicide. Someone who did great things and was destined to do more.
This will continue to happen no matter what people do, but we can help prevent as many as we can by being more willing to talk about mental health, by having more places that can help people.
I was absolutely devastated when I saw this. Meyer was under a lot of pressure to be the best and always perfect, according to her parents. There were other factors at play as well, one being her breaking point. This shows exactly what stress and pressure can do to someone.
Although there has been a lot of work done recently to lower the stigmatization about mental health and to help people deal with mental health issues. There needs to be more talk about mental health and more places for people to go to get help when they need it.
This is why we need to check in on people. See how they’re doing. Even if we think someone is okay, they could be hurting inside or struggling with something. We need to constantly check in on people as well as ourselves.
Mental health is very important. Mental health in sports is just as important. People may think that athletes who have accomplished a lot are always happy because they are successful. This is not always the case. Someone can look happy, but really be hurting inside. Katie Meyer was one of the people who we lost too soon to suicide. Someone who did great things and was destined to do more.
This will continue to happen no matter what people do, but we can help prevent as many as we can by being more willing to talk about mental health, by having more places that can help people.