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Michael Phelps In Mental Health Awareness Month<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Phelps<\/strong> has been extremely open about his mental health struggles in the past, and has been an advocate for mental health awareness since opening up about his own dark days.<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic is giving everyone around the world a mental health struggle \u2014 some bigger than others \u2014 but it is a global issue affecting everyone on the planet in some way.<\/p>\n

Phelps released a first-person look at the question \u201cHow are you?\u201d on Monday as told to ESPN\u2019s Wayne Drehs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asked that question every day. But how often do we just say \u2018fine\u2019 or \u2018good\u2019 and move on? How often do we actually admit the truth \u2014 to ourselves as well as others?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Phelps, a 23-time Olympic gold medalist the most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 total medals, said he wanted to open up again because he wants people to know they are not alone with mental health struggles, especially during this pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many of us are fighting our mental health demons now more than ever,\u201d he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n

How is Michael Phelps doing?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to know my truth? How am I doing? How am I handling quarantine and the global pandemic? Put it this way: I’m still breathing,\u201d he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n

Phelps goes on to describe how the pandemic has affected his mental health, thankful that his family is safe and healthy, but also \u201cone of the scariest times I\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelps said he wants people to understand that mental health issues don\u2019t just go away, either. Struggles continue in good times and bad. There is no cure and it is a constant work-in-progress<\/a>. But opening up has helped Phelps and he wants that to help others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is \u2014 and people who live with mental health issues all know this \u2014 it never goes away. You have good days and bad. But there’s never a finish line. I’ve done so many interviews after Rio where the story was the same: Michael Phelps opened up about depression, went into a treatment program, won gold in his last Olympics and now is all better. I wish that were the truth. I wish it were that easy. But honestly \u2014and I mean this in the nicest way possible \u2014 that’s just ignorant. Somebody who doesn’t understand what people with anxiety or depression or post-traumatic stress disorder deal with have no idea.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michael Phelps said his family has helped more than they know. That is the support that everyone needs, especially dealing with mental health issues, whether that be anxiety, depression, or other issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when things get really bad, I literally give myself a timeout. I just have to remove myself. I don’t want the kids to see me like that. So I’ll go to my room for a few minutes or the office or my closet. Just a quiet setting to think and be calm by myself. To reset, in a way,\u201d Michael Phelps wrote. \u201cThere are moments, those times where I’m stuck in my own head, I don’t think it can get any worse, and Boomer, my 4-year-old, will walk up to me, give me a hug and just tell me he loves me. When you absolutely least expect it. It’s literally the greatest thing in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He ends with a plea for everyone to look into themselves and find out what they need, sometimes it is as simple as truthfully answering the question: How are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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