Naomi
@afrochicks
i won’t competing this year i have dedicated the past 10 years of my life to athletics, sacrificed alot, moved countries and cities, struggled with injury for the past two years and had multiple surgeries and have missed out on the past 2 olympics by small margin TWICE this lead to burn out and a decline in my mental health which is why i moved away from the national training centre last year when i went to south africa in jan i had a pretty awful time i was having daily panic attacks and my training was a mess, partly because of my grandad being in hospital and also because i just wasn’t feeling right i spoke to my coach and head of british athletics and we all agreed it’s best for my mental and physical health to finally…for the first time take a year off i’m still aiming for LA 2028 and i have many championships next year which i look forward to but for now i am going to experience LIVING and HEALING physically and mentally to make sure i can make my olympic dream a reality
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jp 🎩
@jpfraneto.eth
i can’t wait to see and experience how your sense of identity evolves as a consequence of this. you are not *only* an elite athlete. you are way broader and bigger than that. and this step is huge in discovering who you are. congrats naomi, i wish you the best
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Naomi
@afrochicks
thankyou so much jp, i really appreciate your words. when sport has defined who i am for so long its interesting to start to meet who i really am
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jp 🎩
@jpfraneto.eth
my two cents: get help! find a good psychologist. do inner work. get to unpeel the layers of the onion so that you can meet all the beauty that lies behind the personality that you are identified with (we all are) this year is a gift from you, to you. and i love that you have the opportunity for exploring like this. congrats
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