Women`s hockey player starts up UBC mental-health website aimed at athletes

.....“It took a long time to come to terms with it,” said Ogrodniczuk. “As an athlete, it’s never something you think about — your teammate will be sitting in her stall beside you one day and then not the next. Then it took me a while to come up with an idea that I thought would be impactful.....

....There are links to support resources. There also links to stories about Olympic-level athletes like Aussie swimmer Ian Thorpe, who admits that his success at times brought “a sense of guilt for not feeling on top of the world when you really should be,” and Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden, who maintains that “I’ve had plenty of ups and downs in my life. Some were related to my sport, but many weren’t. Often times when I’m at my lowest, I have no explanation at all.”......