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Young female athletes died by suicide They all had head injuries in common

• carlmr 4y ago
  >"She basically thought her life was over. She was no longer able to be the athlete that she was, she was failing her teammates. And she wasn't able to succeed in school now. And I think ultimately, that's why she took her life, because she thought her life was over," he added. Was the issue really the concussion, or that she thought her worth as a human was only in competing? I'm sure head trauma can cause depression, alzheimer and a host of other issues as we see in former NFL players. But in this case we don't even know if this wasn't short-term issues that would have subsided after a while. To me the main issue seems to be how much pressure was on these women to perform. Especially the way their parents talk about their stoic nature.