Inescapable tensions: performance and/or psychological well-being in Olympic and Paralympic athletes during sport disruption

Abstract

even doing less and constantly trying to remind yourself that what you are doing is enough . . . COVID has unnaturally put me in this new place where I have had to re-evaluate like do I really need to be doing that much stuff? Am I really at an optimal level doing that? So, there has been lots of opportunity for self-reflection throughout this process . . . and how can I find value in the things that I am doing so that I feel satisfied with this reduced level of production because I have to like otherwise it is going to be like . . . I can see why people could be struggling with their depression and their anxiety throughout COVID because it is hard.