Comments on: The Price of Success: Girls, Stress and Being Your Own Worst Enemy http://rosalindwiseman.com/2010/01/28/thepriceofsuccess/ creating cultures of dignity Mon, 14 May 2012 18:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rosalind http://rosalindwiseman.com/2010/01/28/thepriceofsuccess/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 Rosalind Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:17:22 +0000 http://rosalindwiseman.com/?p=4045#comment-1336 I loved this blog for so many reasons; I think the issues Rachel raises are applicable across the generations. It also made me think of my own teen years and how often I was caught in a cycle of saying negative things about myself and then performing in sports or academics with so much anxiety that I couldn't think or act. This is one I will share with my oldest son. I loved this blog for so many reasons; I think the issues Rachel raises are applicable across the generations. It also made me think of my own teen years and how often I was caught in a cycle of saying negative things about myself and then performing in sports or academics with so much anxiety that I couldn’t think or act. This is one I will share with my oldest son.

]]> By: Anna Wigram http://rosalindwiseman.com/2010/01/28/thepriceofsuccess/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Anna Wigram Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:37:45 +0000 http://rosalindwiseman.com/?p=4045#comment-1334 I am not familiar with this skater, but that is such a sad story. Rachel, do you think that there are likely more serious clinical depression issues with Mirai than simply the more "normal" drops in self-esteem that teenagers can often face? My personal conventional wisdom is that if you are at least good at something--you have something to be proud of--then that will help boost your feelings about yourself. But with Mirai, her remarks seem like she is mourning the loss of her abilities and her special qualities before it has happened. It would seem her feelings would be more in line with someone who'd been injured and couldn't do what they loved anymore. Am I off about that? And is anything known about her parents or what type of family she comes from? Perhaps she's being told that she is nothing without skating by people who feel like they have to push her in that way for her to be a champion. Either way, really tough story and I hope someone starts looking out for her well being on a more emotional level. I am not familiar with this skater, but that is such a sad story. Rachel, do you think that there are likely more serious clinical depression issues with Mirai than simply the more “normal” drops in self-esteem that teenagers can often face? My personal conventional wisdom is that if you are at least good at something–you have something to be proud of–then that will help boost your feelings about yourself. But with Mirai, her remarks seem like she is mourning the loss of her abilities and her special qualities before it has happened. It would seem her feelings would be more in line with someone who’d been injured and couldn’t do what they loved anymore. Am I off about that?

And is anything known about her parents or what type of family she comes from? Perhaps she’s being told that she is nothing without skating by people who feel like they have to push her in that way for her to be a champion.

Either way, really tough story and I hope someone starts looking out for her well being on a more emotional level.

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