Mental Health Token

[Swingmaster]

Tennis might be the worst sport for mental health considering the constant pressure to keep racking up points. That's why I'm proposing a mental health token be given to each player each year. I'm not sure how many points these tokens should be worth or if they should carry over from year to year. Maybe they could be used to avoid media obligations for a given amount of time. Maybe they could be used to be avoid having to play Kyrgios in the first round(joke). I'm still considering the various applications but I'm dead serious about these tokens.

 

[game..set..match]

I’d like to know what is the exact diagnosis that always gets lumped under the ‘mental health’ umbrella. For example If a player has a physical ailment, throwing your hands up and talking time off is not an appropriate treatment. The ailment need to be ID’d and treated if one hopes to heal 100%.

So what is the mental health ailment in Osaka for example? Anxiety? Let’s figure that out first before we start handing out tokens.

 

[big ted]

idk why zoomers are labeling it like its a new thing ....
technically mac took a sabbatical, wilanders career went down,
and borg retired due to "mental issues"

 

[Raul_SJ]

I’d like to know what is the exact diagnosis that always gets lumped under the ‘mental health’ umbrella. For example If a player has a physical ailment, throwing your hands up and talking time off is not an appropriate treatment. The ailment need to be ID’d and treated if one hopes to heal 100%.

So what is the mental health ailment in Osaka for example? Anxiety? Let’s figure that out first before we start handing out tokens.

Can Narcissists Change?

Is there hope for those with NPD and the people who love them? Is there anything we can do if we see early warning signs or actual diagnostic criteria besides end the relationship?

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[Lleytonstation]

Well, he said it in bold. I'm in.

 

[big ted]

Can Narcissists Change?

Is there hope for those with NPD and the people who love them? Is there anything we can do if we see early warning signs or actual diagnostic criteria besides end the relationship?

www.psychologytoday.com

narcissism is a real mental disorder so if she has it maybe she was right all long playing the mental health card lol

 

[Swingmaster]

Well, he said it in bold. I'm in.

I wasn't trying to be so bold. Just couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Hopefully I didn't scare anyone.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

 

[Jokervich]

It depends whether players are genuinely suffering from mental health problems, or they are playing the mental health card in order to get people to conform to their agenda.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

Tennis is such a mental sport, so mental toughness should be considered a tennis skill, and if you don't have mental toughness then you take the loss.

 

[mwym]

The very idea of competition in tennis is to not have only a physical ability or skill but a mental strength or skill too. Therefore, this idea negates tennis.

Mother's love can and should help inferior children more, but we cannot turn whole society of ADULTS into a kindergarten. It is long and slow death by self extinction.

 

[King No1e]

idk why zoomers are labeling it like its a new thing ....
technically mac took a sabbatical, wilanders career went down,
and borg retired due to "mental issues"

In the zoomers defense, perhaps if Borg and Wilander skipped out on a tourney or a press conference every now and then, they might've not gone down the tubes before 25 the way they did.

 

[Bartelby]

'The mental health card'? Now I've heard everything!

It depends whether players are genuinely suffering from mental health problems, or they are playing the mental health card in order to get people to conform to their agenda.

 

[Bartelby]

What's new is to publicly acknowledge it, rather than repress it.

idk why zoomers are labeling it like its a new thing ....
technically mac took a sabbatical, wilanders career went down,
and borg retired due to "mental issues"

 

[dumb-person]

If you are too weak mentally then just dont compete. It is not a kindergarten.

 

[Aabye5]

If you are too weak mentally then just dont compete. It is not a kindergarten.

But when you pull out, why do people lose their minds?

 

[Swingmaster]

If you are too weak mentally then just dont compete. It is not a kindergarten.

True, but players are afraid to take a break because of the pressure of point accumulation. If they each had a token, they could slap it down on the table and chillax. Guys like Thiem can afford to do it but not guys like Donskoy.

 

[puppybutts]

Tennis might be the worst sport for mental health considering the constant pressure to keep racking up points. That's why I'm proposing a mental health token be given to each player each year. I'm not sure how many points these tokens should be worth or if they should carry over from year to year. Maybe they could be used to avoid media obligations for a given amount of time. Maybe they could be used to be avoid having to play Kyrgios in the first round(joke). I'm still considering the various applications but I'm dead serious about these tokens.

let's just remember people get incredibly hot headed over medical time outs...it's unsurprising there are so many polarized opinions about mental health too.

does no one remember mardy fish? was supposed to be a top american player and was for awhile, but basically retired due to extreme anxiety. he has talked about it pretty openly and at length at this point. but i guess twitter wars and reddit weren't a thing back then so he was able to take care of himself in peace.

 

[Username_]

bacon is the cure

 

[pcft369]

bacon is the cure

Actually, for anxiety, I'd recommend xanax.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Lol at all the mental health specialists. Dr TTW does not have a sympathetic bedside manner! God help any patients unfortunate to come their way!

 

[ibbi]

I wonder what's the worse killer virus to have emerged in the past couple of years, COVID or mental health?

 

[Mivic]

I wonder what's the worse killer virus to have emerged in the past couple of years, COVID or mental health?

The latter. Not even debatable anymore. And it has nothing to do with the virus itself and everything to do with the inhumane worldwide response to it.

 

[Genious at Work]

Tennis might be the worst sport for mental health considering the constant pressure to keep racking up points. That's why I'm proposing a mental health token be given to each player each year. I'm not sure how many points these tokens should be worth or if they should carry over from year to year. Maybe they could be used to avoid media obligations for a given amount of time. Maybe they could be used to be avoid having to play Kyrgios in the first round(joke). I'm still considering the various applications but I'm dead serious about these tokens.

I think the worst sport for mental health is the Normandy Invasion.