professionals. It should be a good thing that people are actually addressing it instead saying they're "crazy" or "choked" or have the "yips" or just "unable to handle the pressure".

We've seen things from everyone from Chuck Knoblauch, to Rick Ankiel to Scott Norwood to Paul George and multiple other athletes not being able to perform at the level they were before and we have sometimes seen their lives spiral out of control off the field/court.

From day 1 athletes are coached to be "mentally tough" and the all-time greats are celebrated for that. There is an opposite end of the spectrum that is dismissed as "mentally weak".

Even the great ones can have mental issues. There are some people that would say MJ had some faults in regards to how he dealt with some teammates and overall competitiveness. If you ask me Aaron Rodgers is struggling with some things.

Beyonce' and other major musical performers have cancelled concerts because they were "mentally fatigued" and are usually criticized for it.

There are stories of Wall Street people committing suicide when things didn't pan the way they expected them to.

People wanting to take mental health days in "regular" jobs are still looked at strangely in some circles.

Old military vets like myself joke about the "stress cards" that were issued in basic training in the 90's.