These Olympic Athletes Were At Their Breaking Point. Here’s How They’re Changing Their Approach In Paris.

Professional athletes endure immense pressure to deliver results, keep sponsors satisfied, and constantly stay in the spotlight. Recently, various Olympians have spoken out about the effects this stress has had on their mental health. (Watch the video above.

) “It’s been a challenge to kind of figure out what that healthy boundary is for my mental health with sport,” Carissa Moore, a five-time world champion regarded by many as one of the greatest female surfers of all time, told HuffPost. “You need to figure out where it’s worth it to keep pushing yourself.” After winning her third world title, Moore hit a breaking point in her surfing career.

“I was just kind of really lacking passion and purpose, drive, motivation,” she said. “I got to a point where I definitely was anxious and a little bit depressed, and it was bleeding into my relationships. And I really had to hit the reset button and be like, ‘OK, well, something has to change.

’” Similarly, skateboarding prodigy Jagger Eaton, who made history in Tokyo by securing the U.S.’s first ever Olympic skateboarding medal, faced his own challenges.

“ My ankle was fractured and torn almost completely three weeks before the Games, ” Eaton said. “When I got to the Games, I was so ecstatic to not only make the team, but the fact that I had the chance to be the first American medalist ..

. I didn’t really care about [the] pain.” Both Moore and Eaton have faced burnout from the relentless demands that.