BERLIN – Local student athletes will have an opportunity this month to learn about balancing their mental health and competitiveness.
On Nov. 11, Stephen Decatur High School will host a presentation, “Mental Wellness and the Student Athlete,” by former Division I athlete and coach Emily Perrin. The event is free to Worcester County Public School high students and coaches and will focus on mindfulness and the correlation between mental wellness and performing on the sports fields.
Stephen Decatur High School social worker Wendy Shirk said she and Lindsay Owens, head girls’ lacrosse coach at Decatur, are Ambassadors-At Large for Morgan’s Message, an initiative geared toward normalizing conversations about mental health and sports. Morgan was a Division I lacrosse player for Duke University until her sophomore year when she had a devastating knee injury, resulting in feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression. Morgan died by suicide two years after the injury.
Shirk said this week it’s important for student athletes in today’s culture to have perspective and awareness about the importance of maintaining mental health amid challenging sports.
“In 2022, the NCAA experienced the suicide deaths of five student athletes which became headline news. In my position as a school social worker, I have witnessed the struggles that occur when a student athlete is injured and the general demands that they must be able to navigate. I think that at times the general consensus is that athletes are the students you don’t have to worry about,” Shirk said. “They have good grades that they must maintain to play, they are involved in a school activity that gives them purpose and social interactions, and they ‘have it together.’ This isn’t necessarily the case as there are such high demands on these young adults, especially in this generation where kids are committing to year-round sports at the age of 6 and 7. I saw a need and I have been looking for ways to respond.”
These local student athletes are being used for something sinister. Go google “Morgan’s Message”, then click on “resources”- scroll down the page a bit. Oh, look!- The Trevor (pedophile) project. Queer and Trans Therapists of Color. Melanin and Mental Health.
This group will “help” you by guiding you towards SSRI’s, and marxist (MAOIST) mental health therapists.
Do NOT let your children attend.
What’s really going on? Why do the schools now want to take over the health and mental care of students?
Go google SEL (social emotional learning)………if you see SEL…RUN! Its Maoist indoctrination. If you teach , and you think SEL is just good mental hygiene- please learn about it. Seek out James Lindsay on youtube.
I truly believe that the internet is highly responsible for much of the ills of modern society. Before anyone condemns my belief, hear me out. In 1968, I was in Jr. High School. In March, my grandmother passed away. In April, MLK was assassinated and riots pursued. In June, RFK was assassinated and no riots pursued (that I recall). In August, the Democratic National Convention was in Chicago and “all hell broke loose”. In September, I was uprooted from my hometown and all my lifelong friends to “the not so friendly town of” Salisbury, MD. That is a lot of change for a somewhat shy 13 year old to endure, but I did. Never ever did suicide cross my mind. Maybe if the internet was around in 1968, I could have googled LOSS of a LOVED ONE or TRAUMATIC EVENTS or I HAVE NO FRIENDS AND I’M SAD and I would be redirected to many sites to alleviate my temporary problems. Nope! Suck it up and keep on truckin’! Life ain’t easy, but it sure beats the alternative…
How about Presidents ??? Can they come too !!!!
All politicians should attend.