Sports & Stress: Finding the Courage to Quiet the Mind Chatter - ADAA Blog Post

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Dr. Mitchell Greene shares tips and strategies to help overcome sports and stress...“Mind Chatter” is the term I use to describe the conversation we have with ourselves when we feel the weight of performance expectations. “Mind Chatter” gets us focused on all that might be at stake if we don’t perform as we (and/or others) expect. It’s a conversation that is full of doubt, second-guessing, and negativity, and when our chatter goes unchecked, athletes can find themselves anxiously playing a game that they used to play fearlessly and enjoyed endlessly..."

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