How is mental health affected as a senior and a school athlete?

In my opinion, I think it’s hard because you have no break. Playing a school sport or a sport outside of school can be very draining because you have to keep your grades high and keep everything in order. You have to practice every day and then games every other day.  This year has been the hardest beginning of the year for me because I feel like I have a lot of pressure this year with it being my senior year and having to worry about so many things after high school and keeping my grades good to be able to keep playing soccer during high school. It’s okay to not have the best start to things but it isn’t good to give up. Playing a school sport is hard but also one of the best things in my opinion and you have to keep moving forward with it especially with my last year of high school. Just remember you don’t know what someone is going through at the end of the day. 

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