Mental health training expert Robert Andrews worked with Simone Biles for four years and explains why he’s lauding her decision to withdraw from individual .
"The twisties… it's a symptom of the brain being overwhelmed with too much stress, pressure, and anxiety ... in essence, the brain is saying it's not safe enough for you to do these incredibly difficult skills, and if you do, you're at serious risk of injuring yourself, so she is wise to listen to her brain and her body," said Andrews, who is working with Olympic athletes from four countries.
Andrews told host Shepard Smith that he thinks that social media and the cruelty displayed across platforms plays a major role in Biles' mental tribulations. "If I was talking to Simone, I would tell her to even delete some of these apps from her phone, if that's what she needed to do, to distance herself from the dark side of social media," said Andrews, founder and director of the Institute of Sports Performance.
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