Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was out of the Paris Olympics despite being so close to the medal. The reason was being overweight by 50 kg more than the prescribed category. On the day of the final match, Vinesh’s weight increased by about 100 grams. After this she was disqualified from Olympic women’s wrestling. After that Vinesh retired from wrestling.
The journey till here was no less than breaking a rock for Vinesh. He faced many difficulties. She fought against sexual exploitation of female wrestlers. Vinesh was dragged on the streets of Delhi for protesting. Vinesh could not even practice wrestling for a long time during the protest at Jantar Mantar.
In 2020, Vinesh Phogat was even called a ‘false coin’ and ‘lame horse’ after her defeat in the Tokyo Olympics. These words of the Federation President broke Vinesh. Vinesh’s brother Harvinder tells that Vinesh went into depression after this. When she went to the doctor to recover from depression, it was revealed that she had suffered a serious head injury during practice in 2018. Vinesh’s injury surfaced due to excessive tension. It took Vinesh 9 months to recover from this shock and injury.
Many of us might be going through some of the same difficulties and challenges that Vinesh has gone through. Those who have failed many times in life, who have faced difficulties at every stage or have faced many other challenges.
So today we will talk about this topic in the ‘Relationship’ column. Psychiatrist Dr. Satyakant Trivedi talked to Dainik Bhaskar about this and told how to deal with difficult situations when you face them.
Research shows that feeling like a failure can have a detrimental effect on mental health. Repeated failure can have a negative impact on a person’s mental and emotional well-being.
The impact of failure and difficult situations varies according to age. A study in the International Journal of Novel Research and Development (IJNRD) says that atikiphobia (fear of failure) occurs in children when they experience anxiety and fear during defeat. In adults, this fear of failure can also take the form of chronic stress. This can result in many negative effects.