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Everything I loved taken away from me
I was in gymnastics from the time I was five to fouteen, it was my whole world. I pretty much lived and breathed gymnastics. A couple years ago my parents made me quit because of my health/grades (I had thyroid desiese) and now it's too late to go back.
When I quit I gained about twenty-five - pounds really fast and now I have strech marks. Anyway, I miss it so much! I'm doing cheerleading now, but it doesnm't even compare. I was in level 8. I was already doing olympic training and sometimes I just feel like killing myself, I miss the gym so bad.
I get jealous of anyone who's in gymnastics and I wish I could go back, but I know I can't. How do I get over it, and move on? I get so depressed sometimes and I don't want to. Besides, I knew I was unhappy in gymnastics. Even though I loved it to death, I missed so many great opportunities and I should be focusing on school.
I'll be graduating in three years and I want to go to Yale, so I wouldn't of been able to continue gymnastics anyway. I just want to know how to stop missing it so much. I regret letting my parents take me out, because I keep wondering 'what if?' What if I had stayed? Would I have had a chance in the olympics? What if I had gotten better grades.
I know every gymnast has to quit sometime, because evntually you get to old and your chance is up, but how do they deal with there whole life just being taken away from them. My gym was like my second home. I was there five hours a day, and I just miss everything about it...I don't know how to deal anymore.
Does anybody have any stories like mine, having to quit something you loved more than anything in the world? It hasn't even gotten easier after two years.
I just really need to know how to deal, I really need advice, as you can tell.
Thanks to anyone who answers.
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Wow, I know EXACTLY how you feel! I had to quit gymnastics after repeated injuries... and even though I had sort of wanted to quit (for the same reasons you said), actually quitting was such a huge shock. Gymnastics is so different from any other sport because it's like your whole life and you put so much into it! It's a major part of your identity. And it just never gets out of your system!
But actually... even though you aren't DOING gymnastics anymore, you can still be involved in it. You could coach! Coaching is awesome because it keeps you in the sport and you're making money at the same time (probably more than you'd make at most other typical high school jobs). It's a perfect job to have in high school and college, because the schedule fits perfectly. If you love it, you can make a career of it. But even if you have another career in mind, you can still coach evening classes/workouts after work, to supplement your income or just stay involved in the sport. And it's something you can always fall back on. You can find a job coaching any time, any where... gyms are ALWAYS looking for coaches!
That's exactly what I did. After I quit gymnastics (at age 16) I started coaching at a YMCA. Then at a club. Then I started judging (another great way to stay in the sport and make money!). I coached & judged full time until I got married and had kids. And as soon as my daughter could walk, bam! I put her in classes!
And guess what? Now she's a level 8 and she's thinking about quitting to do cheerleading, and we're both having a tough time with the decision! Haha! So it's come full circle.
Good luck!
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Dear, everything i loved taken away from me,
i went to google and researched your problem and i understand your parents reasonings to do what they did. To be honest, i answered this question because i know what its like, i used to be a hard-core horse back rider, and i was showing and everything when i messed up my knee and havent had the strength to return.
its been three years for me, and when i watch shows or movies with horses in them, i still get the old feeling of regret and pain, but i know that if i went back now, i could endanger myself.
listen, i know this is difficult, it was for me, but what i did, was i involved myself in sports and activites that i could participate in without injury and i did them all until i found one i loved-music. and i was feeling like you, until i found this hobby. Im not saying to run out right now and get an instrument and start playing, and im not trying to force music on you. But what i am saying is that i involved myself until i found something i loved-not as much- and tried my best in it.
i hope this helps you, i really do feel your pain, and i know that if you try to make yourself busy, and try new things, you may find something else you enjoy alot, and it might help. hey, you could even try coaching gym?
anyways i hope this helps you, i really do.
Best of luck,
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