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Topic: Mind - November 11 2024
How Daisy Liljegren Overcomes the Mental “Booby Trap”

Analyzing our athletic performance is how we get better. But when these thoughts become obsessive to the point of overthinking, they can be detrimental to our performance. In this article, Daisy Liljegren, VIS Mentor and track athlete at Boston University, shares her approach to overcoming negative thinking.

By Abby Waddington

VIS Creator

Daisy Liljegren

VIS Mentor

Topic: Mind

November 11 2024

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As athletes, thinking about our performance before, during, and after training and competition can be valuable. But when these thoughts become obsessive or overwhelmingly negative, we are overthinking, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “to put too much time into thinking about or analyzing something in a way that is more harmf...
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