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When personal struggles clash with team roles

My volleyball team expects me to be the emotional leader but I'm dealing with my parents' divorce and I can barely keep myself together let alone help others.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation to be strong for others becomes unbearable when your own foundation is crumbling.

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