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How to cope when you're no longer the standout athlete

I've been the star player on my softball team for five years but this season I'm clearly not the best anymore and I don't know how to handle not being special.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social identity built on relative superiority crumbles when capability or context shifts.

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