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When it didn’t happen, Carlson was crushed, the self-identity she’d built in her mind washed away, and at 18, she began struggling with mental health issues, wondering how should could start all over again and still stay focused on diving at Florida State University.
As a member of Team Canada, the 24-year-old, who was born in Fort Frances and grew up in Thunder Bay diving at the Canada Games Complex, finished second this season on the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series, including a win at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. “That was my state. I was like, how do I prove myself, to get out of Thunder Bay and show that I’m part of this bigger community of diving. When I started facing these mental-health struggles, trying to get on that one path, I thought there’s got to be another path I can fall in love with that still includes diving. So, when I met high diving, it was this natural click, that was just meant to be. Mental health finally found exactly where I wanted to be.
As natural as she looks hurling herself into the air from 20 metres above the water, Carlson said when she arrived at her first event and saw the set-up, she immediately wanted to head back to the airport and head home.“This sport never gets less scary. I think that’s something people need to know about high diving. There’s an element of fear that you need to be safe, because you can’t do this sport if you’re not 100 per cent mentally strong,” Carlson said.
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