It was in her summer talk on Sveriges Radio this summer that Sara Hector opened up about her fight against performance anxiety.

Six months have passed since the summer talk and in an interview with SVT Sport, the Swedish alpine star says that the reactions were not long in coming.

- There are actually several athletes who have reached out and said that they recognize themselves and many have felt that "if you have managed to handle that, then so can I", says Hector and continues:

- Some have felt encouraged and say "I almost gave up my sport, but now I got a new spark".

And stuff like that means so much to hear and is really, really fun.

That these feelings arise in elite sport is not strange, with the environment and climate that prevails around elite sport, says Hector.

- Everything is about performing and getting results and that's the way it is, that's the way it will be because that's what elite sport is all about, so it's no wonder that you can sometimes feel that it's tough in a competitive context.

"It's getting even worse"

She believes that it is up to the individual how they deal with the anxiety, whether or not they want to talk to those around them.

- Many times you may not want to admit to yourself before competitions and try to put away all thoughts that you don't want, and many times it becomes like a boomerang effect, it gets even worse.

- I think it's good to talk about, she says.

It's about accepting

Much is about acceptance, says the star, and says that the important thing is to find ways to get out of the troublesome thoughts.

- Partly to realize that it is not so dangerous and not to be afraid, to work with those thoughts and instead of being afraid, "aha, now that thought came again" and it does not have to be so dangerous that you feel that way worried that it will go badly, because such thoughts will come to everyone.

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Ski stars open up about performance anxiety