My mother, because when I’m stressed, I can be really horrible to her.
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A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.
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Adam Peaty
British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
To the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
Everybody I’ve lost to suicide. When someone dies in that tragic way, you always feel you could have done more.
Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan human rights advocate
To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.
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Catastrophising.
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Realising that if they were drowning, you’d try to save them.
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