As James Guy attempts to qualify for his third successive Olympics, he talks about his late ADHD diagnosis and coping with health anxiety.
James Guy will be competing at the British Swimming Championships from 2-7 April, looking to qualify for his third successive Olympics with Team GBBy the time James Guy turned 24, he had smashed British Swimming records and become a world and European champion. Deep down, though, he still felt something was not quite right.
"I found things difficult to understand and needed the teacher to repeat themselves four times, just to soak it in. "In my day-to-day life, I can be very easily distracted," he says. "I'll start one job, not finish it, do another thing, and not finish it. I'm trying my hardest, but I can't help it at all.
"I find it hard to sit still and I have to be doing something all the time and that is why swimming is really good for me," he says. "When I go home, because I'm so mentally tired, I can sit on the sofa and relax. And through fostering self-acceptance, the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly specialist has found ways of using ADHD to his advantage, including winning two golds at Tokyo 2020.
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