Eight-time English surfing champion Lucy Campbell looks forward after burnout left her bed-bound.
www.bbc.co.uk
"I was in bed for I think about six weeks I couldn't surf I was just completely exhausted."
Lucy Campbell talks about how the sport she fell in love with as a child almost broke her.
Campbell, 31, is one of the most successful surfers England has produced, with eight national titles to her name.
But after a severe spell of burnout that left her exhausted, isolated and unable to train, she is setting a new course, on her own terms...
...When results dipped, she pushed harder. Instead, her body shut down....
"I was in bed for I think about six weeks, I couldn't surf...
"My heart would be racing even when I was lying in bed," she said. "It felt like I had just been out for a run. I could not calm it down at all. My nervous system was in complete chaos."..
...Doctors later suggested she may have been suffering from Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, known as RED-S when sports people restrict their diet, burnout or another form of adrenal fatigue, but there was no definitive test...
Burnout is recognised by the World Health Organization as an occupational phenomenon and is classed as a syndrome rather than a medical condition.
It is a state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion caused by long-term stress and prolonged pressure that leaves people feeling detached, demotivated and hopeless.