good for her to come to terms with mental illness

awesome

Giving up skating??????? As if you're saying Gold to give up her life!!!!!!! Skating is Gold's dream. Skating is her life. How could you just say such stupid thing?????? Not all needed to go to college to live their lives. Sometimes, dreaming of another road of life makes that person appreciate what life is....

Dont think she can, the japanese and those russian juniors she cannot compete with. She maybe can compete with the American girls but a stretch with some of the youngsters coming. Really she should go do shows.

I’m afraid it is a stretch. Skating has changed so much the lady 5 years, and quads are in the foreseeable future from the Russian girls. I wish she’d turn professional and be happy .

I guarantee her's is not just gone. She's just getting the help she needs (whether that's meds, therapy, both, I don't know her approach to healing), and is in a much better place than she was. Often, people who struggle with eating disorders, even if they learn to manage them, never stop thinking about that struggle.

I really hope you’re doing ok x Things will get better x Stay strong x I believe in you and I love you x So many people love you x If you ever need to talk you can talk to me x You should talk to someone x As I said feel free to talk to me x 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@@eloisemcnulty6333 What a kind comment ! I had to double check to be sure it was for me. Thank you so much , I truly appreciated this .....you made my day .

Aspen Robinson ... exercise and sunlight....and very very very strict about it! healthy eating prayer, meditation dance, singing, forest walks, funny videos, . it saved my life

I think it was filmed before Rostelecom

But, like, you dunno what’s going on in someone’s head... A lot of what we go through is our own brain chemistry.

@@JackAShepherd that is precisely why I think she should be just a little bit more realistic.

Mental health problems are as debilitating as physical problems... Google is free... Her family additionally had very serious family issues.

i think she was being realistic and kind. it is very, very, VERY, difficult to get back into competitive peak.

yuzugold I understand, but it felt sort of odd since she just listened to Gracie explain how she’s willing to go for it! I wish Natalie wouldn’t have said anything.

@@elanacarter1787 I don't know how closely Natalie follows ice skating but anyone can see Gracie's not taking her comeback seriously.

PubliusAfricanus I just think it’s poor journalism for your interviewee to say “the olympics are a possibility, the nationals are a possibility, if I could get a metal that’d be great” and then to basically say “ehh she can just stick to helping kids” it’s like sure maybe we all think it but you don’t have to say it for Gracie’s sake.

I disagree. Natalie is trying to explain that there is more than one definition of "winning" and "success." To me, "success" means doing my best; meeting my potential.

Try telling a person with a disease like Crohn's to "just go on a vegan diet." It's not as simple as you're making it sound, for the majority of people. ED's are mental illnesses with physical consequences, and each person has to tackle their recovery in the way that works for THEM. Veganism isn't the end-all, be-all cure to weight struggles. And just as a final note on this - telling someone that has struggled with an eating disorder to lose weight is not only never kind, but it can trigger them to heading on a downward spiral with their ED behaviors again. Please just be kind when speaking about her (and everyone else for that matter), and don't tell other people what to do with themselves unless you're a certified professional that they are seeking help from. Plus - BMI is NOT an accurate measure of one's health!! Doesn't take into account muscle mass vs. adipose tissue, bone mass, etc.

Marisa Rose i agree! Also any diet that eliminates whole food groups is not good for someone who suffers (or is recovering) from eating disorders

@@MissZuzaRd ​ @Marisa Rose I guess I have to state again how so many people with EDs have recovered via a vegan diet, or soon after recovering, went vegan. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJuBh7NlqrXdhJ8.html "Veganism isn't the end-all, be-all cure to weight struggles." In fact, it is. You can't get fat on fruits/veggies/beans/potatoes/etc (short of cramming yourself to the point of pain every day and now you're actively trying to get fat instead of just eating according to natural hunger), and you don't have to restrict because it is so nutritious and filling. This is why vegans lose weight so easily and why they have the lowest BMIs of any dietary subgroup. They are NOT emaciated. They are right in the middle of normal BMI range. Only the vegetarians and meat-eaters are above this normal range, aka in the overweight range. Vegans also have the lowest rates of EVERY DISEASE (genetic or otherwise) because the diet is so nutritious. Much harder for genes or lifestyle to f**k you when you're eating that healthy. And seriously, every single diet-related disease anyone has every complained about to me has tons of people in the vegan community who either 100% cured their disease or vastly improved it. kzfaq.info?search_query=crohn%27s+disease+vegan The bottom line is: most people don't want to even try the whole foods vegan diet. They just want to make excuses so they can go on living the way they always have. Or they only try it for a couple months, decide they miss their meat too much, and start making excuses again. Even if I told you I was a certified professional, you would still disagree with me. No amount of certificates or scientific evidence is enough to convince someone who just wants to plug their ears and go on believing what they want to believe. Here's the scientific data on crohn's disease remission on vegan diets: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsWEbJaAs5jHcnk.html

@@marisa768 couldn't get the tag to work properly for two people. My reply is below.

wtf is this hot garbage that you just wrote? what does her weight have to do with her skating? she needs to be actually trained, not weigh a certain amount. this is the weirdest, most ridiculous plug i have seen for veganism. like be vegan sure but why do you have to make negative comments about gracie's weight and call her screwed up in the head to do it? what does that have anything to do with you passing gold MIF? just what...

daydreamer3 part of it is likely due to nervousness. She’s discussing something very personal and difficult in front of a camera crew.

I'm proud of Gracie for stepping up and putting her story out there like that. It's not an easy thing to do. She's to be commended, not criticized for it. The main thing is she is healthy in her mind and body. She'll get back to skating when she's ready!

There is so much wrong with what you have said here that I do not even know where to start.....

Coming from the skating world and understanding the insane pressure put on ladies to be thin, I’m proud of Gracie for getting help and being open about her struggles. I did the same starvation game as Gracie when I was in the Ice Capades. I was so thin you could see my back ribs and my collar bones jutting out. But in their eyes I was fat. And they told me so week after week. I was afraid to eat as I would get called out on it. I developed a full on eating disorder and still struggle with body dysmorphia almost 40 years later. I too was shocked at Gracies appearance in the Grand Prix competition. Shocked but not surprised. When you starve and go back to eating your metabolism is so messed up your body holds onto every calorie. After an extreme all protein no carb diet, I lost 14 pounds in 7 days. First time I ate a carrot I gained two pounds. No joke. AGREE 150% about “like” being every other word out of that generation! I rarely watch the Kardashians. Listening to those girls talk in the same manner makes me cringe. Can’t take two minutes let alone an hour! (Not a fan anyway but they are the perfect example 😖)

@@melaniesharp397 Melanie, why don't you tell us about the interviews you did on national television? She was probably nervous talking about something so personal for the national audience. People like you are the reason she would stop reaching out and sharing her story. Why not commend her for bravely sharing something that is so personal, something that is so stigmatized, rather than criticizing her for her language semantics? I would rather she keep sharing that than stop for fear of being berated by people like you.