Strategy: I joined a school sports team (touch) because I could make new friends, having a common interest in something we both enjoy. Making it easier to conversate with people alike in my year level so that it would ease my nervousness.

Strategy:

Personal - I continued to better my hygiene and keep a positive mindset, remembering that millions of women go through the same thing.

Interpersonal - I talked to my family and trusted adults about how to take care of myself.

Societal - My school talked to both girl and boys about puberty and menstruation.

Strategy: Spend more time alone to find out who I was without the influence of others around me and also think about the relationships that are actually valuable to me.

Strategies:

I talked to my peers about it and felt more comfortable to be more open about it (Interpersonal)

I learned more about it in school and was able to talk about it in school with my peers (societal)

Personal strategy - I began to alter my mindset, beginning to block out everything around me and focussing in on my game.

Interpersonal strategy - I talked to my family and coaches about my confidence level and the way pressure had been affecting me.

Societal - Athlete role models speaking more about their experiences and challenges and that it is normal and part of the experience.

Personal Strategy: Learning how to overcome fears I had in hospital, I overcame these fears by knowing that pain is only temporary and it will all be okay eventually.

• personal strat - working on your own mental health - do this by doing self care routines.

• Inter strat - Talking to those around you , support system

Strategy: Interacting with new people and letting them interact with me to make new friends to get to know more people

Strategy: I try to keep in contact by calling my grandparents every weekend, and I text my closest cousin everyday. This makes me not sad because I feel like I can be included in family updates, and can understand what is going on in their lives.

Personal: I just had to suck it up but I became friends with most of the Islanders & I took the opportunity to show off my culture and sport to those who are of foreign culture.

Interpersonal: My parents saw the struggle and worked hard to move me back to New Zealand to my normal life.

Societal: ....

Strategy : I relied a lot on my family and friends support to help keep me motivated and push my determination to work hard so that I could start playing again.

Strategy: Finding a supportive community that helped me feel a sense of belonging.

Strategy = I focused on being present and in the moment, calming myself down

my friends would all call me before they started school every day to make me feel included and not alone