Driven to the End

Driven to the End

Kent Babb | The Washington Post | July 29, 2019 | 24 minutes (6,052 words)

Urged from a very young age to excel, Olympic cycling medalist Kelly Catlin committed suicide at age 23. ‘“I suspect a large part of why I am the way I am — both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ — is our childhood environment,” she wrote. “We are triplets. And we are, none of us, truly functional. … Those parched for affection from a young age do not quickly heal. I shall say no more.” “So what do I want?” she had written. “Love.”’ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/29/kelly...