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Athletes are often praised for their dedication, their victories, and their ability to push past limits. I know this firsthand because I was a Division I volleyball recruit. As a person who walked away from the sport I love, which is volleyball, because it was causing me to have extreme anxiety, I know firsthand how athletes ignore, dismiss, and keep silent about the feelings they are having. Between school ball and travel club ball, I played year-round. My anxiety came from

The subject of this story is my father, retired Army Staff Sergeant Randy Kirksey, a man who has found healing and comfort in an unexpected place. Golf is more than a hobby for him. It is his way of coping with the lifelong impacts of war. My father served in and survived the Gulf War, where he witnessed explosions, death, and constant danger. These experiences left him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which continues to affect his daily life through anxiety, sleep