BabySteps Psychology Magagzine

“I didn’t want it to stop, I wanted more sex, I had a disease and I chose sex as a fuel to make me happy……..My bipolar was driven toward sex. It could have been driven towards drugs and alcohol, or gambling. I found sex was the biggest high to fuel my mania, which is common with bipolar people." - Suzy Favor Hamilton  In 2011, several years after retiring from a long career of professional running, 47 years old Suzy Favor Hamilton, a three-time Olympian, began began working for Vegas escort agency Haley Heston Private Collection as Kelly Lundy, Favor Hamilton had tried to conceal her real identity. Her rates were advertised as $600 for one hour , $1,000 for two, $4,000 for 12 and $6,000 (£3,875) for 24 hours. She made hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars per hour as she worked semi-anonymously. One of her clients wrote: 'She is worth every penny. I will go bankrupt before I stop seeing her. I hope no one else goes to see her, because I want her all to myself.' Howev...

" When it came to the escorting that I fell into, I wanted to be number one. I didn't want to settle for just being the average escort, I wanted to be the number one escort." - Suzy Favor Hamilton Mental illness is a very sensitive issue among cultures because of many related factors. But one thing is for sure; Mental illness does not discriminate. It can affect people of any age, income or educational level, and cultural background.  To say Mental illness is silent crisis is an understatement. The story of Suzy Favor Hamilton buttresses this fact. She was a three-time Olympian. A runner with big-time sponsorship deals. A mother and a wife. But she shocked the world when a reporter exposed her double life as one the most sort after escorts. The Olympic runner describes taking five clients in one day while working as a Las Vegas call girl-. No one could fathom how she got "that low". Is i t the psychological demands of high-level sport?  Could it be mental illne...