As one of the greatest players in the history of swimming, I have to say that Phelps' career is also very successful, whether it is in the Olympics or in the World Championships, Phelps has played an exceptionally superior performance during his tenure, at least for now, the younger generation may need a lot of effort to surpass Phelps' achievements.
And just recently, Phelps was exposed to appear in the same frame as his wife, and his old appearance has attracted a series of attention.
Phelps once won 6 gold medals in the Athens Olympics, and then won 8 gold medals in the 08 Beijing Olympics, while breaking 6 records, while becoming famous, Phelps won 4 gold medals again in the London Olympics four years later, and won 5 gold medals in the Brazilian Olympics, from the perspective of the four games he participated in in his career, he alone won 23 gold medals, so the achievement can be said to be shocking. And that's not even counting his 26 gold medals at the World Championships, and it's fair to say that in Phelps' time, he alone dominated the world of swimming.
After retiring in 16 years, Phelps did not disappear, he continued to contribute to the swimming career after retiring from the battlefield, and after becoming a teaching assistant in a school, Phelps's life was also very exciting, after all, he has accumulated a very high popularity, recognition and wealth for many years of competition, and his wife is also a Miss California, oh the two successfully married at the age of 10 and gave birth to four sons for him.
Phelps had a very happy married life, but there was a problem for him that continued to plague him for 19 years, that is, his depression, Phelps has always suffered from depression, and at the worst time, he was even reluctant to talk to others for months, and the family also gave him great help during the years when he met and married his wife, but this still could not stop the depression from hurting him.
Judging from the **exposed** a few days ago, Phelps, who is only 38 years old now, not only has a gray beard, but even his personal face is very old, and he no longer has the majesty of the original swimming hegemon.
As early as 19 when Phelps was with the team, he suffered from depression, but he didn't know that he was suffering from such a mental illness at the time, until later his agent found that his state was very unstable, after the diagnosis, Phelps had retired twice because of depression, and in the middle of the method he used to relieve depression brought him a lot of criticism, and even had suicidal thoughts, as the end point of multiple pressures, Phelps can be said to be tortured.
But his family obviously gave him a lot of support, when Phelps fell into the most difficult time, his wife did not stay away from him, his wife's persistence and perseverance allowed Phelps to regain confidence, and he has not given up **No. 2 redemption, while receiving psychology ** and drugs** Phelps also tried a lot of methods to heal himself, after experiencing a lot of attempts, it is obvious that he has a mental journey that is difficult for ordinary people to have. This is also the reason why his appearance looks extremely vicissitudes, but now Phelps is also a happy family, and I believe that he will get better and better in the future.