I was pretty good at sports when I was younger but it was purely luck and I never really took it very seriously. Running and playing football was great fun but as I grew older the fun was taken out of it because of my competitors didn't like it when I won and if I lost they would make it even worse - so win or lose I couldn't win (if you see what I mean).

Anyway, watching the Olympics this year has been great. Watching the winners celebrate their achievements has been fantastic, watching people win who never expected to even get a medal has been great and also Team GB are doing very well.

But what has perhaps been most interesting is the way that many of the competitors have overcome some terrible obstacles to achieve their dreams of Olympic success. For example just watching the weightlifting I heard that it was just over a year ago when Gold medalist Matthias Steiner lost his wife in a car accident and Silver medalist Evgeny Chigishev was seriously injured in a stabbing in 2001. Many of the athletes in these games have failed in previous attempts, sometimes in heartbreaking fashion but somehow they have overcome these situations to carry on and win. And I haven't even mentioned the Paraolympics!!!

It would be interesting to learn how these athletes manage to overcome their dissapointments. Are they just competitive? Is it because they have the right kind of support? Have they learnt to handle defeat through training? Could those of us with mental health problems who struggle with life learn something from the Olympians?