Trending Now: Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all. Until it all became too much.

A silver medalist in track cycling and a Stanford graduate student, Catlin could speak Chinese fluently and play the violin. But beneath her relentless drive to succeed — or perhaps because of it — lay a troubled soul whose mind, she wrote, "just wouldn't stop." In the months since Catlin's suicide, her parents and brother and sister have been left to sort through what led this singular talent to join what experts consider a national health crisis: a spike in major depressive episodes and suicide attempts among women under 35.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Trending Now Jul 29, 2:51 PM     Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all. Until it all became too much. A silver medalist in track cycling and a Stanford graduate student, Catlin could speak Chinese fluently and play the violin. But beneath her relentless drive to succeed — or perhaps because of it — lay a troubled soul whose mind, she wrote, "just wouldn't stop." In the months since Catlin's suicide, her parents and brother and sister have been left to sort through what led this singular talent to join what experts consider a national health crisis: a spike in major depressive episodes and suicide attempts among women under 35. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071