The Diary of an Injured Athlete: Rebuilding Self Behind the Uniform
By Paulus Graham
Length4h 15m
About this audiobook
The book they never handed you when you got injured.
When you get injured, you receive a thin folder filled with rehab protocols, timelines, and stretches. It’s useful, it’s necessary, and it’s woefully incomplete. Because nowhere in that folder does it tell you how to handle the version of yourself that is about to fall apart.
The Diary of an Injured Athlete is the book you would have written if you had the words.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Health and Wellness
Length4 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction: The Book They Never Handed You
3Chapter 1
4The Day Everything Stopped
5Chapter 2
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6The Language of Pain: Hurt Is Not Always Harm
7Chapter 3
8Who Am I Without the Sport?
9Chapter 4
10Grieving the Athlete You Were
11Chapter 5
12The Mindset Shift — From Victim to Author
13Chapter 6
14The Daily Rituals of Resilience
15Chapter 7
16The Rhythms of Recovery — Plateaus, Setbacks, and Surges
17Chapter 8
18Building Your Recovery Circle
19Chapter 9
20The Fear of Getting Hurt Again
21Chapter 10
22Who Are You When You Can't Play?
23Chapter 11
24The Non-Linear Path of Recovery
25Who Are You When You Can't Play?
26Chapter 12
27The Mind as a Training Ground
28Chapter 13
29Your Recovery Ecosystem
30Chapter 14
31The Return
32Chapter 15
33The Rebuilt Athlete
34Conclusion
35The Road Continues
36ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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