Simone Biles credits consistent therapy for helping her secure gold

Simone Biles is now the most decorated American gymnast of all time.

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00:00Simone Biles just secured another gold medal for Team USA.

00:04With 8 Olympic medals and 30 world medals, she's one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time,

00:09and she credits her success to taking care of her mental health.

00:12Biles has become an advocate on changing the narrative on how people perceive mental health.

00:17Before making the Olympic team last month, she told NBC that she sees her therapist every Thursday.

00:23Her Netflix documentary also pushes back the current on what it's like for her to compete on the world stage,

00:28and she opened up about her process in going to therapy and dealing with her past trauma.

00:33Biles made headlines after dropping out of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

00:37after suffering from the twisties.

00:39Now she's helping her teammates, and told reporters she knows how traumatizing it is,

00:44especially on a big stage like this.