Michael Phelps Gets Candid About Dealing with Depression: 'I Put it Away for a Long Time'

Though he is the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps still deals with daily mental health issues.
Phelps, 33, has been vocal about his struggles with depression and anxiety for some time, but tells PEOPLE it took him a while to get there.
“I obviously put it away for a long time and never really openly talked about it,” he explains now.
However, the positive feedback he has gotten has enlightened his honesty on the topic even further. “Just hearing stories from