issue or can you just not divorce the two? reporter: yeah, alisyn, she said afterwards that she felt off and she wasn t going to let her poor performance hurt the team and cost them a medal, so she pulled herself out of that women s team gymnastics competition. as you mentioned, she later con firl confirmed that she withdrew due to mental issues. she said usually she perseveres, but this time was different. here is how she described what happened before the competition. i was just shaking, could barely nap. i never felt like this before a competition before. i tried to go out in the back and have fun, warm up a little bit, but when i came out there i was like, no, mental is not there so i just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself. reporter: so the big question now, alisyn, victor, is will the mentals, as biles phrased it, return. she said she has been fighting demons, she has to focus on her