Is Pushing Yourself Over the Edge ACTUALLY Good Work Ethic Tho?

I am not done with the series, but I have mixed feelings on the Manon feedback/opinions of Manon's work ethic out of genuine concern for all of the girls and wanted to have a chat about it.

Yes, it's important to have discipline and be focused when in rehearsals. Let's be clear on that. But there is no opportunity more important than your physical and mental health especially when it comes down to putting money into these multimillion dollar companies' pockets. And we watched how much this took a toll on all of the contestants in DA.

If you were to ask me a few years ago if I felt Manon was taking the opportunity for granted, I would say yes like the rest of the girls in the program. But after seeing so many idols' develop poor mental and physical health, I am beginning to feel conflicted with this idea that pushing yourself to the point of getting sick or ignoring your body's signs to rest is this admirable thing.

Like with the latest docuseries about Le Sserafim. Eunchae hyperventilating so frequently that they now have oxygen masks on standby is fucking insane. The way they tried to say Lexie couldn't handle the heat and made it seem like she was weak for advocating for herself??? Or Mission 3. Sophia is very hard working, and I know she wanted to debut badly. But I am furious with the grown ass adults that allowed her to push herself to the point of vomiting and almost passing out. There's nothing honorable about getting hurt and if any of those girls had gotten severely injured, the company would have kicked them to the curb.

"Being extremely sore is not an excuse to miss practice." Why isn't it???? It makes me so sad that all of the trainees have been taught to ignore their health for other's gain. Why are we okay with companies' treating these BARELY ADULT trainees like ragdolls that get tossed to the side when they finally break. And let's be very real, if you want to be able to recover from strenuous exercise quickly, your body needs calories, proteins, fats, carbs, rest; ENERGY. They do not encourage a proper diet for those girls because they want them to be stick thin.

We're taught that prioritizing our health is an inconvenience and no one cares until it's too late. As fans, I hate how we enable that abuse. Imagine how much healthier the dynamic between all of the girls could have been had they been treated with respect instead of being made to feel disposable.

EDIT: I am speaking as someone who was simultaneously doing Cheerleading, Girl's Rugby, and JROTC from the ages 14-18. It is incredibly dangerous to overexert yourself without proper care and it is not sustainable without consequence if you don't listen to your body when it says you need to chill out.