B (3:35)

Yeah.

A (3:37)

So I would go get a second, third, fourth, fifth opinion, find out what's going on. Did you get some kind of a concussion? Do you have some kind of a swelling? Do you know, like, what's happening? Is there some kind of medication you can take? Is there some kind of surgery you can get? Like, what's going on? So let's find that out. Number one, in the meantime. Okay, you got what you got. Like, you could. You. You. You're in a situation where you can't do certain things that you, like, used to like to be able to do. So I think you gotta. You gotta accept that. Right? Okay. This is where I'm at. And again, I would focus on, what can I. What can I do? What can I do? Not the things I can't do, but what can I do? Can you play guitar? My list. Right. But can you play guitar? If you really like physical things. Guitar is kind of physical things, but. But, you know, can you. What physical thing can you do? Maybe you can't take impact anymore. Maybe it's time to do some running. Maybe it's time to do some endurance running. Maybe it's time to get into endurance cycling. Maybe it's time to. You see what I'm saying? Like, what can. What can you do? Oh, it's too much impact when you run. Maybe it's cycling. Oh, it's. You don't want to risk falling off a bike. Okay. Maybe it's some other form of cardiovascular effort. So I would see. I would focus on what I can do, not on what I can't do. And then you talk about a joyless life and focusing on helping other people. Bro, that's actually. You're 19 years old, and this is why that feels that way. I'm gonna tell you, as you get older, the most joy you'll have in your life won't be from winning Yourself, it'll be from helping other people. So there's someone that is in way worse shape than you are. There's someone that's having a more difficult time. There's a kid that needs help. There's all kinds of things that are happening in the world, all kinds of people that you can help out. So, yes, you should focus on helping other people. But no, that does not mean it will be a joyless life. You just gotta find joy in different places, man. And you will. You will. 100%. That would be my recommendation. That would be my recommendation. It's surprising how there's different doctors that know different things, you know, and like Doc Parsley, great. But it's not like Doc Parsley. It's not like I went to, you know, some. What is it? I didn't go to the, the senior neurologist at Harvard Medical. No, I went to the senior neurologist at Balboa Hospital. I went to the senior neurosurgeon at Balboa Hospital. I went to, I went to a bunch of people and Doc Parsley was just like, oh, it might be this. So. And I think he, you know, he just had, he'd heard about it or something. So people that are doctors, they, they have different experiences, they have different skill levels, they have different open mindedness. And I think going and seeing other people and hearing what they have to say will be very helpful in this scenario. Yeah. And you, you know, you got what you got, man. Like it. That's the other part of it is you got, you got to figure out what you can do. Got to figure out what you can do. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gave a speech the other day when he was made the Secretary of Health and Human Services. And it's something that he said on this podcast as well, which is, healthy people have a thousand goals. Sick people have one. Or, sorry, dreams. Healthy people have a thousand dreams. Sick people have one, one dream and that's to be healthy. So they get focused on that one thing. Now if you got something like this where it's inhibiting your ability to do things that you want to do, you got to expand those dreams. That's kind of where you're at.

B (8:05)

Yeah, that, that part they always say, like, focus on what you can do is like that has such a broad utility, if you will. So it's like, because we, it's like you follow the stories kind of you tell yourself, you know, like, if you're like, oh my gosh, I'm, you know, I suck, or it's so hard for me if you keep. If you tell yourself that, like, bro, you. Yeah, it'll be hard, you know? And so it's like, however you want to frame it to yourself, whatever story you tell yourself, you know? So just like. And that was kind of the little. Little trigger there when he's like, a joyless life, you know?

A (8:36)

Yeah.

B (8:37)

Like, should I accept a joyless life? Like, oh, that's a broad brush you just painted on your whole thing.

A (8:43)

You might want to go tune. Tune into Travis Mills.

B (8:46)

Yeah.

A (8:46)

You know, who has no arms and no legs. He has no arms and no legs. He is completely filled with joy all day, every day.

B (8:54)

It's a lot of joy.

A (8:55)

Rob Jones. What does he have for legs? Nothing. He got his legs blown off. Guess what? Filled with joy, has a good time all day, every day. So you got some cognitive issues. You. You got some issues, some headaches. So that is a little excerpt of what we are doing on the Jocko Underground podcast. So if you want to continue to listen, go to jockounderground.com and subscribe. And we're doing this. We're doing this to mitigate our reliance on external platforms so we are not subject to their control. And we are doing this so that we can support the Jocko podcast, which will remain as is free for all as long as we can keep it that way. But we are doing this so we don't have to be under the control of sponsors. And we're doing it so we can give you more control, more interaction, more direct connections, better communications with us. And to do that, we are. We're building a website right now where we'll be able to utilize to strengthen this legion of troopers that are in the game with us. So thank you. It's Jocko underground dot com. It costs $8.18 a month. And if you can't afford to support us, we can still support you. Just email assistance@jockounderground.com and we'll get you taken care of. Until then, we will see you mobilized Underground.