This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 155 sitting here with Echo Charles, and we are here to answer your questions.

We've got some good ones this week.

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First question, Jocco, when I was 15, a mountain biking accident before football caused me to have cognitive issues.

Now during football, when I put on my helmet, I have excruciating headaches that will get worse over time.

I continued to play, but things slowly got worse and worse.

Now at age 19, I can't even surf without nearly blacking out.

I love football, martial arts, and dreamed of being an Army Ranger, but those goals are gone.

In high school, I worked different industries and started businesses but now as a college freshman I struggle to

find purpose if I have hope for for recovery I'd be grateful for the mental

toughness I've gained but my condition keeps getting worse how do I move forward and

find good in life when nothing brings joy or relief?

Should I accept a joyless life and focus on helping others or is there a way to change my situation?

Well, first of all, I would definitely, and I don't know, you don't mention any in this question.

You don't mention the efforts that you've made to figure out what is wrong, right?

What is going on?

So mountain biking accident, right?

I'm assuming some kind of concussion.

Then football, which I got a really bad concussion one time and I was told

not to spar for six months and I didn't follow that advice I should have but it took me so long to where I could take a punch like I used to

walk in you know what I mean walking a punch is like just whatever like I don't care after

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