Brad Stulberg

But inside, I'm totally falling to pieces.

But inside, I'm totally falling to pieces.

And the cognitive dissonance that I felt when I get emails from people along the lines of, how'd you figure it out?

And the cognitive dissonance that I felt when I get emails from people along the lines of, how'd you figure it out?

Tell me about your path, especially young men.

Tell me about your path, especially young men.

Like, how did you get to do what you did?

Like, how did you get to do what you did?

And then I'm feeling like it just that became almost as bad as the OCD itself.

And then I'm feeling like it just that became almost as bad as the OCD itself.

And at that point, I'm like, I'm either going to stop doing this kind of work or I need to reconcile that this is a part of me, but I can't hide it.

And at that point, I'm like, I'm either going to stop doing this kind of work or I need to reconcile that this is a part of me, but I can't hide it.

And a psychiatrist told me that a huge part of peak performance, which was literally the title of my first book, is the ability to play through the pain.

And a psychiatrist told me that a huge part of peak performance, which was literally the title of my first book, is the ability to play through the pain.

And that really stuck with me.

And that really stuck with me.

So I wrote this essay saying, hey, some of you might think that I'm a fraud, I'm a fake, you're never going to want to work with me again.

So I wrote this essay saying, hey, some of you might think that I'm a fraud, I'm a fake, you're never going to want to work with me again.

But this is my experience.

But this is my experience.