Dan Harris

And then I would say at the stuff that's less embarrassing to talk about, the nobler end of the motivation was I believed and still believe, and I think you do too, in the importance and power of journalism and the value of having people who are willing to risk their lives to show The rest of us, what's happening on the ground? And so that was all there for me.

And then I would say at the stuff that's less embarrassing to talk about, the nobler end of the motivation was I believed and still believe, and I think you do too, in the importance and power of journalism and the value of having people who are willing to risk their lives to show The rest of us, what's happening on the ground? And so that was all there for me.

My brother once said at my wedding, joked that I made Woody Allen look like a Buddhist monk. And so this was before I got interested in Buddhism was a particularly prescient comment.

My brother once said at my wedding, joked that I made Woody Allen look like a Buddhist monk. And so this was before I got interested in Buddhism was a particularly prescient comment.

My brother once said at my wedding, joked that I made Woody Allen look like a Buddhist monk. And so this was before I got interested in Buddhism was a particularly prescient comment.

Yes. You know, I don't think I was messed up the way a lot of people get messed up in these situations, which is the term that often gets used, I think, accurately is PTSD. And so you see that especially among the people who are actually fighting the wars. I was not a warfighter. I was just a journalist. And there were many journalists who had way more experience than I did in war zones.

Yes. You know, I don't think I was messed up the way a lot of people get messed up in these situations, which is the term that often gets used, I think, accurately is PTSD. And so you see that especially among the people who are actually fighting the wars. I was not a warfighter. I was just a journalist. And there were many journalists who had way more experience than I did in war zones.

Yes. You know, I don't think I was messed up the way a lot of people get messed up in these situations, which is the term that often gets used, I think, accurately is PTSD. And so you see that especially among the people who are actually fighting the wars. I was not a warfighter. I was just a journalist. And there were many journalists who had way more experience than I did in war zones.

And so some of them also had PTSD. I think what messed me up was that I got addicted to the thrill of it. And when I came home, even though my job at home was pretty exciting, I was a network news correspondent and sometimes a fill-in anchor on our major broadcasts. And I had a pretty glamorous life, I guess, but nothing compares to being in a war zone.

And so some of them also had PTSD. I think what messed me up was that I got addicted to the thrill of it. And when I came home, even though my job at home was pretty exciting, I was a network news correspondent and sometimes a fill-in anchor on our major broadcasts. And I had a pretty glamorous life, I guess, but nothing compares to being in a war zone.

And so some of them also had PTSD. I think what messed me up was that I got addicted to the thrill of it. And when I came home, even though my job at home was pretty exciting, I was a network news correspondent and sometimes a fill-in anchor on our major broadcasts. And I had a pretty glamorous life, I guess, but nothing compares to being in a war zone.

There's a Winston Churchill quote, like, there's nothing more thrilling than the bullet that misses you. And in my case, they all missed. That wasn't true for a lot of my friends. You know, I had friends who died or got grievously wounded.

There's a Winston Churchill quote, like, there's nothing more thrilling than the bullet that misses you. And in my case, they all missed. That wasn't true for a lot of my friends. You know, I had friends who died or got grievously wounded.

There's a Winston Churchill quote, like, there's nothing more thrilling than the bullet that misses you. And in my case, they all missed. That wasn't true for a lot of my friends. You know, I had friends who died or got grievously wounded.

But for me, there was a real addiction to first Pakistan, Afghanistan, and then the second Intifada in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel, and then six or seven long, long tours of duty in Iraq. Yeah, there was a real addiction that when I came home, I would get depressed because it felt like all the energy had been sapped from my body and had trouble getting out of bed.

But for me, there was a real addiction to first Pakistan, Afghanistan, and then the second Intifada in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel, and then six or seven long, long tours of duty in Iraq. Yeah, there was a real addiction that when I came home, I would get depressed because it felt like all the energy had been sapped from my body and had trouble getting out of bed.

But for me, there was a real addiction to first Pakistan, Afghanistan, and then the second Intifada in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel, and then six or seven long, long tours of duty in Iraq. Yeah, there was a real addiction that when I came home, I would get depressed because it felt like all the energy had been sapped from my body and had trouble getting out of bed.

And I felt like I had a low-grade fever all the time. And that was a real problem. That led to some disastrous, infamous behavior.

And I felt like I had a low-grade fever all the time. And that was a real problem. That led to some disastrous, infamous behavior.

And I felt like I had a low-grade fever all the time. And that was a real problem. That led to some disastrous, infamous behavior.