Michael Landsberg
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Podcast Appearances
But...
There's way more communication that exists, right?
Like there is, as you said, you know, there's the Internet.
And if you're struggling, you can put it out there to the world.
You know, I think, though, the world is probably more complicated today than it was, say, 30 years ago or 40 years ago.
But even just just think of this like Memorial Day.
I have very few hobbies in life.
One of my hobbies is World War II.
Fascinated by World War II.
Do you know that in America, millions of men and women came home
with severe PTSD, but never spoke about it.
So you could have said back at that time and the years afterwards, well, I guess war didn't mentally affect a lot of people, right?
But it was because they never spoke about it.
As a kid, I had this thing, this fear, and I guarantee you with your audience being the size that it is,
There's people who are going to nod their head right now.
I had something called emetophobia, the fear of throwing up.
Now, like you could say, well, you know, nobody likes to throw up.
I was desperately afraid to be around someone.
I wouldn't ride on a bus to go to camp because I was so afraid.
And in the speeches I give, I would say half the time there's someone that puts up their hand and says, me too.