Someone recently commented that I was 'soul-less'

But if you see the world through my lens... it is my hope that I will one day be judged to be the opposite.

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The other day I got a comment on one of my posts saying that i was ‘soul-less’ for talking about some famous person. And for assuming that I had the answers to their struggles.

And honestly i understand this person’s perspective.

To the naked eye it probably seems like i’m trying to be exploitative.

But if you’d seen what I have the last decade and understood all of the logic behind why and how I concluded what I did… I think you’d see things from a different perspective.

And today i’m going to try to explain that perspective.

Because I’d like you to understand my ‘why’ and where I come from when I write these posts.

I gave over a decade of my life to understanding this

When neurological symptoms strip away your identity, it's devastating.

In 2014, I went from being a successful professional to someone who couldn't retain information for more than a few minutes. Simple tasks became mountains to climb.

I’d also turned into a hermit that didn’t want to leave the house.

The only place I looked forward to going was this little Church in district 7 of Saigon. And I’d never even been religious before. But now…. it was my only refuge. My only hope.

Every day was consumed with trying to find my way back to who I used to be.

Unless you've experienced this type of loss, it's hard to comprehend the desperation.

Then through a combination of luck and persistence over the next ten years I started to piece together a puzzle.

I saw a very dark side during my journey

My years in TMJ Facebook groups from 2014-19 exposed me to very deep suffering.

I met Pete, a young man in his twenties who couldn't bear daylight after dental work destroyed his health. And so he was living for years in the dark. Blaming the dentist that took away his life.

I watched two men in their early thirties who i’d met in a Facebook group and chat fairly regularly with take their own lives.

I read countless stories of people suffering from this condition losing their careers, their spouses, even their children- all because of this condition.

It was a depth of society i’d never been explosed to before. I was the guy that breezed through high school with top grades, went to a good college, got the good job, made good money, dated a lot of women during my bachelor years and generally had life come easy to him.

My concern in my twenties was whether i’d be able to travel to 100 countries before I got married (I didn’t.. i tapped out at ~90).

Suffering had never really been part of the equation till this stuff hit my life like a tidal wave.

I realized that the people that suffer never really had a chance

Society dismisses these victims as weak, lacking willpower.

But I was strong - successful career, ivy league education, world traveler.

Then a dentist drilled my back teeth flat in 2014, and no amount of strength could prevent my collapse.

It was like a rock jutting out on shore that is getting smacked by the waves. Eventually it is gonna succumb. Because that is just physics.

This isn't about willpower - when your brain is being physically crushed by a collapsing skull, no amount of meditation or medication can save you.

I see a world getting a lot darker

Understanding these biomechanics has shown me we're heading toward crisis.

Each generation's problems compound until this is understood. Something i talk about here:

This is a 'generational' problem

Healthcare systems will buckle under the weight of increasing chronic illness.

The survival of global healthcare depends on how fast the world gets this stuff

The percentage of truly healthy people will continue to shrink dramatically.

In a couple more decades if the world doesn’t start to ‘get’ this stuff.. it is going to evolve into some really dark shit.

I think the message I am trying to transmit can help bring a brighter future

There is hope.

Once understood, I think these principles will transform a lot of things.

Imagine a world where health and beauty are the default, where people routinely live far longer, where mental health issues are rare, and where natural happiness is the norm.

This isn't fantasy - I think it is the reality of a world that fully comprehends these biomechanics. Maybe many years from now but hopefully sooner than later.

And I don’t expect to be the one to convince the world of this stuff. But I do hope to get a small snowball started at the top of the hill.

And as it rolls downhill… many others will take up the torch.

Closing thoughts

This stuff I talk about probably sounds like bullshit to some of you. Perhaps many of you.

After all you don’t know me. And there are a lot of folks that bs out there for attention.

To be honest if you’re skeptical… I don’t even really expect to be able to convince you. Rather it is my hope that the stories of the group who are trying and using these principles do the convincing for me.

So for me… the stage Reviv is at right now is all about getting this critical mass. Getting that initial snowball rolling.

And if i use some stories about some stars like Selena Gomez or Bruce Willis sometimes it is because I know that I need to play the social media game to get this message to a wider audience. To get that critical mass.

But the reason i do it… my “why”…. is to me coming from a very good place.

I was chatting with someone not long back and they asked me the question… "How do I want to be judged years from now?"

And my reaction was... "that i did the right thing."