"Sink Into What You Are" with Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan (from Joe Rogan Experience

[@stevenanderson4294]

Nothing better than listening to intelligent, compassionate conversation. Reaffirms my faith in humanity. This is what people should be.

[@Numbzy14]

The real ignorant ones are the atheists and the strict religious. I feel like the tribes knew more about the meaning of life than them

[@colt4565]

@@Numbzy14 Im inclined to agree. Fanaticism is very counterproductive to personal growth.

[@GuyBanani]

If you think people should be something, i think u missed the whole point of the vid Love u tho

[@randomhomosapien5798]

@@GuyBanani thats what i was thinking!

[@jacobloving6765]

Sounds like fascism

[@BuddhaCatt]

I think Joe is his best self when he’s talking to Duncan

[@edwoodski]

Definitely

[@crankyanker2682]

Adrienne Bernabei absolutely man

[@CreatureOfGoddess]

I want to see JR interview Shia Lebouf with a Trussel assist

[@sarikatimmi]

CreatureOfGoddess i would love that

[@MrJojomanhb]

because he know he can get as weird as possible with no worry of judgment from this guy, trussel empties his cup everytime such a helpful humble soul

[@Expl0rati0n]

I want friends that have conversations like this. Everytime I try to get deep with my friends they can't stay on track with the subject, or bring up something really shallow. One day...

[@Buttouchious]

I've been there. Either they don't want to talk about it or they don't want to talk about it with you. Either way, they're probably never gonna talk about it. Make new friends. You have pals. You haven't found your tribe. People you can have fun with AND talk about this stuff with are priceless.

[@Hinarukun]

its the greatest change/find you can do for yourself in life.

[@Automedon2]

You are absolutely right. I have enough friends to talk superficial things with but it's only once in a great while that I run into someone interested in exploring subjects with depth. It's not just a matter of going out and finding new friends. The right people just have to come along at the right time.

[@xero409]

Feel free to talk to me.

[@ihopethisworks3471]

I feel ya. My gf just tells me to shut up or smoke less when I get all philosophical, lol

[@richardwagon6433]

Wow. I remember watching this my sophomore year of college. Now I'm 28, living across the country, working a fulfilling job. Duncan and Joe's conversations were so important to me growing up. I will always cherish the help and guidance these two gave me.

[@MadAtGasCar]

Actually pretty cool considering Im listening to it my senior year of highschool, getting the same knowledge you got when you were younger

[@MrRhymnosaurus]

13:36 I'm hoping you listened to Duncan and bought Bitcoin! You'd be pretty stacked right now if you did

[@Gorborothh]

How are you doing now??

[@mikestaffen8227]

I love Duncan Trussell‘s attitude towards life he’s a true modern day philosopher

[@m15thios]

facts this was 9 years ago too. crazy

[@nullus8717]

"People say that comedians are modern-day philosophers, which makes me feel bad for the actual modern-day philosophers." - Norm Macdonald.

[@mitcho5452]

He’s grown even more recently with the birth of his first child. He’s incredible.

[@carl8752]

​@@nullus8717i dont consider duncan as a comedian per se. He does comedy but it doesnt encompass his personality

[@kaldie5983]

@@nullus8717yeah good quote, but i view duncan more a guru than a comedian 🕉️😂

[@Btn1136]

I love how Trussel and Rogen mix. Why must we put them at odds? Duncan’s bold vulnerability and Rogen’s courageous curiosity is a rare combo.

[@DirtBlockGames]

Brian N this is the best comment on this whole video, and it only has 5 likes 😒

[@mediaskate648]

Duncan brings out the best in Rogan IMO

[@CleverMetaphor]

@@mediaskate648 dude, Duncan brings out the best in me, and I've never met the guy.

[@joshfreud7873]

to be fair...

[@F--B]

"Wordsworth's achievement, like that of Blake and Keats, is that he retains a degree of innocence despite his experience, an innocence which all three evidence in what one might call their vulnerability. Through it alone they are enabled to achieve an inspired quality which could be mistaken by the foolish, at times, for foolishness. The price of their achievement is that they must make themselves open, even to ridicule, rather than shelter behind a self-protective carapace of ironic knowingness and cynicism." Iain McGilchrist - The Master and His Emissary

[@enzonazzaro2156]

its a real shame that we lose our sense of wonder about the universe, try remembering what it was like to be a child to experience a sunny day in the grass, how magical it was, how weird everything felt, eventually we are told its not that amazing and that we need to focus on obtaining some kind of wealth to prove you matter and ignore the background of existence because its not worth your time.

[@ItsHollowfied]

No one understands the universe. Where did life come from, did inorganic matter all of a sudden turn into a single cell that started dividing? That’s one of many questions that has no answer.

[@enzonazzaro2156]

​@@ItsHollowfied one would have to study complex organic chemistry to clarify a large portion of those questions but in general its clear biology obeys the laws of the universe and from an evidence stand point arose in early earth conditions from a single celled organism.

[@jasonjean5333]

Ive somewhat lost my sense of curiosity like that and i hate it, bc like i know it's somewhat diminished and canr force it shit sucks.

[@enzonazzaro2156]

@@jasonjean5333 I recommend trying to get a basic scientific understanding of reality for example understanding the amazing mechanisms in something as simple as a leaf can be incredible

[@babygorl9541]

EXACTLY. our fcus is torn from the wonder of life and into consumerism, shallow status symbols and fear-mongering.

[@lavon9879]

I always relate to Duncan. Dude gives great insight and makes me feel a little more sane

[@bobsingh7949]

Lavon right on. Trussell is wonderful-sanity

[@Batman2StaticShock]

Fr

[@pragashgnana597]

very true, sometimes you just feel like you're always diving into deep darkness and emerging on the surface and everythings fine for a while until it happens again and you figure it out and climb back. You feel like talking about these feelings with anyone else will only be brushed off or dismissed as in you're over thinking things and a sense of alienation is diminished when you hear people like this talk.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

for real dude. absolutely right

[@labellavita5702]

Running away from my anxiety for years and I had a meditative breakthrough and I have been doing exactly what Duncan says. Sitting in the uncomfortable, allowing myself to be human. It is so healing. I’m better than I have ever been on any type of meds.

[@tragik7542]

“Your body needs to be depressed. It needs deep rest from the character you’ve been trying to play.” - Jim Carrey

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Damn, he and Robin,Williams must have had dark depths, then.

[@gotcha9983]

Yeah

[@dervolldrosten6320]

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 they are looking behind the facade that is shown to the public and they paid the price for speaking up

[@comedianfunnyguy1232]

omg yo that's not how the quote goes how can depression be good "depression is your avatar tired of playing the character its supposed to play"

[@Yungballmane]

It's ironic because when you are depressed you never truly feel rested.

[@ownage11445]

Hitting rock bottom was the best thing that ever happened to me.

[@Luhzonya]

Same

[@SLOTHLEADFOOT]

Same here

[@2768231]

Ditto ❤️

[@zaidflowers1828]

King kruel-rock bottom

[@Nothingmuch1039]

Man, I have hit 3 or 4 times... Although I agree, I hope this shit STOPS HAPPENING!!!

[@k_chantale3692]

“Heartbreak is the ego cracking”❤️

[@coldstonecanc3rgang994]

@B.D W We love them because we feel better suited for the person, and so we try. If being with someone wasn't to fit some ideal perception of life and fulfill chemical responses, then I couldn't imagine why people would like anyone.

[@SergiodelaVega]

@kiwi yeah just cause you had a few bad experiences with women doesn't make them all that way. I've met plenty of woman (friends and girlfriends) that I would never go anywhere near calling egomaniacs. Maybe start looking somewhere else

[@Chxzz1]

@@SergiodelaVega Exactly.. My brother is autistic and was bullied by females back when he was in school, so now he has these wild perceptions of what *all women are like* .. It's so crazy to generalize like that, but if you've never met any of the lovely women in the world(other than our mother), it's easier to just paint them all with the same brush.. It's really sad because my brother has just given up on women completely, and I know he could be such a lovely companion to a deserving female. I never instantly judge a person who has wild perceptions, because you never know what got them to that conclusion, all you can ever do is try to work with a person, but often it's extremely tiring.

[@xray4720]

💜💜💜

[@TehWinnerz]

@ how are you listening to this yet you've got such a backwards, immature point of view like THAT? Maybe the issue is...you?

[@generaldom]

Powerful words from Duncan. Love that guy.

[@Ladera1017]

dom is a cutie

[@DeuPKay]

If by powerful you mean half-thought out platitudes that don't address the complexity of human nature and society. What a joke.

[@mikekearney5949]

Hi dom

[@morganmeredith3733]

Dom's Sketch Cast iii

[@nedinu9940]

Duncan "Seething Sea of Disappointment" Trussell

[@omar7987]

I’ve been in the psychiatric hospital for the fifth time a few weeks ago and I’m still battling to succeed. I’m not giving up, no matter what happens next.

[@dionsheen]

Keep fighting brother!

[@meganfauteux7515]

Your mind can you be your own worst enemy. You can do this

[@MuchachoSauce]

Please don’t give up. 🙏🏻

[@danielkopaee9241]

Stay strong brother! Sending love and healing energy ur way ❤️😊🙏

[@s-tierkeyboardwarrior-lvl4686]

good luck soldier

[@ryanhentges4956]

"Those who are always looking over their shoulder for danger, will meet their doom from the front". Martha Stewart

[@c.c7606]

Martha said that?

[@MuchachoSauce]

We are all one, connected with this galaxy. I love you all.

[@roxannematej4597]

Im tired of u guys saying, "we are all one" its total bs. We are all different and unique. We all have souls

[@seanhitchcock9368]

Maybe the fact that we all have a soul is what makes us more the same than different. Love you too.

[@account1307]

We are all one, if you look inside! Where do our souls come from? Where do each of us come from? The exact same place And yet, at the same time "we" are all beautiful and unique in a certain way of speaking Peace and Love to Everyone my fellow humans

[@anantprakashsingh8777]

Not on the same page as you, but love you too man.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@roxannematej4597 the irony of someone thinking they found the truth and others' truth is total bullshit. we are all more alike than we are different obviously. a philosophy you don't understand isn't total bullshit just because you don't know what he's talking about. and if we have souls then animals have souls as well, I'm sick of people thinking they are so special and everything else is around just to serve them.

[@colt4505]

I once got into a drunken tussel with Duncan Trussel.

[@colt4505]

K

[@singhatar0912]

Jesus is Dog : you’re gay

[@alexmanousos1]

I once took truffles after a drunken tussle with Duncan Trussel's sunken muscles

[@BILLYLTD1408]

Simon and Garfunkel

[@SweetTusk]

Dick Dynasty

[@braydopaintrain4346]

My operating system temporarily crashed. My mom was right there by my side and got me through it very quickly. Docs said I would be on meds the rest of my life but I was off them within months. My mom was the best. Love is the answer.

[@bloamy8498]

I really related to this conversation. I dropped out of college recently. There’s a lot of people who think what I did was dumb, but I can tell you right now that I feel better as the honest street sweeper than the dishonest king.

[@queenmin5902]

As someone who went to college and has many friends who did, most of them have tons of college debt and did not secure the job their degree said was available. Because it wasn’t. So they have thousands in debt and work shit jobs that make less than 40,000 a bear. Find a trade or program that isn’t college then start working in that field where the jobs are... That’s my best advice.

[@vergil5603]

What you doing now ?

[@bloamy8498]

@@vergil5603 Standup comedy. Loving it.

[@bloamy8498]

@C J thanks man the encouragement means a lot. And no way am I giving up, it's too god damn fun

[@kumarvardhan1279]

Love that u are happy nd completely satisfied now. All the very best

[@jennybfoxxy]

6 years later, this is one of my favorite podcast convos.

[@omarc7701]

Just found it and damn it has become that for me

[@ajgreenman112]

JESUS CHRIST... the first 10 minutes or so are pure gold

[@iwastoldtherewaspie]

Duncan is the friend you always wanted

[@zootsoot2006]

Tap into the negative emotion and internally chant 'om mane padme hum'. Clears all that shit out.

[@florentin4061]

2Pac is also the friend I always wanted (RIP)

[@filmstvandlife8747]

I wished i had a friend like duncan

[@PhialTrout]

"it's better to be an honest streetsweeper, than an unhonest king"

[@nGUNNARp]

dishonest

[@jaydongoodrich4495]

ya until rent is due.......and you can always be the honest King..... THAT IS WHERE IT's AT.

[@sorryimsosad]

Jaydon Goodrich boring.

[@MoppinU4Free]

-Mike Hawk 2019

[@loboismael21]

But one day they all dance with the grim reaper. Bill and ted

[@Inspiringami]

Duncan, thank you for explaining something that's so hard for me to articulate. After losing my fiance, I had a rough couple of years, but this last year, I've been completely transforming into my most authentic self I've been thus far. It's been an awakening 💜 my darkest days turned into the most beautiful gift

[@momofro1819]

what does you most authentic self mean? i feel like im an authentic degenerate

[@Inspiringami]

@@momofro1819 😂 💜

[@momofro1819]

@@Inspiringami i wasnt joking, im dead serious

[@Inspiringami]

@@momofro1819 no worries. I used to identify with that. Humorous to me.

[@momofro1819]

fk just kill me already, the dinosaurs had it easy. are u actually happy? im close to death here. your comment sounded like some hippy bullshit, but if its true can you please point me in some direction. you sound too nice and it scares me.

[@mailboxxy]

6:00 when he talks about ego cracking, it's me when I let my daughter who's 2 years old go visit her aunty and the pain in me brings me to tears because I just want my daughter to be happy, but it hurts to let her go be with family because I'm close to my children and just fear the worst whenever I leave the house or anyone else in the house is gone I just fear the worst constantly. I also fear death because that's when I'm not longer in control of watching out for those that need me the most and it hurts. I'm an extreme empath due to PTSD in my childhood.

[@Mica.99]

Sending love and peace of mind! Life & death are as closely related as a river to the sea

[@bradley-yf6se]

I can relate to exactly what you said, I fear not having control over my son he’s 1 half years old and I miss him everyday

[@milly-nb4pr]

I love Duncan he’s so cool and wise and down to earth seems like a good friend too

[@davidacosta3874]

I love how I’m going through a shitty time and KZbin’s algorithm is recommending me insightful videos 😭🙏🏼😂

[@GurtonBuster07]

Lmaoooo KZbin is my psychiatrist 🤣🤣😭 too expensive to go to one this shits free !

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

The microphones are always listening.

[@davidacosta3874]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself oh that’s for sure

[@wendyforest3582]

Me too!🤪🤣

[@MusicHead480]

I love when Duncan Trussel's on the podcast

[@lyubomirblazhev1014]

"if you dont feel like meditating, dont do it" "whatever you do, keep doing it, doesnt matter if society values it or not and if thats why its making you upset, just keep doing it"

[@horatiodogooder1034]

This clip just broke down the past 2 years of my existence. Moving into psychoses, attempting to get treatment, homelessness, more psychosis, out of character hyper-sexualization getting more prescribed medical help, the discovery of Ram Das and now into the beginnings of stability and further healing, it has all unwound perfectly as it always will. The lessons of compassion, understanding, and now a call to help those around me are phenomenal

[@danstalter]

Duncan Trussell is a beautuful human being.

[@TheFoxfires]

Everyday I'm Trusselling

[@AgentXaos]

You still proud of this shit?

[@sarahdyer6653]

Me too man, he is real af

[@expandingelectrons347]

he doesn't sugar coat shit

[@Polarwhisper6]

Somebody needs to edit his laugh into the synth melody after that sentence.

[@RAINTORIOUS]

​@@Polarwhisper6 thats too funny

[@ajbaxter1944]

This really helped me today. I been in a rough patch recently. But now I'm seeing some hope and purpose in it.

[@M.-.D]

Hope things are going better for you.

[@ThomasMayer123-f8f]

Duncan is absolutely right, he describes the shadow work from c.g. jung. You dont become enlightened by imaginig angels, but through working with your own darkness.

[@danielbooth5035]

is there any practical tips to do this?

[@patricktoole3687]

Reading the Red Book now and literally just read the bit where he says to do exactly what Duncan is saying. Something about nurturing your pole that goes to hell as well as the one that goes to heaven. It’s a scary concept tbh

[@sp00kyd4ddy6]

"The brain is an organ, sometimes it malfunctions" nerve have truer words been spoken.

[@SkatingBearStudios]

I was a closeted artist and I came out ten years ago. Thank you magical man in the clouds .

[@DominicGrindrod]

Skating Bear Studios Fuck whoever tried to repress your artistic soul. They are bland and boring people. Contribute who you are via your art. There will only ever be one YOU.

[@jasongravely7217]

DOM GRINDROD damn straight! Beautiful words 🤘

[@OfficialMorgonkulan]

Dont give credit to a false god. Give yourself the credit!

[@pyromorph6540]

@@OfficialMorgonkulan His beliefs are none of your fucking business

[@bjdee1437]

I love Duncan for so many reasons. So inspiring, so thoughtful, so articulate, so transparent, so absurd. Badass.

[@MissNatalonga]

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light come in." This Leonard Cohen lyric sums this up perfectly for me. Trussel is a very wise man.

[@solowstang9821]

The way he described those feelings felt straight out my life I cant lie I needed this video thanks Joe for real

[@noahcoronado6807]

Now everytime I hear duccun voice I hear Clancy from midnight gospel

[@joshhorley2116]

FUUUCCK, that's why he sounds so familiar

[@xray4720]

❤️🐨

[@OMGmyFACE]

As well you should!

[@nikolatesla537]

he is the voice actor for that character

[@noahcoronado6807]

@@nikolatesla537 I know lol

[@taitjones6310]

Having had a full scale mental breakdown about 3 years ago and quit the oilfield and finally found myself in art, I can say that Duncan nails this subject on the head. Artist closet case. Seriously, the ego breaking is the most fucked up painful thing to go through (mentally anyway}

[@geodude6244]

Tait Jones I thought mine was broken but I was wrong

[@filmstvandlife8747]

yeah its happening to me right now

[@Eric-tj3tg]

@@filmstvandlife8747 Me too brother...best wishes.

[@jackhubert]

@@Jiujitswho your story is mine. I’m still in finance though…

[@daltonhamilton697]

I watch this video atleast 50 times a month and it has helped me get through some of these terrible things that have happened to me recently. I really love the three of you. I hope you feel my love for you guys.

[@joshuacameron5922]

I just recently watched it and laughed till I cried

[@dgates19]

How many times you watched now?

[@ZeAmigosUnited]

We need to protect Duncan Trussell at all costs.

[@jeremybenoit759]

I knew a guy who was schizophrenic, when he didn't take his meds he got worse and the man would seemingly talk to and yell at people who were not there, in some cases I think he was just replaying past events in his mind, maybe events that led to his current condition, but he could be in the middle of one of these rants seemingly off in his own little world, until you speak to him, and he would kind of like snap out of it and reply to you normally and usually fairly politely and maybe even if you catch him on a good day have a normal conversation with you until you leave him alone and he will eventually slip back into his ranting, honestly I would understand he probably scared people who didn't know him with his yelling and such, but after I got to know him, he obviously means nobody any harm and if anything just also wants to be left alone.

[@SenpaiDeoxys]

@@LoverOfManyArts they are literally discussing people losing their marbles

[@everythingandnothing4856]

Very interesting story!

[@dwightschrute7021]

This is without a doubt one of the realest conversations ever

[@driftwood757]

"Yeah I shit my pants and threw my dog out the window" LMFAO!! How does Duncan do it? He paints the most accurate pictures with his words

[@janelleb.9206]

Collin Glover in what order??

[@vazquezb2011]

Poor dog :(

[@natehan2744]

He's just honest man. That's why this resonates with so many people.

[@TheLemuel28]

6years later, JRE is a big thing.

[@landonic81]

Bigly

[@AaronLyons]

8 years later. He's THE big thing.

[@M.-.D]

@@AaronLyons the biggest thing

[@sarahloffler]

I love the compassionate nature of Duncan’s wisdom.

[@imafunnyperson]

“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”

[@heckedur]

THANK GOD FOR MIDNIGHT GOSPEL WE NEEDED THIS SHOW

[@mycetherwit1741]

Amen

[@chaosdweller]

🤔

[@tihoser]

Joe Rogan is the coolest, neatest, real guy on the planet. I've been watching him since his first appearance in UFC waaaay back in the 90's but his pod casts have really changed my life and the way I think. Thanks Joe, you are amazing!

[@DirtBlockGames]

David Davidson when did he ditch his friends?

[@morecambekb]

Huhugugu yea man. Joe rogan is so fuckin wise Mann huhjuhuh. You fucking nonce.

[@backtoback6213]

Look at him now. Joe Rogan is still the GOAT ☺️

[@silentknowing7425]

I like Duncan more than rogan. He seems not as afraid of this life as joe is.

[@salalonzo4084]

agree.. Joe tries 2 hard 2 b wise

[@YouJustCantCompare]

+sal alonzo its actually the complete opposite if you have been watching both of them for years.

[@MrCamradude]

+B L E N D I've been watching them a long time and not came to the same conclusion.

[@adams1458]

+Connor Anderson he's Joe before Joe kinda sold out

[@timothyoh8857]

Yeah I've been enjoying Duncan's family hour podcast a lot more.

[@TheRealHaloLover]

had my first psychedelic trip and felt the other side, I saw through the illusion of reality and all my problems melted away for awhile 1 hour felt like an entire day

[@iam-retarded-but]

what did you do

[@professorswaggamuffin7572]

I had to share this with my friends. I'm so grateful to have friends who appreciate stuff like this and like to have conversations like this. There is *_so much wisdom_* in this video clip. Thanks and praise!

[@TheTrueLush]

As much as I appreciate Duncan’s wise words thru the years, I appreciate Joe’s growth as well! Saw this when it originally aired and to compare Joe then to now, is huge growth!

[@davidlevasseur617]

Interesting to listen to this in 2019... things are changing.

[@mindofvalue4577]

You can tell Duncan Trussell lived through all of that. It's wonderful how he's actually talking about everybody

[@almightybeanchild]

I love his transparency

[@davefischer2344]

Duncan is really funny, he also has great insight to things

[@Koballin]

over 6 years later and everything is still so relevant to today, but Duncan's perspective is ever more needed now more than ever. I love this dude, and I hope all of y'all take a step back and remember what you're grateful for today

[@thatswhatshesaid6326]

As hard as it was to go through my mental breakdown (hard is an understatement) But I absolutely believe after your break down your built back differently. I see things differently, I try to be more present, I’m more aware of myself and my actions and if nothing else definitely proved exactly how strong I am.

[@thatswhatshesaid6326]

@@michaelsilverfoote6272 I wish you all the best as well! You are worth happiness along with a piece of mind. You got this!! Thank you again for your comment. ♥️

[@MAMP]

Ego breaking happened to me after dating a batshit crazy Borderline woman. I was 33 at the time. For about 6 months I would look in the mirror and not know who I was anymore. I had to go to therapy and also address the abuse that happened to me as a child. Out of that extreme pain has come some helpful information. I found out that I'm a scientist at heart. Now I volunteer at the local science museum :)

[@sarahlakes3515]

lilbromarky1 that's awesome!! I bet you feel so alive now compared to back then.

[@DirtBlockGames]

How are you doing now?

[@nick58705870]

Wtf

[@ElGueroLoco831]

Atta boy Mark!!

[@IYeleven]

Mark Anthony Wow that’s so super inspiring ! 😊 I hope to discover my true self and reach my full potential. 😍

[@emilyroseayres84]

Oh my goodness YES! I have erased the word "should" from my vocabulary. Underneath the void of darkness is paradise; well said my fellow brother. Also, exactly one week ago I smoked a joint with my older brothers (for the first time in 15 years) & I had the best night. The conversations we had; insightful and beautiful. I now smoke a joint every night. I enjoy it more than I did as a teenager because I am totally comfortable with the woman I am now.

[@almightybeanchild]

Yes!

[@charlespancamo9771]

doing that and listening to music is like making love to yourself when you really appreciate who you are. Then I started writing lyrics (with the music in my head) on top of that and I was really making love to myself when I did that. Then I started actually playing instruments and while that was rough going for a little while the levels of zen like euphoric ecstasy achievable were nearly unparalleled.

[@RomanDobs]

This was gold and about this time in history I had a breakdown got into jordan peterson and turned my life into what it was supposed to be and I dove into what I am a Healer, a Jung reader, a mind body healer, a leader. farts.

[@Wonderland_Homestead]

Farts for SURE!

[@anonymousalias.5059]

Farts bro!

[@tyrelldwyer5368]

“sink into what you” part of video, explained at 8:00 is just beautiful advice ❤

[@darianwillis8520]

I have wanted Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan to go back on JRE for so long now

[@luker8342]

Duncan described me in a nutshell.. I'm terrified of the kind of breakdown I will have when I eventually crack.

[@lylewalker5681]

+Luke Russell You realize there's a way around it, right? It's called critical thinking and honesty with yourself... no matter how painful it is. The breakdown comes when you can't do those things, and then you get dumped, cheated on, fired, find out you're broke, or just an accumulation of 1000 little things that finally add up. Look up Bukowski's poem The Shoelace. All this talk about psychedelics and so forth is really just a metaphor for what it accomplishes in people who don't have the ability or skill to do it themselves under their own power. Don't be afraid to look into the abyss.

[@divineape]

Call it midlife crisis, spiritual awakening, breakdowns happen so we can build on firm ground

[@samstersammerson1104]

Has it happened yet?

[@EyeOfThePhi]

@@samstersammerson1104 lol

[@negativefreeroll5089]

When you eventually crack those who already have will completely understand. Those who haven’t yet are still living in an illusion and their opinion doesnt matter to you.

[@BulletHolesintheBible]

It's better to be an honest streetsweaper than a dishonest king" 💯 Agree. What an awesome and on point conversation 👏

[@fennten8338]

holy shit the "holding up the tail feathers" analogy really really attacked me

[@WanderingNasi]

Duncan is the kind of friend that everyone needs or the one we should try to be to our friends

[@mitchconner2021]

I come back to thus conversation alot when im going thru shit.

[@DemonsGamer247]

Thats why I'm here

[@cbchockey146]

Thank you Duncan, you push me out of a dark place!

[@Bear42087]

5:50 Made me adjust my ego. truth is so painful sometimes.

[@Bear42087]

Newtus ... WTf that name can't be real . Joe rogan

[@magx01]

***** Do you feel that's a fair characterization?

[@magicjackm]

dude sounds like Steve-O after a grand epiphany

[@TheRobsterUK]

"I went crazy, sh*t my pants and threw my dog through a window!" haha genuinely laughed out loud at this for some reason! :D :D :D

[@michellepaskos4040]

I come back to this every few months to remind myself ❤️

[@dannyhengel7645]

4:22 I feel like I'm stuck in the opposite. I'm a fucking miserable retail person that sacrificed everything to break the cycle of jobs I hate to get into my career field. I feel trapped after years of working with my depression and while also pushing and struggling just to survive, at the same time just living paycheck to paycheck with nothing to show for any of it. I feel like such a failure 90% of the time. I am deathly afraid of entering my 40's and being miserable, doing work that numbs my brain and hurts my soul.....and just doing it until the day I die. I just keep trying to break the cycle and get into my career field and just be happy. I don't even care about being "rich". I have lived in poverty for so long, small things that people take for granted I see as huge luxuries. I just want to be able to pay my bills and do what makes me happy.

[@kdot8499]

All the best brother

[@TrugoyEveryDay]

You can either give up on your goals, or live your life in a way that truly pursuits them. You can believe me if I tell you I know how hard both of those things can be, because sometimes your goals seem like the only thing that lets you keep going. But the hope that you'll achieve them one day, it's an addiction. Now you can either turn that to a positive or a negative, that's not for me to decide. You get a boost of dopamine every time you set your mind to a certain goal, almost just as strong as when you've achieved that goal. But every time your mind realizes you're not pursuing that goal that dopamine will dip, turning it into torture. People will always tell you "you can do anything if you set your mind to it", and personally I think that's stupid advice. Because there will always be things you can't do, I can't ever be someone else (hence why I shouldn't try to do that). So the better saying would be "you can do almost everything if you dedicate your time to it", because you truly can. Given the planning, dedication and consistency those things will need. Everything that is possible can be possible, unless it's truly impossible. (I'll let you be the judge on that) Now I don't want you to give up on your goals, but I also don't want you to beat yourself up over something you're not doing. The best way to pursuit your goals is making a step by step plan towards your goal, and to take those steps in your own pace (turn every step into a goal= more dopamine=motivation for the next goal). But don't expect to fix your life in one day, try to fix one part of it every month. And if you can't fix that certain part yet, begin with something easier or ask someone for help. Just make sure you don't overload yourself, take things easy. Those things can and will change, if you keep working at them. There is more than one way to Rome, and as long as you keep going the right way you'll get there eventually. I promise (Also this shit took me almost an hour to write down, so don't let it be a waste)

[@vergil5603]

How Trussell explains about the ego amazes me. I’ve invested my ego in some false media beliefs & influencers, & quick money schemes. Followed there beliefs and failed. My ego was broken. Till I started to read books and do writing. I was off the media and was in my room for moths. I felt embarrassed and a failure to people I knew. I kept myself isolated afraid to be seen. Then things started to be clear. I wrote down goals, took more risk, try to get in shape, failed more and now I don’t see it as a threat. Read simple bodybuilding books guide. I’m starting to find my passion but don’t trust myself to well. Things take time and patience and shall find it through experience. My advice is do not trust a media or and be careful how your influence by it. Do some reading and writing. And be self aware of your own ego, question it at times. For example for me, was what beliefs etc. I saw on media. Hardly take victory as granted. And remember, It always depends how you bounce back. Make people talk about you. Earn respect as a Man. And treat people well and be a student of nature. Exercise the mind and body

[@cubeincubes]

Duncan’s “tuning fork” analogy is really *resonating* with me right now. That’s good stuff

[@seejayfranklin]

I had a mental breakdown right around the time this podcast was recorded. It's been tough but it kicked me into gear. I was headed nowhere fast, so there's def been a positive side to it.

[@maxhunter3300]

Bone Thugs -n- Harmony released a song recently called "Fight the fall" that's about exactly this. Amazing song. 20+ years later and they're still doing it right. Most underrated rappers of all time. True OGs. Especially Kray. New artists should be bowing, and then taking notes.

[@san3insanity681]

I honestly been finding myself over the last few years. It's painful but after the pain of acceptance of self comes joy. Actually almost killed myself a week or so ago over accepting stuff about myself.

[@robfox6103]

Stay strong my friend, endure and live on. I wish you the best on your journey. I too have been shattered.. but after some years of putting myself together, I understand that we must all go through this suffering.i believe there is a way for us to truly be happy. May we all find that happiness

[@ysf-psfx]

Hey there. How's it going? I've been having suicidal thoughts as well even though I really don't want to do it. I was wondering if you wanted to talk sometime. You don't know me, but maybe that's even better if you really want to talk about what's going on. Change is hard and it's good to have someone there just to listen.

[@ArcadianGenesis]

I have fond memories of playing Final Fantasy XIV Online while listening to this podcast back in 2013-15. :)

[@Sylteagurken89]

I love Duncan Trussel's way of breaking down stuff! What an awsome fucking guy!

[@RipPhillips]

Anyone else miss these talks with people? Very few these days

[@TheFreedomConcept]

There's so much truth to these words. Had mental break down, got fired from a career, four years later I'm FINALLY starting to embrace myself....

[@HeyJellyBear]

'I am amazed at how flexible the reality muscle seems to be, that people are willing to accept the stuff Frank Zappa was laughing about forty years ago' Great words Chris.

[@yurioliveira494]

Indeed

[@BlackEagleUSA]

I needed to hear this. Thank you.

[@stewartlaprairie2842]

Very well said by Trussel. I became a fan right now.

[@missj7262]

The bone analogy was beautiful and actually the running from water on fire is also pretty good...

[@gyromurphy]

Listening to Duncan and Joe talk has been improving my life for almost a decade now.

[@goonaffliated7]

Watching this in 2019 is a trip...

[@RayGunnerGaming]

Watching this in 2020 is a trip

[@scottietoohotti]

This aged well boys. Well done.

[@trojans1453]

This is amazing, transformational and life-changing. Thank you.

[@kingsandrooks8490]

I keep going back to the first half of this video

[@henningschafer6712]

Wow this was so wholesome. I actually feel much better after Duncan trussels talk at the beginning

[@ChippyLasticko]

"were pain avoiding creatures"

[@ericv.giroux5691]

Man, Duncan is wise af.

[@account1307]

This was the (or a) golden age of JRE :)

[@juliebrammer]

I am “one of these people” who jumped out of the musicians closet AND had a nervous breakdown and currently sifting through the dark stuff AND experiencing “the garden of Eden”. Thank you for putting that into words. Sink into what you are. I like that, a lot.

[@charlespancamo9771]

aren't you the imagination of yourself though? Can't you be that? So why not sink into what you always wanted to be?

[@parsleyrose7778]

Goddamn it he’s fucking right. The clarity I found after reaching rock bottom below rock bottom was insane. Keeps me going still.

[@myvettebeauty]

Same. Last year I completely crumbled. But the place I’m in now from going through the tunnel is priceless. Worth every moment. And taught me I’ll get through anything in the future as well.