# Getting My Ass Kicked in Jiu-Jitsu Helped My Mental Health

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**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/getting-my-ass-kicked-in-jiu-jitsu-helped-my-mental-health/2461 "2020-04-09T04:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_Tobelskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Jim\_Tobelskill](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/u/Jim_Tobelskill)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/getting-my-ass-kicked-in-jiu-jitsu-helped-my-mental-health/2461/1 "2020-04-09T04:00:00Z")

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> **[Getting My Ass Kicked in Jiu-Jitsu Helped My Mental Health](https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a32083463/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-training-mental-health/)**
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> "The spiral has kept me sane and it isn't the first time it has saved my life."

  
“As my arsenal of techniques grew, I found my level of panic decreased. I realized that what I had _thought_ was the end was actually a potential new beginning. That which I thought was bad—or good—was actually neither. It simply was an opportunity, a doorway, a comma, not a period. I had begun to discover what my teacher called the jiu-jitsu spiral.”