What Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Taught Me About Healthy Self-Destruction

How to become someone you don’t recognize — in all the best ways.

Photo provided by the author — Houston 2021

When I was 17 years old, I was someone who I didn’t like being around very much.

I was anxious all the time, painfully insecure, and I based my self-esteem solely on my perceived spot in the social…