Break Point: SAS: Who Dares Wins Host's Incredible True Story

by Ollie Ollerton

Everyone is beset by fear and negativity. It’s fear and negativity that has kept us alive since the dawn of time. All of us are living in the repeat cycle of yesterday, our minds tailored to a survival pattern. That means doing the same today as we did yesterday and every day before that, because that’s what has kept us alive until now. It doesn’t matter if we’ve been sad and unfulfilled for as long as we can remember, all we focus on is the fact that we’re still here. That’s why people find it so difficult to break out of the cycle. And even if someone does manage to break out, their brain starts saying, ‘No, this is too scary, this is too difficult, you need to get back into your comfort zone.’ But the notion of comfort zones is contradictory. Living life in a comfort zone might feel comfortable, but it’s just existing. It’s like living your life in a trench. There might be water up to your knees and rats running around your ankles and you might be miserable as hell. But as soon as you pluck up the courage to stick your head over the top, bullets start firing and you think, ‘Fuck this, I’m getting back in…’ The mind is devious. Whether it’s thinking about going to the gym or quitting the job you hate, it will come up with all these different reasons why you’re better off where you are, back in that horrible trench.