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22. Emotionally disturbed? WTF?

After reading the whole thread twice, I just see a bunch of relatively normal people. Some with very interesting backgrounds.

I'm sitting here trying not to APPEAR emotionally disturbed, I guess. I did spend a tour as a Marine drill instructor, and I'm trying not to verbally go all Full Metal Jacket on whatever !@#$####!1! thinks any of us is "emotionally disturbed." Oh well, they cared enough to spy on us, I guess...

Shameless movie plug that doesn't fit anywhere else. Unlike that Baby Jesus Bu...uh, never mind. Some amateur shrink will diagnose me as emo-disturbed or some shit.

Just watched a documentary about a single Mom in her 30s who was working a full-time job, raising 2 kids, fighting an ex-husband for custody of her daughter, and fighting a bank to keep her house out of foreclosure. She grew up dirt-poor, so having her own house was a very big deal.

Then there's her SECOND job - she's an MMA cage fighter. Which requires several hours of training a day, travel, etc. And getting the crap beat out of you literally, not online.

I hate people like this. They make me realize what a lazy underachiever I really am.

Her name is Glena Avila, and she started cage fighting at an age when most people in that sport are ending their careers and retiring.

The documentary about her is called "Glena" and was partly financed by a Kickstarter campaign. Now showing on the Showtime cable channel, but worth a watch if you can catch it.

IMdB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3226290/