Jocko Underground: When To Walk Away From Your Significant Other. And Don't Look Back.

Jocko Willink· Host0:00

This is the Jocko Underground podcast, number 210. I'm sitting here with Echo Charles. We've received some questions from the field, and we have some answers, some recommendations, and some courses of, of action for you. So let's get into it.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:15

Cool.

Jocko Willink· Host0:17

Yeah. The first question.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:18

Hello. I've been struggling with this, with the balance between, quote unquote, "walk away and don't look back" and taking ownership after a breakup. My ex was, my ex was using kratom products, which I think contributed to his mental health issues. He started having sleeping problems, hallucinations, saying he could see demons, and started having, uh, and then delusional beliefs about this, those hallucinations. I was trying to get him professional help, but one day, while taking off the bedding to wash, I found his loaded gun under his pillow pointed at my side of the bed. He dismissed my concern about it, so I tried turning it away from me or putting it in the nightstand, but he kept putting it back under the pillow and pointed it towards me. I felt unsafe, so I decided to leave. I told both his brother and his pastor the full story and asked them to help him, and I've cut off communication. But I've wondered if walking away and not looking back is the right call for s- situations like this, or if I need to take more ownership and action to get him help. Sometimes I been, I even wonder if I should have stayed. My friends have varied opinions, and I go back and