old.

The stress from being my real first time on my own, first time out of the country, learning a new language, etc manifested in my hair coming out in clumps in the shower. It sucked so bad.

I recovered and didn’t go fully bald until mid 30’s. But it never was the same. Way thinner.

And as far as basketball… on man I feel ya. It was my life man. I played hard at least three times a week my whole life except on my mission(though if I had to travel back in time, I would’ve broke the rules and played at least three times a week. I believe strongly that instead of letting missionaries talk to their familes whenever they want; they should’ve built in required exercise time for two hours everyday by Sunday. And THAT would have fixed so many more problems, instead of creating so many more). Until my mid 30’s when I kept getting injured and/or it was very clear I had lost a step that wasn’t coming back. I couldn’t dunk anymore no matter how hard I tried, or how good of shape I was in.

And I had so much pride in my game, that not being able to play like I knew I could, was too much. I just retired from playing at all. Making motions or movements in my brain, but my body not doing them fast enough, or at all pissed me off way too much.