A friend of mine went through BUDS. He told me once that the key to surviving hell week was simply to mentally accept that you would either keep going and pass

A friend of mine went through BUDS. He told me once that the key to surviving hell week was simply to mentally accept that you would either keep going and pass, or literally die in the surf. No middle ground. A lot of the candidates get hurt in the training. It's stupid. But it's also a very extreme form of mental discipline and commitment that they probably take with them for the rest of their lives, for better and for worse.