Why Did Andrew Huberman Cage Exit the Next Day?

Andrew Huberman's safety tanks were empty inside a shark cage, and he calls it the biggest nightmare. One thought hit him: he was going to go home alive. Sharks were everywhere, he had a weight vest on, and he was desperate for air. He decided to shoot for the surface toward the silhouette of the boat. He would either get eaten or drown, and he was certain he would drown if he stayed.

A diver kicked back toward him over a good 20 or 30 more seconds, and they shared air. The pair was now on one tank and the safeties were empty, so both might have to shoot for the surface. Everybody made it back in time. Andrew Huberman felt traumatized and on borrowed time.

The night of the dive he was able to sleep, and he did yoga nidra and was able to calm his mind and his nerves. The next day he went down again and cage exited. He did not do it to be tough or to seem tough. He did it because facing the trauma is the best way to purge the trauma. He believes cage exiting allowed him to report the experience. He feels nothing in his body, no tension, no stress, and no quaking related to the dive, and he thinks the trauma has been completely purged.