Jake Humphrey

Not really.

Yeah, exactly.

What about, I mean, obviously we're talking about therapists and you go in there and you basically tell them everything.

Are there times in your life where, and it might even be now, where you don't tell people everything that's going on and you restrict the information that you share?

Yeah, I think as well, it depends on the behavior, really.

Lots of the time that I have sought therapy has been around, you know, abusing alcohol or certain behaviors that I would like to change.

So...

Sharing that information with people freely can feel a bit destructive and it can come with a sense of shame.

You know, you don't necessarily want to be

calling people who you love or meeting people you love and going, oh, I'm off to see a therapist just because I can't control my drinking.

It's almost embarrassing.

Well, it certainly felt like there was shame attached to it for me.

I think that therapy, to build on your point from the stigma of therapy, I like to look at it as...

a performance tool instead of therapy, like something that I need because I need to fix something in my life.

It's kind of, how can I improve?

How can I be better?

Would it be beneficial to have an hour with this person?

See it kind of like,

I don't know, I'm not a huge fan of the term life coaching because the people giving it haven't lived a full life yet.

So it's hard to coach somebody through life, particularly as, you know, everyone's experiences in life are different.