Leila Hormozi
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Emotional regulation.
Emotional regulation.
Yeah. So I I graduated high school and I went to college and I think it was, you know, if we rewind back further, my parents had gotten divorced. I'd lived with my mom. She got into drugs and alcohol, ended up being like a very bad environment for a kid. And so, you know, when I was 15, she tried to kill herself in front of me. I kind of just like shut down after that moment until I was 19.
Yeah. So I I graduated high school and I went to college and I think it was, you know, if we rewind back further, my parents had gotten divorced. I'd lived with my mom. She got into drugs and alcohol, ended up being like a very bad environment for a kid. And so, you know, when I was 15, she tried to kill herself in front of me. I kind of just like shut down after that moment until I was 19.
Like I just went numb. I remember actually because I had been this constant state of anxiety, like perpetual, like always heightened anxiety in my body. And I'd lost like 20% of my body weight or something. I remember like, it was just like very, very stressed all the time.
Like I just went numb. I remember actually because I had been this constant state of anxiety, like perpetual, like always heightened anxiety in my body. And I'd lost like 20% of my body weight or something. I remember like, it was just like very, very stressed all the time.
Constantly just stressed because she was drinking. She'd be gone for a week at a time. I wouldn't know where she was, but I didn't want to tell anybody because I didn't want anyone to like call me. you know, whatever that. Child services or something.
Constantly just stressed because she was drinking. She'd be gone for a week at a time. I wouldn't know where she was, but I didn't want to tell anybody because I didn't want anyone to like call me. you know, whatever that. Child services or something.
Nine to 15. Wow.
Nine to 15. Wow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They got divorced. They separated when I was nine. Gotcha.
They got divorced. They separated when I was nine. Gotcha.
Correct. Yeah. And she'd been a great mom before that. But when that happened, I just completely shut down. And the way that I was able to do anything was just, I was numb. It was like, I wasn't angry. I also wasn't happy. I was just...
Correct. Yeah. And she'd been a great mom before that. But when that happened, I just completely shut down. And the way that I was able to do anything was just, I was numb. It was like, I wasn't angry. I also wasn't happy. I was just...
like this flat flat yeah until i was 19 i got out of the house um and then i was just mad and i didn't know how to deal with that anger so i started drinking and then i started doing drugs and then i and it turned into this whole cycle and then i started getting arrested because i was blacking out and i was doing drugs and i didn't i don't even know what i did half the time
like this flat flat yeah until i was 19 i got out of the house um and then i was just mad and i didn't know how to deal with that anger so i started drinking and then i started doing drugs and then i and it turned into this whole cycle and then i started getting arrested because i was blacking out and i was doing drugs and i didn't i don't even know what i did half the time
And that's what got me to get arrested six times in 18 months. Wow. I know. It was just like. Six times? Six times. Yeah. You would think the fourth. Second and first.
And that's what got me to get arrested six times in 18 months. Wow. I know. It was just like. Six times? Six times. Yeah. You would think the fourth. Second and first.