In this episode of Brokenish, we sit down with a clinician who was helping people recover from addiction… while quietly struggling with his own.

This is the reality most people never see.

We talk about:

• What it actually feels like to be a “wounded healer”
• The pressure of helping others while falling apart internally
• Why some therapists shouldn’t be practicing
• The truth about masking, people-pleasing, and childhood trauma
• Addiction as a way to disappear
• And what it really takes to come back and reappear

One of the most powerful moments in this episode:

“I used heroin because it worked the fastest… I just wanted to disappear.”

If you’ve ever struggled, felt like you had to hide who you are, or wondered if the people helping you actually understand… this  ...