Amber HollingsworthRecovery Conversation Simulator, Amber's Recovery Practice Lab · Interactive learning tool trained on Amber methodoloy

Overcoming Fear to Seek Help

20 May 2024 · 0 min

Watch on YouTube

0:20

This short transcript excerpt (speaker: Amber Hollingsworth) discusses why people who recognize they need outside help hesitate to take action. It outlines common fears and practical roadblocks—fear of disclosure, job loss, inability to take time off, cost—that prevent help-seeking and notes that these individuals often need an external push.

At this point, they've collected enough evidence and they know they need to do something different, but they're intimidated. And there's a lot of reasons why you might not want to take those steps. I don't want people to know, what if I lose my job? I can't take time off work. That's a lot of money. There's a million roadblocks to why they may not want to get some sort of outside help, but they know they need to, so they need this push.