Idris Elba Turns to Therapy

British actor Idris Elba speaks candidly about using therapy to break unhealthy habits...

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Idris Elba has turned to the help of therapy to help him break an “unhealthy habit” that’s been weighing heavy on his lifestyle.

Appearing on the “Changes with Annie Macmanus” podcast, the British actor, 51, revealed that he sought out therapy this time last year.

“It’s a lot,” he said. “In my therapy, I’ve been thinking a lot about changing, almost to the point of neuropaths [sic] being changed and shifting.”

“It’s not because I don’t like myself or anything like that, it’s just because I have some unhealthy habits that have really formed. And I work in an industry that I’m rewarded for those unhealthy habits.”

The self-described “workaholic” said his love for staying busy with projects has had a negative impact on his wellbeing.

“Nothing that’s too extreme is good, everything needs balance, but I’m rewarded massively to be a workaholic [compared] to someone that’s like ‘Eh, I’m not going to see my family for six months’ and I’m in there grinding and making a new family and leave them,” he shared.

“Those are pathways that I had to be like, ‘I’ve got to adjust.’”