Alec Benjamin: I Just Want To Be Understood

The Squeeze

Taylor Lautner

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Tay & Taylor have been long-time fans of today’s guest, so they’re excited to hear from the musician himself as he opens up about his mental health, his songwriting process, and his daily life with OCD and ADHD. Alec Benjamin didn’t find music until high school, but once he did his life was forever changed. He shares several stories of how he first discovered that his brain worked a little differently and how as a result, trying to fit into the system that society has setup has not come easy. Once he learned to open up through his music, a whole new set of mental health struggles came about: navigating life on tour, dealing with immediate audience feedback, and constantly facing the pressure of success. The Lautners and Alec talk about how exercise and therapy are two tools that they all turn to in order to manage their mental health. Plus, the Lautners hear how OCD affects Alec’s day to day, the surprising cover song you won’t be able to find online, and how he came up with his new song: I Sent My Therapist To Therapy. Be sure to follow @alecbenjamin and check out the music video for I Sent My Therapist To Therapy Thanks to our awesome sponsors for supporting this episode: Article —Go to ARTICLE.COM/THESQUEEZE for $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more SKIMS — The Fits Everybody collection and more perfect-fit essentials are available now at SKIMS.com. Plus, get free shipping on orders over $75! After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows. And if you are looking for the perfect gifts for the whole family - SKIMS just launched their biggest Holiday Gift Shop ever - also available at SKIMS.com Jenni Kayne — Find your forever pieces @jennikayne and get 15% off with promo code THESQUEEZE at jennikayne.com/THESQUEEZE! #jennikaynepartner Ritual — Ritual is offering our listeners 30% off during your first month. Visit ritual.com/THESQUEEZE to start Ritual or add Essential For Women 18+ to your subscription today To email us your questions or share your story, you can reach out to [email protected]. Be sure to rate, review, and follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode! Plus, follow us on Instagram, @thesqueeze and personally @taylautner and @taylorlautner + on TikTok @thesqueezepodcast To learn more from The Lemons Foundation, follow @lemonsbytay on Instagram and visit lemonsbytay.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So you can take these words or whatever, take these ideas, take this music and be like, okay, well, you haven't heard our music in this genre like with this kind of voice, you know, you're just sort of like moving things around and then presenting it to people and they're like, oh, I haven't seen something like that in that light.
0:15.0	In order to do that, you have to be like really aware of like the palette that you're
0:19.3	painting with. You know, you have to be like be as self-aware as possible especially when you know like one of the
0:24.3	colors that you're painting with is like you you're the artist and like it's your
0:28.2	voice so if you put something out and you have this perception of like how it's going to be
0:32.0	received and then it isn't perceived that way then you have this perception of like how it's going to be received and then it
0:32.9	isn't perceived that way then you have to sort of like reassess whether or not
0:36.4	you're actually like maybe I got it all wrong like maybe I don't fit into the world in the
0:40.3	way that I thought that I did and having to reconcile like what your perception is versus
0:44.9	reality it's like a really scary thing to do and sometimes that sort of is what keeps me from putting my music out
0:49.7	because I'm like well if I got this wrong that means that the way I've been thinking about this is totally wrong,
0:54.0	and that means that I have to reassess my entire worldview.
0:59.3	When life gives you lemons, what do you do with them?
1:05.0	Over here at the Squeeze, we talk about it. Oh my goodness. They are ready for the holidays. Hello everyone.
1:24.0	What an intro.
1:26.0	We have both dogs in the studio today if you're listening.
1:29.0	If you're watching on YouTube, you are seeing the girls in their Christmas sweaters.
1:33.6	Remy is in a cute little knitted rainbow sweater
1:37.1	and Lily is in a beautiful red sweater.
1:40.9	Yeah, I think they look great. And They're both sitting on these little chairs.
1:44.0	But we are thankful you are here.
1:47.0	Yes.
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