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Scenario

When friends use comedy as an excuse to avoid real vulnerability

My best friend and I have been going to open mics together for months, supposedly to examine our quarter-life crises through comedy, but we keep chickening out and just watching others perform while making sarcastic comments from the back. We're using irony to avoid actually being vulnerable even though that's what we said we wanted.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Their shared cynicism has become a defense mechanism that prevents the very self-examination they claim to seek.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stand-up comedy as examined life?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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