<p>During a lengthy discussion with podcast host Joe Rogan this week, popular Canadian psychologist and bestselling author Jordan Peterson discussed a false accusation of sexual misconduct a troubled client made against him that happened around the time Peterson became a household name and experienced an increase in depression, which eventually led to an addiction to anti-anxiety pills.</p>
<p>&#8220;I started taking them (Benzodiazepine, a.k.a. &#8220;benzos&#8221;) because I was ill. And they helped, because I couldn&#8217;t sleep. I couldn&#8217;t sleep at all,&#8221; Peterson told Rogan on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had a history of depression that runs in my family, that probably stems back to me right from the time I was a kid,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think when I really got sick in 2016 it was partly a manifestation of that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But at the time,&#8221; Peterson explained, &#8220;my job was threatened, like <em>actually</em>, and my clinical practice was threatened, and the Canadian Revenue Agency was after me all at the same time. And they were after me for a mistake they had made, which they admitted three months later.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And the college was after me because of a vindictive client who came after me with a pack of lies &#8230; and basically I emerged from that unscathed, but that was by no means obvious that was going to be the case [at the time],&#8221; he disclosed to Rogan.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was accused of sexual misconduct. And the evidence? When I was dealing with this client, I would turn my wedding ring around,&#8221; Peterson said. &#8220;I&#8217;d play with it. &#8230; To her, it was a signal of some dark underlying desire that was polluting our therapeutic relationship.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been doing that with you the whole conversation,&#8221; Rogan joked, asking Peterson, &#8220;That&#8217;s all you had done?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yup,&#8221; the &#8220;12 Rules for Life&#8221; author replied. &#8220;And I really helped her a lot.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She was also angry with me because, when all this blew up around me, it interfered with my clinical practice,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;She had come to rely on our weekly meetings, so she was angry about being abandoned. And it was really sad because I didn&#8217;t wanna abandon my clinical clients, which is very upsetting to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>As things &#8220;piled up around me, I was distracted,&#8221; Peterson said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be distracted during a clinical session.&#8221;</p>
<p>When Peterson started having increased trouble with sleep, he was prescribed anti-anxiety pills, he told Rogan.</p>
<p>&#8220;That was when all the pressure, from all these different sources were physically making you sick?&#8221; Rogan asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;That was part of it,&#8221; answered Peterson, who has been open about his past <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/01/31/jordan-peterson-says-he-was-suicidal-addicted-to-benzos/">addiction</a> to benzos.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-peterson-reveals-key-to-joe-rogans-media-success-in-single-tweet">Jordan Peterson Reveals Key To Joe Rogan’s Media Success In Single Tweet</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-peterson-talks-gender-ideology-reveals-moment-he-knew-thousands-of-girls-would-be-targeted">Jordan Peterson Talks Gender Ideology, Reveals Moment He Knew ‘Thousands Of Girls Would Be Targeted’</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogan-unloads-on-cnn-they-disseminate-propaganda-coverage-is-preposterous">Rogan Unloads On CNN: ‘They Disseminate Propaganda,’ Coverage Is ‘Preposterous’</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-fed-joe-rogan-talks-trans-swimmer-destroying-female-competitors-fallon-fox-comments">‘That’s F***ed’: Joe Rogan Talks Trans Swimmer Destroying Female Competitors, Fallon Fox Comments</a></strong></p>

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