This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr Margaret and self- Work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just

a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hello and welcome to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical

psychologist and I practice in fatal Arkansas. I've been doing that for over 20 years.

I'm so glad you've joined me. If you're a newcomer or someone who's been listening in,

I really appreciate you being here.

Today we're going to be talking about FOMO, which is the Fear of Missing Out.

We're going to talk about what exactly that is,

how it's been influenced by social media and the recent research on it.

I'm going to have lots of quotes from people who actually experience FOMO and maybe they'll sound a lot like you, who knows?

Then of course I always want to talk about what you can do about it.

So we're going to talk about five things

that you can try and our listener email today is from someone in her early 20s

who's concerned about how her mental problems, she's having some depression and

anxiety, how those things are affecting what she called her potential. I

thought that would be an interesting topic. Before we get started talking about FOMO, I want to thank so many of you who took my suggestion a couple of episodes ago

and have gotten in touch with me to let me know who you are.

The interesting thing about podcasting I'm finding is that I really can't tell

anything about who my listeners are through the analytics I have available to me except where you're from.

I'm still waiting for someone in Wyoming by the way to listen in.

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