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, a clinical psychologist out of

Fayetteville, Arkansas. I started podcasting a couple of years ago because I

wanted to extend the walls of my practice to those of you who might already be interested

in psychological issues or perhaps even be in therapy but also to those who might

have been recently diagnosed with some kind of mental disorder or are having

relationship problems that they can't seem to really find the answer to, but also to a

third group, to those of you out there who may never have talked to a psychologist,

but are curious about what someone like me might sound like.

We still have so much stigma about mental health treatment in our culture and in fact internationally.

So I'm here to let you know what therapy might be like.

Now this isn't therapy, but at least you can hear some of my thoughts about what can be helpful in treatment.

Today I'm going to be talking about something that I'm writing a book about that will come out in November.

It's called Perfectly Hidden Depression, and

this particular episode is in fact very sadly motivated because of an email I

received this week from a woman whose husband killed himself just recently. He was in his early

40s and no one that knew him could believe it. He had a perfect looking life.

Children he loved, a career he felt excited about, friends and family that loved him.

Yet he couldn't communicate his darker emotions and emotions that would lead him to

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