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 the 120th episode of self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

I'm a clinical psychologist.

I've been in Fayetteville, Arkansas for over 25 years now

and have been in practice there. I began to podcast a little over two years ago

because I wanted to extend the walls of my practice. I'm very tired of the stigma or the prejudice against talking about mental illness seeking

treatment for mental illness and I wanted to do whatever I could to try to at least lessen

it to help people understand more about psychological issues.

So I wanted to reach the people who were already in therapy but might want another viewpoint,

people who might be starting out on their journey,

having been diagnosed with some kind of psychological disorder, or maybe just are running

up against relationship problems that confuse them.

But I also wanted to reach out to the group who would never darken the door of a therapist,

couldn't see themselves going into therapy, no way.

But they might be interested enough and curious enough to listen to what someone

like me might have to say.

So today we're going to be talking about disappointment in relationships and how much is too much.

Disappointed is hard to hear about but it's inevitable in a relationship.

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