Last month we did a really small socially distanced event for some close fans in the town in which I reside Los Angeles.

We'll call it Matthew's tiny Covid Delta variant show, at least until I come up with a catchy a name.

This is a clip from that show. Enjoy.

Okay, it's a little bit of background. I'm a psychologist, finishing up my PhD.

I have had such a hard time in relationships. I feel like I know that theories I write a lot, but I just really struggle.

Which part do you feel you struggle with in particular?

It's really hard for me to feel close to a man.

I feel like I also draw people who share too much initially, and then I get overwhelmed by them, informatically.

Why do you think you draw people like that?

I think I'm open and I think people are like, oh I can tell you anything. I just feel like I can share so much.

I don't know how to like, so that also brings people who are really problematic or who have a lot of trauma.

I'm here because I'm just like, what can I do to change that?

Tell me a little more about being, you know, because it's an interesting contrast, right?

You're saying that people, they come forward and they suffocate me with information and share over sharing.

But you said you find it hard to get close to men. What did you mean when you said that?

Or did you just mean that your reaction to the over sharing is to pull back?

It's to pull back, but also to connect, to really build on relationships, to not whenever I see something wrong, I need it to leave.

I don't like to work through things.

Can I just say the same problem?

I can't even mention it because I'm a behavior analyst.

And I just had a day, the other day, and the guy just told me his whole life story.

And I was like, I know I'm a good listener, but I was very afraid of writing that.

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