Shame is the fear that we're not good enough.

My name is Andrea and this is a adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, what you're holding on.

Yeah, yeah, what you're holding on to,

but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now? Let it all go. Welcome back to a little child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

A hoi, my dear Shichos, how's it going?

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea.

I am a total shit show.

And here we are again, folks, with this procrastination shit,

procrastinated the hell out of recording this.

And I'm telling you, man, like this negative excitement shit like enough already

can we please just get this together girl back in the closet and I'm recording this shit on my phone because again issues with my

microphone so just buyers beware understand what you're getting yourself into.

I do not have all of my shit together, but I promise to entertain you, okay?

So today, y'all are in for a real damn treat.

We are diving deep with Terry Reel.

He's a psychotherapist who really has dedicated his life

to helping people like us. So he's the author of several books but probably his most well known is I don't want to talk about it which came out in 97.

This book was about essentially how men are discouraged from talking about their feelings and their vulnerabilities and how traditional gender roles and expectations result in the emotional suppression and men,

which ultimately then leads to depression. I've had several shit show dudes say that this book was extremely impactful to them.

So if there's any shisho dudes out there who have not given it a read, I'll include a link to

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