187 SelfWork: Can Certain Anxieties Worsen During Covid-19?
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The answer to the title question is yes. Most of us who aren’t in denial about the seriousness of this pandemic are experiencing more anxiety.. We’re washing our hands more - careful about what we pick up or how we touch things -wearing masks or even face shields. Today, in this episode sponsored by BetterHelp, I’m going to share some facts about how three different mental illnesses may be emerging or escalating during this Covid pandemic.
First OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder Second, phobias – such as germaphobia (fear of germs/bacteria/viruses) or agoraphobia (fears concerning leaving the house – more limiting than social anxiety) And third, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.
The listener email is from someone who's heard from their partner that they're stepping on the identity of their partner. Yet they feel unaware and are asking for my help. It's an interesting question to ask: What if I'm not aware and don't agree with what my partner is questioning?
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Very well-explained article in Web MD about Germaphobia and OCD
Here’s a great breakdown of the different “kinds” of obsessions and their accompanying compulsions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:13.0 | At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical |
| 0:34.3 | psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas and I started self-work about, gosh, almost |
| 0:39.9 | four years ago now, with some specific goals in mind to reach out to those of you who |
| 0:45.1 | already were very familiar with psychological and emotional issues and just |
| 0:49.3 | wanted a place to hear more about it from maybe another perspective. |
| 0:53.2 | To those of you who had been initially diagnosed with depression or anxiety or having some |
| 0:57.4 | kind of relationship problem that you just couldn't get through. |
| 1:00.8 | But also to those of you who might think you would never darken the door of a therapist |
| 1:04.8 | but you were just curious enough to listen to a podcast. I wanted to extend the |
| 1:10.0 | walls of my practice. I have loved being a therapist for over 25 years and I |
| 1:15.5 | wanted to reach out to more people. You know most of us who aren't in denial |
| 1:20.7 | about the seriousness of this pandemic are experiencing more anxiety these |
| 1:24.8 | days. In fact, I would imagine that even those people that look like they're in denial are also |
| 1:29.6 | anxious. We're washing our hands more, careful about what we pick up or how we touch things |
| 1:34.6 | wearing masks or even face shields. So today in this episode sponsored by |
| 1:39.5 | Better Help I'm going to share some facts about three different mental illnesses that actually may be emerging with COVID or |
| 1:47.0 | Certainly could be escalating |
| 1:48.9 | I've heard about it with my own patients and certainly it's no surprise |
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