258 SelfWork: Fear of Failure, Negative Forecasting, Depression and Maladaptive Daydreaming: Your Questions My Answers
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Today’s SelfWork, sponsored by BetterHelp, is all about answering your questions. We’re going to talk about everything from fear of failure (I'll talk about navigating my own failures) to negative forecasting (aka "catastrophizing" (to identifying depression when it’s been all you can remember to what’s termed maladaptive daydreaming. I learn a lot when I research your questions and this episode is full of our learning together.
Just yesterday I went to a play called Tiny Beautiful Things – a story about a woman named Sugar who writes an advice column. She mostly uses her own life, which had been hard, as the basis for her answers. I was reminded by how much trust you demonstrate in me to ask me a question. And I’m honored more than you know.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Selfwork, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:14.1 | At Selfwork, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Dr. Margaret, and Selfwork is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today |
| 0:26.2 | for your own Selfwork. |
| 0:29.7 | Hello and welcome to Selfwork. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm a clinical psychologist, and I've lived and worked in Fable Arkansas for over 25 |
| 0:38.4 | years. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:40.9 | I started this podcast five years ago in order to reach out to those of you who might |
| 0:45.8 | already be very interested in psychological and emotional issues, but would be interested |
| 0:50.1 | in another perspective to those of you who might have just been diagnosed with mental |
| 0:54.4 | illness or you're dealing with something that you're concerned about in the emotional |
| 0:58.2 | realm and you're looking for answers. |
| 1:00.5 | But also to those of you who might say to friends, I'd never darkened the door of a therapist, |
| 1:05.3 | I think that's weak, but you might be unhappy enough to actually be curious and listen |
| 1:10.2 | into Selfwork. |
| 1:11.9 | Before we get started today, I want to remind you about a new podcast I'm doing called |
| 1:15.4 | Selfwork Chat. |
| 1:17.2 | It's on the Fireside app, which is a new app for interactive podcasting. |
| 1:22.8 | All you have to do is go to firesidechat.com slash Margaret Rutherford and request access |
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