302 SelfWork: Q&A! What's Trauma, Boundaries with BPD, and Being Your Own Cheerleader
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
One of my favorite things to do on SelfWork is to respond to your questions! The first is a reaction to a recent podcast from 19 year-old podcaster Sadie Sutton who was explaining her journey with depression and her parents’ role in it. This listener wanted to know if I was following up with an interview with her parents – a great question actually. But no, that’s not the plan. But I wanted to respond to some of her thoughts as that episode touched a sensitive and vulnerable place in her heart – and maybe it did yours as well.
The second email is from someone whose partner has been diagnosed as BPD/bipolar and is looking for some support for herself. And the third from a listener who’s turned to his family for affirmation – and keeps getting ignored or even criticized for it. His question – how do I become my own cheerleader?
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm a clinical psychologist at a fave Arkansas, and I began Selfwork six years ago in order |
| 0:38.9 | to reach those of you who may already be very interested in psychological and emotional |
| 0:43.0 | issues, maybe you're in therapy, to those of you who are looking for some answers and |
| 0:47.8 | a mental health podcast or depression podcast is just what you're looking for, but also |
| 0:52.4 | to those of you who might be a little skeptical about this whole mental health thing or |
| 0:56.8 | therapy in general, and I started Selfwork in order to try to educate people about what |
| 1:02.2 | therapy really is. |
| 1:03.2 | Now, this isn't therapy, but at least you'll be able to hear how a psychologist thinks |
| 1:07.6 | about things and talks about things. |
| 1:09.8 | So welcome to all of you. |
| 1:12.1 | One of my favorite things to do on Selfwork is to respond to your questions. |
| 1:15.7 | They're sent in by real listeners, and I received so many of them. |
| 1:20.7 | Thank you for that. |
| 1:21.7 | And for being so engaged, today's questions are diverse. |
| 1:24.9 | The first is a reaction to a recent podcast from 19-year-old podcaster Sadie Sutton, who |
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