#598 - Rescuing - Dr. Edward Shahrokh
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Edward Shahrokh is Paul’s support group friend who also happens to be a psychologist. He studies addiction relapse and is well-versed in the psychology of “rescuers”--particularly because he used to be one himself.
To read Dr. Shahrokh’s dissertation click go here
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 598 with my guest, my buddy Dr. Edward Sherrock. |
| 0:08.1 | I am Paul Gilmarten. |
| 0:09.4 | This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour place for honesty about all the bullshit rattling |
| 0:14.4 | around in our skulls. |
| 0:16.6 | From medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive |
| 0:22.1 | negative thinking. |
| 0:23.8 | It shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling. |
| 0:30.8 | I am not a therapist. |
| 0:32.3 | You know, I love to share stuff that I talk about in my support groups and therapy. |
| 0:38.3 | One of my support groups, we were reading some literature and one of the things that it |
| 0:44.8 | said is it doesn't matter whether you're meditating for one minute or twenty minutes. |
| 0:53.5 | The important thing is that you just attempt meditation. |
| 0:56.8 | And it was so good to be reminded of that because you know how much we judge ourselves. |
| 1:03.0 | I think there are a few things I judge myself as harshly on as the quality of my meditation. |
| 1:12.2 | For some reason I have this belief that I'm supposed to be totally focused on my mantra |
| 1:18.1 | and not forget it. |
| 1:19.1 | And a lot of times it's meditation for me is just twenty minutes of worrying with my |
| 1:24.6 | eyes closed. |
| 1:26.1 | And one of the positives, even if it's a quote unquote bad meditation session, is it |
| 1:36.0 | introduces us to what it is that we're obsessing about. |
| 1:40.0 | So then we can decide do I want to do something about this? |
| 1:44.2 | Do I need to let it go? |
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