Do I Have a DFK?

Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Dr. Becky

Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Relationships, Parenting, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Do your kid’s tantrums seem more intense than other kids their age? Do they come on fast and last much longer? No, you’re not imagining it. And no, there’s nothing wrong with your kid. Your kid might be a Deeply Feeling Kid. And these kids will learn how to regulate their emotions, they just need a different approach. Today, Dr. Becky gives you the tools you need to assess if your kid might be a Deeply Feeling Kid.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, today's episode is an encore of the Good Inside podcast. We're revisiting it to
0:05.0	celebrate the release of Dr. Becky's new children's book, Leave Me Alone, a good inside story
0:09.7	about deeply feeling kids. Wondering if you have a deeply feeling kid or curious about the many
0:14.2	ways we support deeply feeling kids and their parents, check out the episode description to learn more.
0:24.4	Do you have a kid who goes zero to 60, who you tell yourself all the time, I really feel like my kid has more intense tantrums and meltdowns than any other kid.
0:34.8	I really feel like those meltdowns last longer. I also feel like
0:39.3	they're more intense. And I swear, I swear I am doing the things that psychologists say that I read.
0:46.0	And they're making things worse. Now, this is the type of situation I was in myself. And it felt almost gaslighting. I felt like, wait, am I just doing it
0:57.8	wrong? Is something wrong with me? Is something wrong with my kid? And then everything changed
1:02.5	when I realized, holy molly, no, I just have a kid who is a little bit different than some other
1:10.2	kids. And I need to understand this kid.
1:12.6	I need to figure out interventions that actually work. I'm not doing it all wrong. I'm not making it
1:19.3	all up. I just don't yet have an approach that works. Take a deep breath with me.
1:26.6	Because if this sounds like your experience of one of your
1:30.7	kids, this is going to be one of the most profoundly important episodes you listen to.
1:36.6	This is going to be about figuring out, do I have a deeply feeling kid? Because I want you to kind of get to the bottom of that.
1:47.3	Because once we figure that out together, then the next steps become clear.
1:53.0	I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside.
1:56.1	We'll be back right after this.
2:05.8	You're not. right after this. So I just want to start with a personal story.
2:09.5	As I think, you know, I'm a clinical psychologist, private practice, and I think it was
2:15.0	probably around the time my first kid was, I don't know, too.
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