Episode 142: Fundamentalist Religion, Parenting with Mental Illness, Panic Disorder
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! I have a Q&A episode for you today. This is an extra special episode for a couple reasons. First off, I'm starting a new weekly tradition. If you share your favorite quote from the episode on social media and tag me, you might be selected to win a free copy of one of my books! Second, my nearly one-year-old kiddo, Leo was very present in this episode. I had to squeeze in the recording between other appointments, so you hear some babbling and such in the background.
In terms of the questions, here what I covered:
- How can I move on from the guilt caused by ending family relationships due to an extreme fundamentalist upbringing?
- How can I balance significant psychological issues and still be a good parent?
- What can I do about my recurrent panic attacks?
As always, if you have a question for the show, please send it to duffthepsych@gmail.com.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Depression and mania are two ends of the spectrum and they're both destabilizing forces. They try to mess you up and take you off your game. |
| 0:07.5 | And so establishing consistency in routines can really help to combat that. |
| 0:11.5 | Basically what I'm saying is when you're feeling |
| 0:14.0 | down and unmotivated or you're just having these racing thoughts and agitation, |
| 0:18.7 | you want some sort of playbook, some sort of rulebook, what am I supposed to be doing right now and that's where the |
| 0:24.4 | routine comes in it's not always easy to stick to them when you're feeling those |
| 0:27.9 | ways but if you have some sort of guideline there it helps you understand what |
| 0:31.8 | your next step should be in any given day and just what to do with yourself. |
| 0:35.3 | Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:39.3 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and |
| 0:44.0 | some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 0:46.1 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also |
| 0:50.7 | respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:53.0 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:55.0 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, |
| 0:59.0 | but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. |
| 1:02.0 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel |
| 1:04.3 | free to give it a shot first. |
| 1:06.3 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 1:11.6 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should |
| 1:14.1 | not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead |
| 1:18.2 | and get into the show. I'm going to be free. All right. |
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