What are some of the tale-tale signs that you're going down that sort of problematic path in this relationship where you're giving over too much of yourself and neglecting your own needs?

You've got to really take some time and ponder this and try to pull out what those signs are. And these are things that you can look out for. You know, just in the same way that I would encourage somebody with anxiety to figure out what are my first physical symptoms. What are the first clues that I'm having anxiety

so that they can catch it before it turns into a full-blown panic attack.

Same thing here. I'd encourage you to sort of determine what your early symptoms in

air quotes are of your codependency or of your

problematic attachment what are those early symptoms that tell you you're going

down that path that you don't want to go down. Hey everybody before we start the

show I want to make a couple disclaimers.

This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be sensitive for you.

I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations.

So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely but feel

free to feel it out check out the episode and just see what happens if you need to

skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also need to say

that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist.

This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help.

So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. Hello, friends of all varieties. This is the Hardcore.

I am your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.

I make mental health content for real people, just like you.

And today's episode is a question and answer

session but a little bit different got a twist here I'm doing only questions

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