When we have stressors either in our relationship between the two of us or in our lives that we're like approaching

You know together

Saying we don't know the answer right now, but we're going to let it go for the moment and we'll come back to it because I think that you and I both naturally are like list makers and I mean how many times have we come I'll come to you the next day and be like okay I think I have a plan for how we can address this and you're the same way like I wrote it up in word is printed out. Exactly.

And so I think that distance and time can be really good.

And so it doesn't mean that you have to let the disagreement go

or the frustration go right away but maybe putting it on the back burner so you can so you can both process it individually and then coming back together to talk.

Hey everybody before we start the, 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 and 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 Self-Help

Podcast episode 163. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.

I make mental health content for real people just like you and today I have

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