And if you feel at war with the body that you live in, if you feel like you're housed in a body that wasn't made for the person you are,

being disconnected can be a coping mechanism, right? It's not necessarily the solution, but it's something that temporarily your brain

does to give you a little bit of relief from feeling the sting of that that war

that's going on in your body all the time.

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, this is Friends of All Varieties.

This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode 210.

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

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

and answer episode you may have noticed last week we did not have an episode that

was intentional if you're listening to this live we are in the midst of the protests

that have been sparked by recent police violence

toward black people and I wanted to leave some space for more important voices

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