There's no law that says you have to see your family or have to see your in-laws.

I don't know if you're married or what, but you know having to see your partner's family I should say.

And there's no law that says you, too, just the two of you, can't have something small and sweet that you enjoy with just one another

instead of having this whole family debacle.

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 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 223.

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 a question and answer.

I got two really good questions and I will do my best to give you some helpful advice related to those.

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