You know I think that you have to recognize you'll likely never relate to people in the way that you would have if you never had abuse in the first place and that's okay.

You don't need to.

But you will be able to find a way to have relationships with a reasonable amount of caution and within the context of this wisdom that you've built from being a survivor.

That's valuable wisdom and that's stuff that you can use to keep yourself safe in the future and also work on opening yourself up to some sort of connection with other people.

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. All right.

Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode

228.

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

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

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