And you don't have to think that you're an amazing person. You don't have to think that you're the most worthwhile special person in the world compared to other people.

But you can have self-efficacy so you can learn to have

been to adapt, to get through things, acknowledging that you're not going to do everything right,

but you can adjust if things go wrong.

You've made it through every single hardest experience you've ever had,

that's just a fact.

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 Self-Help Podcast episode 229.

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

I'm making mental health content for real people, just like you.

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