Episode 233: Rapid Fire Part 2 - Pandemic Alcoholism, All or Nothing Thinking, Bad Pharmacies, and More

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

Health & Fitness, Robertduff, Education, Duffthepsych, Mental Health, Psychology, Selfhelp, Advice, Drduff

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Hello, friends! Today I am doing a continuation of the last episode. I'm not at the part today, but I am at home cracking away at the Facebook questions in rapid fire fashion. Hope you enjoy! Here are the questions that I answer:

How do I find a middle ground between 100% positive and 100% negative?
What's the plan for getting back to normal alcohol consumption after higher use during the pandemic?
How do you get professional help when you're too depressed to ask for help?
What should I do about inappropriate pharmacy staff?

As always you can send me your questions to [email protected] and be sure to check out the online course if you haven't at kickanxietycourse.com

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0:00.0	And neutral is better as well.
0:02.3	Like you don't need to be rosy optimistic and all of that.
0:05.6	Neutral is fine, you know, realistic, neutral grounded is fine.
0:10.0	It's unrealistic to be 100% negative too, right?
0:14.0	And so I think inserting some positivity
0:16.0	can shift things toward the middle,
0:17.4	but you don't need to be all the way
0:18.9	on the other end of the spectrum.
0:20.7	Being sort of OK is OK. So what would you do if you were feeling more okay and act as if that were the case?
0:28.0	Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers.
0:31.9	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.
0:38.0	I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations.
0:45.6	So please use your best judgment.
0:47.2	I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel free
0:51.6	to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens.
0:54.4	If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel free to give it a shot first.
0:58.5	I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist, and I'm not your therapist.
1:03.7	This is not intended to be direct medical advice,
1:05.9	and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help.
1:09.1	So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right,
1:25.0	Hello, friends, of all varieties.
1:30.0	This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode 233.
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