Episode 235: My Wife Gets Real about Psychiatry Frustrations

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

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

I have to be honest with you all that this is not the most inspiring episode of the podcast. There is a lot of venting of frustration and fears. We also talk about suicidality, so please be aware of that. It's always important to me that we are REAL on this show. It would be unfair of me to give you the impression that the mental health system is perfect. As someone who works in the field and as a family that has been in the thick of navigating it, we definitely have some frustrations.

In this episode, we talk about operating with the current state of the world, Joelle's recent voluntary psychiatric hospitalization, and how we have had to try something like 6 or 7 times to find a psychiatrist to help with Joelle's meds. Despite the frustrations discussed, there are some good takeaways. Joelle is currently much more stable. She is no longer in her deep depressive episode and is no longer suicidal. We are currently finding a balance in our life that is working really well.

If you have questions or suggestions for future topics, please send them over to [email protected] and if you would like to learn more about my clinical services, head over to robertduffphd.com

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0:00.0	For sure because it's like I look at the big picture and I get upset because I can't create this stunning picture in one brush stroke, you know.
0:11.0	Right, right, one sitting.
0:13.0	Yeah, and it just takes more time and that's hard, but it's something that I'm learning.
0:18.0	It's a different way of doing things.
0:20.0	Yeah, but at the same time, if I give myself the grace to do it and that way I can see my talent and how far I've come.
0:30.6	So I do think it's positive, you know, if you look at it from the big picture, but at the beginning or in the small picture it just doesn't seem that way.
0:41.0	Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers.
0:45.5	This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general,
0:49.8	and some of those could be sensitive for you.
0:51.9	I want to simultaneously encourage you to be
0:53.9	brave and consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your
0:58.0	limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to
1:02.4	skip a question or an
1:03.5	episode entirely but feel free to feel it out check out the episode and just see
1:07.5	what happens if you need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a
1:10.6	shot first. I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist.
1:17.0	This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help.
1:22.0	So with those said, let's go ahead and
1:24.1	get into the show. All right, hello friends of All Varieties.
1:43.4	This is the Hardcore Health Health Podcast episode 235.
1:47.1	I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.
1:50.4	I make mental health content for real people just like you and today is actually an interview
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