Trying not to do things like trying not to overeat or over drink or control your behavior through lots of knots and don'ts and avoids Your willpower gets tapped out and you don't really have much to work with so you can't be expected to go from the state you're in right now to suddenly exercising, going to the

doctor, getting a light box, journaling, meditating, doing all this crap at the same time.

It's just unrealistic.

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 friend. All Right.

Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode 236.

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

I make mental health content for real people just like you. Dr. Robert Duff, aka Dove the Psych.

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

And today I have a question to answer.

Got two really good questions today

that I think will be applicable to a lot of you, one about a relationship, one about seasonal stuff,

so I think some really good stuff in here. If you guys want to send me questions, please do so.

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