That's been causing me to not work on other things because I've had this sort of irrational feeling of

If I'm not working on this project that I've resolved to make my next project,

then I shouldn't be working on other stuff either, right?

Aside from the ongoing projects like this podcast and my clinical work, etc.

But I kind of challenged myself on that this past week or a couple weeks and said like I don't have to do this. I don't have to finish this and I am allowed to abandon this for now if I want to.

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 240.

I don't know if I've ever told you this, but I have this irrational fear of accidentally saying the wrong episode number.

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