I think that it's absolutely valid that you're thinking about this. I also want to say your old therapist is a fucking idiot.

I'm sorry your therapist was an idiot for laughing at you and telling you no. Like even if you aren't, even if they're sure without a shadow of a doubt, which

none of us ever are, but even if they were completely sure, that's not the way you do that and

that's not the way someone in the mental health profession should be treating you.

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 and 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 251. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health content for real people just like you

And today we have a question and answer to great questions

The first one is gonna be a little bit longer second one's a little bit more straightforward, but I figured it was an important one to cover still. I don't have too much to talk about up here at the front. It's been a pretty decent week. I usually start the weeks off like so intense and at this point

in the week it's Thursday right now as I'm recording this because I procrastinate on recording all the time.

But yeah I tend to start off the week so intense with work and stuff like that

that by Thursday my brain is just like done. I'm not in work mode right now. I have to keep

working I got stuff that I need to do, but my brain's like, no, don't do it. Just stare at that wall for 20 minutes, thinking about other things instead. So that's where I'm at today. But this is good. The kids are out at the park. I got a little bit of time to get this

episode recorded without any screaming in the background, which I know occasionally happens on these episodes.

On that note though I do I have noticed in like YouTube videos,

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