Trauma is not the event that happens to you. It is the body's response to the event.

So it is crucial that as therapists, when we're listening to a client's story,

that we don't label something as traumatizing just because it seems

Completely earth-shattering to us

Because we have power even if we really try to be on the same plane as our clients,

we do have power and our power can impact how a client holds their story. 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. All right.

Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Health Help Podcast episode 256.

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

I make mental health content for real people just like you and today I do not have a question and answer episode. I actually have a interview.

Now this is not a new interview. This was an interview that I posted back in

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