You also don't want to use non-monogamy as a way to sort of justify cheating, like if you've already started doing this and you want to have a pass to do it.

Like that's not appropriate.

So doing it from a solid baseline

is where you want to be.

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

257. 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 am doing a question answer,

but with a little twist to it.

Now, I've mentioned before that I don't normally

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