Episode 265: Why Am I Attracted to My Doctor & Dealing with Jealousy in Relationships
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! Looks like I have a bit of a cold, so bear with my voice and breathing in this one. Got a great Q&A with the following thought-provoking questions:
- I don't have many friends and find myself becoming attracted to my doctor. Is there something wrong with my relationship?
- How can I deal with my jealousy and insecurity in relationships?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and full show notes are at duffthepsych.com/episode265
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| 0:00.0 | And something as simple as that can just give you that little bit of pause, just that little bit of space that you need |
| 0:05.0 | to make a choice that's more in line with the person that you feel like you are and that you want to be rather than this person who kind of is driven by the jealousy and by the insecurity. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:18.6 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be |
| 0:24.3 | sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave and consuming difficult content |
| 0:29.7 | but also respect and recognize your limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never |
| 0:35.1 | be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel free to feel it out, |
| 0:40.0 | 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. |
| 0:45.7 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:50.9 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use |
| 0:54.0 | this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and |
| 0:58.0 | get into the show. 3rd All right. |
| 1:17.0 | Hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self Help Podcast, episode 265. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka The Psych. I make mental health |
| 1:26.6 | content for real people, just like you. And today I have a question and answer episode. |
| 1:31.3 | Before I get into the Q&A I should let you know I think I'm sick. I think I have a bit of a cold going so I feel a little bit tired and miserable at the time of recording this. So if you hear lower energy in my voice, that's exactly what it is. |
| 1:49.2 | I'm trying to clear my throat too much on you and all of that. I woke up this morning with a, you know, just scratchy throat and it continued throughout the day. So I kind of ruled out that it was just like, you know, sinus drippage or something like that and then I started |
| 2:05.5 | feeling a little more tingly as I tend to I get kind of tingly and achy when I'm sick and at work today which you know a good thing that we're all wearing masks. We are |
| 2:14.3 | wearing masks at my work right now, us and the patients. So you know that's helpful |
| 2:18.8 | as well so I don't have to be as worried about spreading anything regardless if it's COVID or not. |
| 2:24.8 | But yeah, so I worked today and so that was you know a full day of talking and doing a |
| 2:31.6 | lot of stuff with my voice. So right now my voice is a little bit |
| 2:36.7 | shot but I have some water here with me. Take a drink of that right now. |
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