Episode 271: When to Take Suicidality Seriously & Scared of Losing Dream Job

The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hello, friends! This episode is a nice Q&A with some great listener-submitted questions. The first one involves some discussion about suicide. Although nothing graphic, just be aware of that. Here are the two questions I cover this episode:

I have had thoughts of suicide for a long time, but have never made an attempt. How do I know when to take the thoughts seriously?
I am making mistakes at my new job and it's making me anxious and giving me insomnia. This is causing me to make more mistakes and I'm afraid I'm going to lose my job. How can I break this cycle?

As always, you can send me your questions to [email protected] and full show notes are at duffthepsych.com/episode271

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0:00.0	I think at a baseline level it's super important for you to recognize that this is just a job.
0:05.0	It truly is. I know it's important to you but please understand this is just a job.
0:10.0	It's one job, possibly among many you will have in this field or others.
0:15.0	It's not the end-all-be-all.
0:17.0	It is something that you wanted and it's something that you want to succeed at,
0:20.0	and you very well may succeed at, but it's not do or die. It's not everything. It's just a job.
0:26.7	Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers.
0:30.6	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.
0:37.0	I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations.
0:44.4	So please use your best judgment.
0:46.1	I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel
0:50.2	free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens.
0:53.3	If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know, feel free to give it a shot first.
0:57.3	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
1:04.8	you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said, let's go ahead and
1:09.3	get into the show. So. All right.
1:25.0	Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Health Health
1:30.6	Podcast episode 271.
1:33.4	I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.
1:36.2	I make mental health content for real people, just like you.
1:40.0	And we have a question and answer episode today.
1:43.9	I'm doing pretty well myself.
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