Episode 272: Explaining Mental Health to Your Partner & Getting Out of a COVID Rut
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hello, all! So... I'm an idiot and had to record this episode twice. Oops. BUT I'm super glad to be releasing this. I answered the following awesome questions in this episode:
- I have depression, OCD, PTSD, etc. and I have no idea how to explain all of this to my partner without overwhelming them. What do I do?
- How can I get out of my pandemic rut when I have lost my zest for life and school?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and show notes are available at duffthepsych.com/episode272
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| 0:00.0 | And sometimes it can be minimizing, right? It's like, no, I wasn't anxious, you were just being a dick and I was mad at you for that, right? |
| 0:07.6 | That's totally valid, but they might be like, oh no, you know, I didn't do anything well. I that it was just you know you're anxious you have |
| 0:14.3 | anxiety or maybe I reminded you of somebody so it was really triggering for you and I understand |
| 0:20.0 | and you're like no like take some responsibility for this. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm allowed to feel upset about things. |
| 0:25.1 | Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:28.8 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those |
| 0:33.9 | could be sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in |
| 0:38.2 | consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:42.9 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:44.7 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely. |
| 0:48.5 | But feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. |
| 0:51.8 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know feel |
| 0:53.8 | 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 |
| 0:59.6 | your therapist. This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use |
| 1:03.9 | this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and |
| 1:07.8 | get into the show. Oh, it's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, |
| 1:15.0 | great, great, |
| 1:16.0 | great, |
| 1:17.0 | and great, |
| 1:18.0 | and great, |
| 1:19.0 | and great, |
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