Episode 290: Intrusive Thoughts of Harming Family & Ruminating About Therapy
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! I hope you are all doing well. In this episode, I start off with a quick update about my experience so far on Lexapro (escitalopram), an SSRI medication for anxiety. After that, I jump straight into the following super interesting questions:
- I have OCD with intrusive thoughts about harming my loved ones. What can I do about this?
- I ruminate about therapy constantly, having imaginary conversations in my head. Is that bad?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode290
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| 0:00.0 | Rather than recognizing that the thought is intrusive, that it's unwelcome and it's not in character for you, |
| 0:05.2 | and then allowing that to pass, you sometimes feel this desperate need to make it go away through your efforts. |
| 0:11.1 | Doesn't have to go away. There is no correlation between how big and scary your the show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in |
| 0:26.2 | general and some of those could be sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be |
| 0:31.1 | brave in consuming difficult content but also respect and |
| 0:34.4 | recognize your limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to |
| 0:39.5 | skip a question or an episode entirely but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. |
| 0:45.2 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:48.6 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:54.0 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:59.0 | 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-health podcast episode 290 I'm your |
| 1:25.0 | host Dr Robert Duff aka Duff the psych I make mental health content for real people |
| 1:29.6 | just like you and today we have a good question and answer episode for you. The two questions are like |
| 1:36.0 | sort of thematically linked, sort of having to do with rumination, obsession, things like that. Nothing too graphic in here at all, but yeah good stuff. So if you want to send |
| 1:46.4 | in a question to be considered for the show, shoot me an email to duff the psych at gmail.com. That's the best way to get me questions and I will consider it for the show. |
| 1:54.8 | Just a reminder I usually don't respond to questions that are sent in. I just categorize them and throw them in |
| 1:59.5 | folder and then when it's time to create an episode I go in there and browse through for questions |
| 2:03.6 | that'll be good for the episode. |
| 2:05.1 | So don't be offended if I don't get back to you or something like that. |
| 2:08.9 | If you are ever writing me for a reason that is related to say the online course or my books or something that does need my attention. |
| 2:17.0 | Unfortunately, sometimes these things do fall through the cracks rather. |
| 2:21.0 | I try to be as responsible as possible with my email, but I am human and you might need to |
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