Episode 292: Reacting to My Partner's Sexual Past
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Hello, friends! This is a short and sweet episode where I answer the following question:
- I recently learned of my partner's previous threesome. I can't stop feeling disgust and anxiety from it, even though I know that's not fair. How can I deal with this?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode292
This episode is sponored by Athletic Greens. With Athletic Greens, all you need is one scoop per day in a glass of water to take in 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Head over to athleticgreens.com/duff to get a free 1 year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs along with your first purchas!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | There's a phrase that I've used in my relationship that I think can be very helpful in your case, which goes something to the effect of, |
| 0:08.0 | I want you to know that you are not doing anything wrong. |
| 0:11.0 | Just because I'm having a hard time with this, that does not mean that I judge you for it. |
| 0:14.7 | Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers. This show does cover a wide variety of topics |
| 0:20.8 | related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be |
| 0:24.0 | sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also respect and |
| 0:30.8 | 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 need to skip that's okay but you know |
| 0:43.4 | feel free to give it a shot first I also need to say that while I am a psychologist |
| 0:47.7 | I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist this is not intended to be |
| 0:51.7 | direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:56.0 | So with those said, let's great. |
| 1:03.0 | It's great. |
| 1:05.0 | Great. |
| 1:07.0 | It's great. It's great. |
| 1:08.0 | It's great. |
| 1:10.0 | It's great. |
| 1:11.0 | It's great. |
| 1:12.0 | And, All right. |
| 1:16.0 | Hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode |
| 1:20.0 | 292. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health |
| 1:25.4 | content for real people just like you. And today I have a question-and-answer |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Robert Duff, Ph.D., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Robert Duff, Ph.D. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.