Episode 296: Constant Paranoid Thoughts & Dealing with a Toxic Workplace
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
- I have had bipolar I for a long time, but started getting a new symptom of paranoid thoughts over the past few years. Why might this be happening?
- My workplace and coworkers are toxic, but I am a non-confrontational person. What can I do about it?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode296
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| 0:00.0 | But yeah, the bystander effect absolutely plays out in the workplace and that's tough because things get really ingrained |
| 0:05.8 | becomes a culture almost and then you know it takes somebody being brave to do something about that but once that ball gets rolling, often you're able to actually |
| 0:15.2 | make some significant change. Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple |
| 0:20.2 | disclaimers. 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. |
| 0:27.5 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:35.2 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:36.9 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel |
| 0:41.0 | free to feel it out, check out the the episode and just see what happens if you |
| 0:44.2 | need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also |
| 0:48.4 | need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your |
| 0:52.1 | therapist this is not intended to be direct medical I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:53.0 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:58.0 | So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:18.6 | All right. |
| 1:19.6 | Hello friends of all varieties. |
| 1:20.5 | This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast, Episode 196. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. |
| 1:27.0 | I make mental health content for real people, just like you. |
| 1:30.0 | And today I have a question-and- to really interesting questions from listeners like yourself. |
| 1:36.0 | If you want to send me in a question, please shoot me an email to Duff the Psych at gmail.com |
| 1:41.0 | or use the contact form on my website depth the psych |
| 1:44.2 | those are the best ways to do that always open to any type of question as you'll |
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