Episode 305: Overthinking & Embarrassment
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! I hope you have had a great week. We are back to the Q&A format this week with the following questions:
- How can I overcome my tendency to overthink constantly?
- Why do I get extremely embarrassed so often in social situations? What can I do about it?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode305
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| 0:00.0 | In these cases there are actual actions there are things that you should and can do to resolve the issue |
| 0:06.5 | So sometimes I think that overthinking might actually just be procrastination in disguise |
| 0:11.7 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:15.9 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general, |
| 0:20.1 | and some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 0:22.2 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave |
| 0:24.8 | in consuming difficult content, |
| 0:26.4 | but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:29.5 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:31.3 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, |
| 0:35.2 | but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. If you need to skip, that's |
| 0:39.2 | okay, but you know feel 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 your therapist. |
| 0:47.1 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:53.1 | So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:03.0 | Hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help |
| 1:15.7 | Podcast episode 305. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff The Psych, and |
| 1:20.8 | make mental health content for real people just like you. |
| 1:24.0 | And today we're back to the question and answer format. |
| 1:27.0 | Got a couple really good questions from listeners like yourself. |
| 1:30.0 | If you'd like to send me in a question, please send me an email to duff the psych at gmail. |
| 1:35.4 | Or use the contact page on my website, duff the psych.com. |
| 1:39.2 | And if you're ever curious about whether a topic has been covered already, just head to the website and use that |
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