Episode 314: Communicating with Autistic Partner & ADHD Shame
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
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šļø 12 August 2022
ā±ļø 44 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! What a week. I'm alive and well, but unfortunately things have been a bit heavy over here. I start off with a little personal update and then into the following great questions:
- My partner is autistic and talks constantly about her trauma. It's too much for me. What can I do?
- I am a woman with ADHD and have shame and anxiety because of it. How can I rebuild my self-concept?
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode314
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| 0:00.0 | And you don't need to become this sort of inflated ego, |
| 0:03.4 | unrealistically positive person, but you don't balance the scales a little bit. |
| 0:07.4 | You do a really good job of putting yourself down. |
| 0:10.6 | So injecting a little bit of this optimism or positivity isn't being, you know, |
| 0:15.4 | annoying and rosy, this is just leveling the playing field a bit and being more realistic. |
| 0:19.2 | Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple 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. |
| 0:29.2 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect |
| 0:35.2 | and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:37.2 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:38.9 | 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 |
| 0:44.6 | episode and just see what happens. If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:50.0 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:55.2 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for |
| 0:59.2 | professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:13.0 | Hello, Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self Health Podcast, episode 314. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health content for real people, just like you. |
| 1:31.6 | And today I have a question and answer episode. |
| 1:35.5 | Two really good questions today. |
| 1:37.2 | Nothing too intense or serious but I think some stuff that a lot of you guys will relate to |
| 1:41.3 | so hopefully some good tips here. |
| 1:43.6 | If you want to send me in a question for the show, please shoot me an email to Duff the Psych |
| 1:47.8 | at gmail.com or go to Duff the Psych.com and use the contact form there. And of course you can always use the search bar to see if you're to |
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