Episode 323: Generational Trauma & Motivation to Find Work
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Hey, everyone! Thanks for your patience in waiting an extra day for the show this week. Seems like everyone is having a weird week, myself included. Mercury must be in reverse cowgirl again or something. ANYWAYS! Here are the questions covered in this episode:
- How can I help my parents heal and set boundaries without ruining my own mental health?
- I am losing energy and motivation to search for jobs. What can I do?
As always, you can send me questions to the show to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode323
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp head over to http://betterhelp.com/duff to get 10% off your first month of online therapy!
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| 0:00.0 | when I'm working with people in therapy I sometimes describe these generational issues as sort of a top-down way like if you're thinking of like the family tree, think of it like roots going down and down and down, right? |
| 0:11.0 | And the generations above you, you know know when they don't work on their issues |
| 0:16.4 | and do the hard work of healing themselves or breaking patterns that they |
| 0:20.3 | inherited that weight sort of is passed down to the next generation. |
| 0:24.3 | Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:27.9 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in |
| 0:32.0 | general and some of those could be |
| 0:33.4 | sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in |
| 0:37.4 | consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:41.4 | So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you |
| 0:45.1 | need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel free to feel it out, check out the |
| 0:49.6 | episode and just see what happens. If you need to skip, that okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:54.8 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 1:00.0 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 1:05.0 | So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right, |
| 1:25.0 | Hello, Friends of All Varieties, this is the Hardcore Health Podcast episode 323. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health content for real people just like you. And today I have a question answer episode. |
| 1:38.0 | Two awesome questions from listeners like yourselves. If you would like to send me a question for the show please |
| 1:44.3 | shoot me an email to duff the psych at gmail.com or you can use the contact form on |
| 1:49.7 | my website dot the psych.com and as, if you use the search bar on the website, you'll be able to find a lot of great information about all sorts of topics. So if you're wondering if I've ever answered a question about, say don't know alcoholism or abusive parents or |
| 2:07.3 | ADHD or breathing strategies throw in the search bar and see what pops up. |
| 2:12.6 | I've done a lot of stuff over the course of 323 episodes. |
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