Episode 340: OCD vs Psychosis & Finding a GOOD Therapist
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! I hope you enjoy this awesome Q&A episode featuring the following listener questions:
- Why do my intrusive thoughts from OCD seem to impact the environment, such as the television?
- How can I find a therapist that is awesome like you? I am on my fourth try with no luck.
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode340
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| 0:00.0 | So there's a disorder that's called exploding head syndrome. |
| 0:04.0 | It sounds really scary, right? |
| 0:06.0 | Your head doesn't literally explode, but it's a |
| 0:09.0 | parasomia, so it's like a sleep disorder in which you know some people when they're starting to |
| 0:14.1 | transition into or out of sleep they hear a really loud sound. Hey everybody before we |
| 0:19.1 | 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. |
| 0:28.0 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave and consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:35.2 | So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an |
| 0:40.0 | episode entirely, but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. |
| 0:44.5 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:48.6 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be |
| 0:54.7 | direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with |
| 0:59.6 | those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:18.5 | All right. |
| 1:19.5 | Hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help |
| 1:21.7 | Podcast episode 340. |
| 1:23.4 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff the Psych. |
| 1:26.4 | I make mental health content for real people just like you. |
| 1:29.8 | And today I have a question and answer episode for you. |
| 1:33.0 | Two really good questions. |
| 1:35.0 | Nothing, you know, too intense in terms of potentially triggering things I don't believe. |
| 1:40.0 | But definitely some interesting questions that I'm happy to answer here. but definitely |
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