Episode 347: Contamination OCD vs COVID Safety & Violated Consent in a Relationship
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
- Should I get treatment for my excessive concerns about germs and contamination? How can I re-engage socially with the continuing concerns about COVID-19?
- My partner violated my consent and sexual boundaries repeatedly, but they seem sorry and I still love them. What can I do?
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode347
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| 0:00.0 | Consent is all about respecting each person's autonomy and boundaries in assuring that everybody who is participating is willing and enthusiastic. |
| 0:08.5 | So as I mentioned just there, consent needs to be enthusiastic, right? |
| 0:11.5 | Meaning it's not like, I so or if you if you really have to. |
| 0:15.6 | Enthusiastic, a yes. Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple |
| 0:20.6 | 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 in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:35.6 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:37.2 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel free |
| 0:41.6 | to feel it out, check out the episode, and just see what happens. |
| 0:44.4 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:48.4 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist, and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:53.7 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice, |
| 0:55.9 | and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:59.1 | So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All Right. |
| 1:18.2 | All Right. |
| 1:19.2 | Hello Friends of All Varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help |
| 1:21.5 | Podcast episode 347. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm your with Dr Robert Duff, aka Deaf to Psych. |
| 1:26.8 | I make mental health content for real people, just like you. |
| 1:29.6 | And today I have a question and answer episode. |
| 1:32.4 | I have two really awesome questions from |
| 1:34.1 | listeners like yourselves. Before I get into them I want to give a bit of a |
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