there's a sense that you should fall into these neat categories in relationships in that

you're only supposed to have a close and deep feeling for somebody if the goal is to see how long that can

possibly last, right? That's what the relationship escalator means. You start seeing them casually, you get more serious, then you commit, and then you commit further, then you have kids, and you get property together, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in

consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your

limitations. So please use your best judgment. 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 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 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 direct

medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help.

So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. Hello, friends Hello Friends of All Varieties.

This is the Hardcore Health Health Podcast episode 351.

I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.

I make mental health content for real people just like you and today we have a question

and answer episode.

I have two really good questions from listeners like yourselves.

If you would like to send me in a question for a future episode of the show, I encourage you to do so. Please shoot me an email to

depp the sec at email.com. As well, the contact form on my website should be nice and functional

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