Episode 365: Getting Autism Diagnosis as an Adult & Living with Partner's PTSD
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hello, all! I hope that you are staying healthy and safe. In this episode, I cover two very interesting questions.
In the first, someone has been through almost every treatment for depression and anxiety under the sun, yet they still struggle. Their therapist suggested that they may be on the autism spectrum and the person is wondering whether it would be useful to get an evaluation. We discuss the potential benefits as well as how to go about finding (and affording) an evaluation.
Next, someone has PTSD from their partner's PTSD reactions. Their partner is a war veteran with multiple brain injuries and the question-asker is wondering how they can stay afloat mentally when their partner does not get help. We talk about ways to avoid codependence, how to establish boundaries, and when to call it quits.
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode365
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| 0:00.0 | It can seem like a subtle distinction between those two, but if you were to treat social anxiety the way that other people do, |
| 0:05.3 | when it's really driven by the autism, you might feel like you're not trying hard enough to improve |
| 0:10.8 | or you're doing something wrong, when in reality it's just kind of trying to fix the wrong |
| 0:14.8 | problem. |
| 0:15.8 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:19.6 | 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. |
| 0:26.0 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:33.0 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:35.0 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, |
| 0:39.0 | but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. |
| 0:42.0 | If you need to skip, that's okay, but, you know, feel |
| 0:44.3 | free to give it a shot first. |
| 0:46.3 | I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. |
| 0:51.6 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should |
| 0:54.0 | not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and |
| 0:58.3 | get into the show. Oh, it's great. All right. |
| 1:15.0 | Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Health Help Podcast episode 365. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych, I make mental health |
| 1:25.3 | content for real people just like you. And today I have a really good question |
| 1:29.4 | and answer episode with very interesting questions from listeners like yourselves. |
| 1:34.0 | If you would like to send me in a question for a future episode of the show, |
| 1:37.0 | please send me an email to Duff the Psych at Gmail.com, |
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