Episode 371: Is This Cheating?, Annoyed at Phones, & Meds Before Therapy
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! I hope everyone is well.
In today's insightful episode, we dive deep into two thought-provoking listener questions that touch on feelings of regret after a relationship and the challenges of adapting to a technology-driven society:
The Complexities of Relationships & BPD
A 27-year-old male grapples with feelings of regret after rekindling a relationship with an ex-partner diagnosed with BPD.
- We discuss the intricate nature of relationships with individuals diagnosed with BPD, emphasizing understanding, compassion, and communication.
- Highlighting the importance of self-awareness and personal boundaries when navigating the potential of re-entering a relationship.
- Shedding light on the challenges of revisiting past connections and the role of personal growth and change.
Navigating a Technology-Driven World
A listener shares their post-pandemic struggles with adapting to a world where mobile phones dominate social interactions.
- We explore the societal shift towards digital interactions and the challenges of feeling disconnected in an ever-connected world.
- Addressing feelings of annoyance with public cell phone usage and ways to reframe our perspective for better adaptability.
- Questioning medical advice and advocating for the importance of therapy as an initial treatment approach.
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com, and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode371.
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| 0:00.0 | Total bullshit. That's really not how it works and if that is indeed what your doctor was saying |
| 0:07.6 | if you're in the United States they're completely wrong not how it works. |
| 0:11.1 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:15.0 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general, |
| 0:20.0 | and some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 0:22.0 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in |
| 0:24.6 | consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations. So please use your |
| 0:30.0 | best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, |
| 0:34.7 | but feel free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. If you need to skip, that's |
| 0:38.9 | 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. |
| 0:46.8 | This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for |
| 0:51.3 | professional help. So with those said let's go ahead |
| 0:54.1 | and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:03.0 | Hello, friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Health Help Podcast episode 371. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. |
| 1:20.0 | I make mental health content for real people just like you and today I have a |
| 1:24.1 | question and answer episode. If you would like to send me a question for the show |
| 1:28.2 | please send me an email to duff the psych at gmail.com. Some of you have recently emailed with you know several |
| 1:34.6 | questions in one email which is totally fine I'll just keep those and if there's |
| 1:39.0 | another episode where a question that you had asked that I haven't gotten to yet would apply. I'll just go back and you know |
| 1:44.7 | plug that in. So that's totally fine and you guys have done a great job of sending in questions recently so I very very much appreciate it. |
| 1:56.6 | Nothing too extremely intense in this episode, just two really interesting questions of different varieties. I did want to |
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