All right, kiddos, this is your earmuffs warning.

This is not an over-the-top raunchy podcast, but if you've read my books, you know I'm not afraid to use some

colourful language.

We might also cover some adult topics if they come up in the questions so just be aware of that.

Finally I need to remind you that while I am a therapist I'm not your therapist so

please don't try to use this as a substitute for professional help.

Also, please don't try to sue me.

Thank you. All right. What is up, ladies, and friends of all varieties? This is the Hardcore Self-Help

Podcast episode 38. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California and the

author of the Hardcore Self-Help book series.

And this is going to be another Q&A episode

for anybody who's unfamiliar with the format.

Most episodes are me taking your questions,

and I actually take about three, well exactly three per episode and try to give you as straightforward and helpful of answers as I can.

You can send me questions about mental health, about psychology, about therapy, about life, about school, whatever you want. about

about mental health about psychology about therapy about life about school whatever you want and you can send those to me on gmail

death the psych at gmail dot gmail dot com or you can tweet them at me duff the psych on Twitter

same with Facebook and all that good stuff. I'm Deft the Psych everywhere. But yeah, so this is going to be a Q&A episode. Before I get into the questions,

I wanted to talk a little bit about my day actually so today I had like a really

shitty day it was not great like for up until what two o'clock like nothing went right for me I I woke up fine I was

running a little bit late you know I got to work and then as soon as I got up to my

office I had a testing appointment which is like a three to four hour appointment.

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