Episode 385: Obsessing Over New Relationships & Recovering from Sexual Assault

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Hello, friends!

In today’s episode, we tackle two profound listener questions that may resonate with many of you:

Navigating Romantic Relationships and Self-Esteem: A listener seeks advice on managing the anxiety and self-doubt that accompany new romantic relationships. We discuss the concept of "correct rejections" and explore strategies for nurturing a healthy sense of self-esteem, such as focusing on personal growth and savoring moments of joy.

Overcoming Trauma and Self-Doubt: Another listener shares their struggle with self-doubt stemming from a traumatic experience. We emphasize the importance of self-compassion and challenge the stigma associated with seeking help. We discuss the benefits of therapy and self-help resources, as well as the empowering nature of setting challenges and connecting with others.

As always, you can send me questions to [email protected] and find the full show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode385

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0:17.0	Hello everybody. On this episode of the show I take two listener questions. The first one is from somebody who finds themselves kind of obsessing over new relationships or potential relationships to the point that they wonder if they are relying on them for happiness. So we talk about when this is and is not a problem as well as some things that can be done to rectify the situation. The second one is one with
0:25.8	somebody who has been through sexual assault and they're having a hard time
0:29.6	with it again after years and they want some advice about that. We don't get into specifics
0:34.1	about the assault but I do use the term several times during the answering that
0:38.5	question so be aware of that. Anyways let's go ahead and get into it.
0:43.0	This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast. I'm your host Dr. Robert Deaf. I'm a clinical psychologist and a
0:59.4	Health Help author from Southern California. My goal is to make mental health content for real people
1:04.3	just like you and in this show I answer your questions or dive deep into topics
1:08.8	related to life, psychology, shy away from and more.
1:13.0	Please be aware that sometimes I use some spicy language
1:16.0	and I also don't shy away from sensitive topics,
1:19.0	but I will try to give you a content warning
1:21.0	whenever it's relevant.
1:22.0	So if all this sounds good to you, let's get started.
1:27.6	All right, hello friends of all varieties. Thank you for joining me for episode
1:30.9	3.85 of the podcast. I have been at home this week with COVID.
1:37.5	Man it finally got me. You know technically I had tested positives before at some point at least once but I've never had
1:46.8	symptoms before and so this is the first time in the whole you know pandemic that I've ever had symptoms and
1:54.5	I've been doing okay it hasn't been too too bad I've been getting weird stuff like this crank in my neck that hasn't
1:59.3	gone away that's been very painful today actually I didn't notice but I think it's pretty much gone and then like you know
2:07.6	burning sinuses and stuff like that. I haven't lost my sense of taste which is great or
2:11.9	smell which is amazing.
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