Episode 386: Starting Dating in 30s & Navigating BPD in the UK

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Hello friends!

In today’s episode, we delve into two deeply personal and impactful listener questions, uncovering layers of self-discovery, acceptance, and the ongoing journey towards healing and love:

Embarking on a Journey of Self-Discovery and Love: A 32-year-old male shares his transformative journey from battling addiction and isolation to embracing therapy, wellness, and the realization of his deep desire for love and intimacy. Facing fears of rejection, exploring his sexuality, and stepping into the dating scene, he seeks guidance and affirmation that it's never too late to find love and form meaningful connections.
Navigating Mental Health Challenges in the UK: A listener from the UK expresses frustration with the mental health support system, revealing a recent diagnosis of BPD after years of being treated for depression. Despite facing suicidality and feeling abandoned by the healthcare system, they search for hope and strategies to cope with the intense highs and lows of BPD, highlighting the urgent need for compassionate and effective mental health care.

As always, you can send me questions to [email protected] and find the full show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode386.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody. I have a very interesting episode for you today.
0:03.6	In this episode I cover two listener questions.
0:06.4	The first one is from somebody who missed out on a lot of their development romantically
0:11.6	when it comes to dating because of some things that they were going through.
0:15.0	And now they're a little bit older and trying to get into the dating scene, but it feels very intimidating.
0:20.0	So we talk about all sorts of things related to that.
0:22.0	The second question is about somebody that's struggling. So we talk about all sorts of things related to that.
0:22.6	The second question is about somebody that's struggling with borderline
0:25.6	personality disorder in the UK.
0:28.2	And in this question, the topic of suicidality
0:31.3	and suicide attempts comes up. We don't talk about anything graphic or in detail, but I do use the term suicide and the term suicidality quite a bit in answering the question, so just be aware of that. But in this we talk about kind of
0:44.2	creative ways to perhaps get a higher level of care or a different type of care for
0:49.0	BPD in this person's context. So I hope you enjoy and yeah let's get to it. This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff.
1:08.8	I'm a Clinical Psychologist and a Healthhelp author from Southern California.
1:13.4	My goal is to make mental health content for real people, just like you.
1:17.3	And in this show I answer your questions or dive deep into topics related to life, psychology,
1:22.0	mental health relationships, and more.
1:24.0	Please be aware that sometimes I use some spicy language,
1:28.0	and I also don't shy away from sensitive topics,
1:30.0	but I will try to give you a content warning whenever it's relevant.
1:33.0	So if all this sounds good to you, let's get started.
1:38.0	All right, hello friends of all varieties.
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