Episode 62: Self-Harm as Coping, Depression as an Excuse, Recurring Depression
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends. We are back to the Q&A this week. Thanks so much for your super awesome feedback on the last episode with my wife. If you'd like to hear more from her, let me know! At the start I ramble a little bit about the importance of advertising and allowing me to make a living so that I can continue to put all this work in for free. Here are the amazing questions that we go through in this episode:
- Am I using my depression as an excuse? Should I be better by now?
- Is it normal to feel like my depression keeps recurring?
- What should I do about my self-harm when I feel like it's a normal coping mechanism?
As always you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and hit me up on social @duffthepsych!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, kiddos, this is your earmuffs warning. |
| 0:02.8 | This is not an over-the-top raunchy podcast, but if you've read my books, you know I'm not afraid |
| 0:07.2 | to use some colorful language. |
| 0:09.5 | We might also cover some adult topics if they come up in the questions so just be aware of that. |
| 0:14.9 | Finally I need to remind you that while I am a therapist I'm not your therapist so |
| 0:19.6 | please don't try to use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:23.0 | Also, please don't try to sue me. |
| 0:26.0 | Thank you. All right, what is up? |
| 0:33.0 | Ladies, gentlemen and friends of all varieties, this is this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode 62. |
| 0:45.7 | I'm your host, Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California and the author of the Hardcore Self-Help |
| 0:50.8 | book series. |
| 0:52.2 | And thank you for joining me today. |
| 0:53.8 | Today we got a Q&A episode for you. |
| 0:55.8 | So just three great questions that you guys sent into me. |
| 0:59.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:59.6 | I had the awesome problem again of having just so many awesome questions to choose from so |
| 1:04.3 | thank you for that I love having that problem you guys are really generous and |
| 1:09.6 | trusting and curious with your questions and I love it. It's great. It's really a |
| 1:15.2 | collaboration between you guys and I so I thank you for you know holding up your |
| 1:19.3 | side of the bargain and I will try to hold up mine. First off before I get into the questions, I did want to say thanks so much for all the awesome feedback about last episode, episode 61. |
| 1:30.0 | That was with my wife Joelle and I interviewed her which was totally a cool |
| 1:33.6 | experience we had a really good conversation and we you know we talk all the time we |
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