Episode 71: Self-Criticism, "Functional" Anxiety, Forgiving Abuser
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2017
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! Just another awesome question and answer episode for you. Two short questions and one more complicated question:
- How can I overcome my self-criticism and low self-esteem?
- What does my family member mean when she says that she has "functional anxiety"?
- Do I need to forgive my abuser?
As always you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and follow my on facebook at http://facebook.com/duffthepsych
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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 ladies, |
| 0:42.0 | what is up ladies and friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self Health Podcast |
| 0:44.0 | episode 71. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm your host Dr Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California and the author of the |
| 0:49.4 | Hardcore Self Health Book Series. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome. |
| 0:52.4 | I have a little bit of a frog in my throat. I'm sorry |
| 0:54.3 | about that. Today we're just doing a normal Q&A episode. If you guys are |
| 0:58.9 | unfamiliar with the show format, I take three questions on most weeks about mental health or life or |
| 1:04.0 | psychology or anything like that and do my best to give you an answer as a |
| 1:08.0 | licensed psychologist and a normal dude. So I'm going to do that today. Please do send me in your questions to |
| 1:15.1 | duff the psych at gmail.com loving the variety of questions that I get on a |
| 1:19.6 | daily weekly basis and I'm also compiling a list of them for potential guest |
| 1:24.8 | hosts in the future. I have two guest hosts lined up for the future right now and I'm |
| 1:28.9 | looking for more so keep those coming in. Just as a reminder the guest host thing is related to my wife is |
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