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The Overwhelmed Brain

Washing your hands of a problem that won't go away

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni

Therapy, Emotions, Sad, Health, Mental Health, Personal, Abuse, Anxiety, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Self-improvement, Mind, Stress, Emotional, Anger, Philosophy, Divorce, Psychology, Addiction, Happiness, Happy, Development, Thinking, Success, Education, Frustration, Sadness, Manipulation, Resistance, Brain, Depression, Overwhelm, Mental

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Some problems won't go away until you walk away from them. But walking away can be hard... sometimes impossible. And sometimes it involves sacrifice. And is walking away the only answer?

Transcript

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0:00.0

These are my personal opinions always seek a professional when you're making choices about your mental health and well-being.

0:11.3

When are you going to wash your hands of that thing? When are you going to wash your hands of that job, that relationship, that commitment that you believe you need to keep.

0:23.9

I know I just burst into today's episode with that question and maybe you don't have anything

0:28.7

to wash your hands of or off.

0:31.4

I did at one time and it was my earliest relationship.

0:37.0

One of my earliest relationships.

0:38.3

I owned a property with my partner at the time and we broke up.

0:44.3

We were together for over a decade and then she left.

0:48.3

She was done.

0:49.3

She was done with the relationship.

0:51.3

I've talked about that breakup in other episodes and it's basically

0:55.7

she fell out of love and she didn't want to be with me anymore. But we had a property together.

1:01.8

We owned a condo together and after we broke up, I ended up staying and she left. So now I was in

1:10.1

this condo. My name's on the mortgage. Her name's on the mortgage.

1:15.5

And there was no chance of getting back together. That was it. And we never really talked about

1:23.0

what to do with the condo. I don't know for several weeks or maybe longer, maybe months, I don't

1:28.5

remember. And one day I just realized, well, I was questioning, what am I going to do

1:34.4

with this? What are we going to do with this? Do I sell it or do I do something else? And

1:40.1

and so that question popped up in my mind and I'm sure she was thinking about it too, but we never talked about it. And so I question popped up in my mind, and I'm sure she was thinking about it too,

1:45.7

but we never talked about it.

1:47.7

And so I brought it up one day.

1:49.1

And I asked her, you know, what are we going to do with this?

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