When you don't want to accept that thing they do

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

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🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Why is it so hard to strike a balance between supporting someone's goals and managing our own reactions? Sometimes, we have to traverse a tightrope walk of love and support without the comfort of a safety net. When you want to love someone but they make it hard because of a habit or behavior they're doing, you might have no choice but to make a hard choice for yourself.

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0:00.0	You know one way to show someone you love them is to let them be themselves.
0:04.0	Oh wait, that's huge! Why isn't everyone doing this? I tell you why in my other
0:09.1	podcasts Love and Abuse over at love and abuse.com
0:12.4	Welcome to the overwhelmedwhelmed Brain, where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for you
0:17.0	so that you can create the life you want now.
0:20.0	Welcome to the show.
0:21.0	My name is Paul Kolyani and I'm here to help you learn to deal with difficult people and tackle life's challenges without compromising who you are.
0:29.0	This show consists of my personal opinions and is meant for informational purposes only, always seek a professional
0:34.6	for your mental health and well-being.
0:37.9	What an interesting message I received recently.
0:42.4	This person wrote, she is focused about her weight loss. I am not. My
0:48.3	girlfriend and I made years ago, she was not skinny, she wasn't overweight, but now she's focusing a lot on her weight loss looking
0:56.3	less attractive to me and starting to acquire the aggressiveness of, I won't read what he wrote, but she's becoming aggressive like somebody who wants to lose weight all the time.
1:08.0	I guess that's what he means.
1:10.0	And he asks, how do I tell her to stop obsessing about this crap?
1:15.0	Thank you for sharing that.
1:18.0	And it sounds like you're irritated.
1:21.0	It sounds like you are not liking the way you are irritated. It sounds like you are not liking the way you see her. And so here's my advice. You tell
1:30.6	her if this is what you want. I support you 100%.
1:37.0	Oh, I feel so. I know what you're thinking. I don't want to tell her that. I don't want her to do this. I don't want her to obsess like this.
1:47.0	Why do you think she's obsessing?
1:50.0	Why do you think that she's suddenly on this kick?
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