Hello, all! Hope you're happyish and safeish out there. This is a two-question Q&A episode featuring the following:

• I've tried just about everything to help myself but the pandemic is making it impossible to improve my loneliness. What can I do?
• I'm worried about my boyfriend looking at hotter women on social media. What can I do about this insecurity?

As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and view the full show notes at duffthepsych.com/episode241

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Hey, friends! This is just a casual episode of me sharing about what I've been up to lately. It's a big ol' ramble about many topics including:

• My experience with the COVID vaccine
• What my newest project is
• What my days look like right now
• Balancing work, work, work, and life
• What I'm doing for fun

Next week will be a Q&A episode, so please send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com

And if you have a moment, please go check out the Giving Voice to Depression podcast!

Hello, friends! This week, I have another rapid-fire Q&A for you. I took some questions from the private Hardcore Self Help Facebook group and tackled them one by one without any planning or outlining. Hope you enjoy! Here are the questions covered:

• How do you feel about people using the term "collective PTSD"?
• What can I do when I always get scared and cancel therapy sessions?
• Are medications always necessary for severe depression?
• How can I be a caregiver with anxiety?

As always, you can send me your questions or topics for the show to duffthepsych@gmail.com 

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Hello, everyone! Hope you're treating yourselves well this week. I have a great Q&A for you with the following questions:

• I have had trouble with support groups. The competition to be the "sickest" makes me feel worse. Am I doing something wrong?
• I am having doubts about whether I should be in my graduate school program. What should I do?

As always you can send me YOUR questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and check out the full show notes at duffthepsych.com/episode238

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