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The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

This is a podcast dedicated to answering your questions about mental health, anxiety, depression, relationships, sex, and life WITHOUT psychobabble BS. I am Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California, but I'm also a regular dude who legitimately wants to help out. I wrote the best selling books Hardcore Self Help: F**k Depression and Hardcore Self Help: F**K Anxiety. Those are available at http://hardcoreselfhelp.com

Mental Health Psychology Advice Health & Fitness Education
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
40 minutes
Episodes
441
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Episode 259: Supporting a Grieving Parent & Returning to Work After a Mental Health Break

Episode 259: Supporting a Grieving Parent & Returning to Work After a Mental Health Break

Hello, friends! I hope you are taking great care of yourselves this week. To be honest, I've seen a lot of people having a bit of a hard time. If you are in this camp, I see you! This episode feature…

00:47:16  |   Fri 02 Jul 2021
Episode 258: Rapid Fire Q&A Part 2 - Coping with Emotional Content, Relationship Expectations, and more!

Episode 258: Rapid Fire Q&A Part 2 - Coping with Emotional Content, Relationship Expectations, and more!

Hello, friends! Back with part 2 of the rapid fire Q&A. There were so many awesome questions on my original post that I couldn't stop with one episode. Here are the questions I cover:

  • Hi Duff, you’v…
00:46:04  |   Fri 25 Jun 2021
Episode 257: Rapid Fire Q&A - Making New Friends, Seeking Good Advice, Panic or Heart Attack, and More!

Episode 257: Rapid Fire Q&A - Making New Friends, Seeking Good Advice, Panic or Heart Attack, and More!

Hello, all! In this episode, I am doing some rapid fire question and answer from a prompt that I threw up on Instagram. Please enjoy! 

If you have a question for the podcast that you'd like me to con…

00:51:58  |   Fri 18 Jun 2021
Episode 256: Trauma Misconceptions and Posttraumatic Growth with Dr. Laura Copley

Episode 256: Trauma Misconceptions and Posttraumatic Growth with Dr. Laura Copley

Hello, friends! This episode is a re-post of an interview I did a couple years ago with the amazing Dr. Laura Copley. Dr. Copley is a trauma specialist and talks all about PTSD, trauma misconceptions…

00:53:13  |   Fri 11 Jun 2021
Episode 255: St. John's Wort for Depression & Sleep Anxiety After Flu

Episode 255: St. John's Wort for Depression & Sleep Anxiety After Flu

Hello, friends! I hope you're having a really good week. Enjoyed making this episode for you. The questions here have somewhat of a theme. Here are the questions I take:

  • I don't have access to psych…
00:45:04  |   Fri 04 Jun 2021
Episode 254: Reliving Trauma Through Avoidant Personality Disorder & Desperation, Parenting and Life with Major Depressive Disorder

Episode 254: Reliving Trauma Through Avoidant Personality Disorder & Desperation, Parenting and Life with Major Depressive Disorder

Hello, all! Hopefully you are doing well and sleeping better than I have been recently. Yikes. This episode is another Q&A with some awesome and vulnerable listener-submitted questions. Here's what I…

00:42:02  |   Fri 28 May 2021
Episode 253: The Impact of Misdiagnosis & Recognizing Depression

Episode 253: The Impact of Misdiagnosis & Recognizing Depression

Hello, friends! After a little (big) ramble about the hardest part in my job as a neuropsychologist, I answer the following questions:

  • Can bipolar misdiagnosis make symptoms worse? Can bipolar be ma…
01:05:39  |   Fri 21 May 2021
Episode 252: Divorcing Someone Who is Depressed & Going Back to College After 30

Episode 252: Divorcing Someone Who is Depressed & Going Back to College After 30

Hello, friends! After a long ramble about some terribly nerdy stuff, I get into two really good listener questions today. Here's what I cover:

  • My spouse claims that I am the cause of their depressio…
00:37:07  |   Fri 14 May 2021
Episode 251: Work Burnout Trauma & Adult Autism Suspicions

Episode 251: Work Burnout Trauma & Adult Autism Suspicions

Hello, all! In this episode, I answer two questions submitted by awesome listeners like yourself. I hope you enjoy and that you're taking great care of yourself.

Here are the questions:

  • Can you get …
00:40:22  |   Fri 07 May 2021
Episode 250: The Ethics of Placebo & Coping with Career Grief

Episode 250: The Ethics of Placebo & Coping with Career Grief

Hello, friends! Straightforward Q&A for you today. Here's what I cover:

  • My grandma is taking a supplement that is clearly just placebo. Is this okay?
  • Is it normal to feel grief at the end of a caree…
00:37:31  |   Fri 30 Apr 2021
Episode 249: Feeling Bad About Feeling Good & Suicide Jealousy

Episode 249: Feeling Bad About Feeling Good & Suicide Jealousy

Hello, all! Please excuse my mistake with the episode number. Bah! I also was perhaps a little delirious, but that just adds to the flavor... right?? 

In this Q&A, I answer the following:

  • Every time…
00:36:02  |   Fri 23 Apr 2021
Episode 248: Getting Personal Responding to My Own Journal Prompts

Episode 248: Getting Personal Responding to My Own Journal Prompts

Hello, everyone! In this episode, I sit down and have a go at my own journal prompts from the 100 Free Journal Prompts on my website. Some of my responses are entertaining and straight forward... oth…

00:55:47  |   Fri 16 Apr 2021
Episode 247: Health Anxiety During a Pandemic & Suicidality in Children

Episode 247: Health Anxiety During a Pandemic & Suicidality in Children

Hello, friends! Got another Q&A episode for you. The 2nd question in here could be potentially triggering to some, so please be aware of that. It doesn't go into anything explicit, but the topic is s…

00:41:35  |   Fri 09 Apr 2021
Episode 246: Are Trauma Details Necessary in Therapy & Supporting Someone with BPD

Episode 246: Are Trauma Details Necessary in Therapy & Supporting Someone with BPD

Hello, you beautiful people! Today I have a question and answer episode with two great questions sent in by listeners like you. Quick update before that.

I'm current working on a Hardcore Self Help w…

00:39:41  |   Fri 02 Apr 2021
Episode 245: Working Through a Complicated Break Up Alone & Confidentiality in Therapy

Episode 245: Working Through a Complicated Break Up Alone & Confidentiality in Therapy

Hello, friends! Got a Q&A for you today that is actually just one two-part question. Stay tuned next week for a freebie update!

Here's two-part question:

  • I'm going through a breakup in a complicated…
00:30:04  |   Fri 26 Mar 2021
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Episode 244: "Accidental" Overdose & Becoming a Psychologist with Bipolar

Hello, friends! I hope you're having a really good week. This is a Q&A episode with two really important questions. The first one talks about a suicide attempt in a non-graphic way. I wanted to let y…

00:41:37  |   Fri 19 Mar 2021
Episode 243: Exploring Bisexuality in Marriage & Postpartum Anxiety During COVID

Episode 243: Exploring Bisexuality in Marriage & Postpartum Anxiety During COVID

Hello, friends! Sorry in advance that the audio is a tiny bit blown out in this one. Hopefully you don't notice, but something weird was going on with my audio interface. 

ANYWAYS... got a great epis…

00:32:54  |   Fri 12 Mar 2021
Episode 242: Not Getting Better Fast Enough, COVID Financial Worries, Working on Yourself During Breakup

Episode 242: Not Getting Better Fast Enough, COVID Financial Worries, Working on Yourself During Breakup

Hello, friends! In this episode, I take a few shorter questions covering some amazing topics such as:

  • Will my psychiatrist or therapist drop me for not getting better fast enough?
  • What can I do abou…
00:42:26  |   Fri 05 Mar 2021
Episode 241: Coping with Loneliness & Negative Self Perceptions and Insecurities

Episode 241: Coping with Loneliness & Negative Self Perceptions and Insecurities

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 impo…
00:40:44  |   Fri 26 Feb 2021
Episode 240: What I've Been Up To Lately

Episode 240: What I've Been Up To Lately

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 pr…
00:46:41  |   Fri 19 Feb 2021
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