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Doing a pretty straightforward Q&A session this week, with questions about polyamory, how to deal with family issues due to having bipolar disorder, and advice on living with a disability. Thanks for checking out Hardcore Self Help! You can find transcripts of the episode below.

Here are this week’s questions:

• My husband and I want to explore polyamory, but how can I get over my anxiety about him liking someone else more than me?
• How can I get my family to stop abandoning me due to my bipolar?
• What can I do now that my disability prevents me from doing the things that I used to love?

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In this episode, I do something a little different. This is a highly requested deep dive episode into the psychology of ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response. You know, those videos where people tap things and whisper on youtube? I used to make those videos. For almost 6 years, in fact.

I talk about what ASMR is and give examples from different videos. At the end, I even give you a bonus ASMR audio sample recorded by yours truly. Enjoy!

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This was a really good episode thanks to the awesome questions that I was sent in. In fact, I think this episode would be a really great one to share with your friends if you wanted to give them an example of my podcast!

Here are the questions that are covered in this episode:

• Are repressed memories real and what should you do about them?
• How do I know that I’ve fully processed recent losses in my family?
• How can I get help when I’m 15, depressed, and embarrassed?

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This episode is kind of a hybrid. It’s not quite an interview. More of a collaborative question and answer session. I sat down with my friend Skye Stifel, a school psychologist that I went to grad school with, to answer your questions about kids and adolescents. Good stuff!

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