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Five Ways You Can Support Someone with Anxiety

Five Ways You Can Support Someone with Anxiety

  • November 17, 2019
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Having anxiety is tough. It’s also hard to be on the sidelines when you care about someone with anxiety. The tricky thing is that often, strong anxiety actually makes it difficult for the anxious person to even know what they need from you. Anxiety can make you jump to conclusions and act in ways that you don’t want to act. So, it means the world to people that have anxiety when there are people in their life that are willing to make an effort and be a great support. In this post, I’m going to break down five great ways that you can be a great support to the people in your life that have anxiety.

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November 17, 2019 0

Episode 154: Emotional Cheating, Hypomania, Boundaries in Supporting, Mood Disorder

Episode 154: Emotional Cheating, Hypomania, Boundaries in Supporting, Mood Disorder

  • April 18, 2019
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This is a special Q&A episode in which I pull questions directly from the private Hardcore Self Help Facebook group. If you aren’t yet a member, request access at http://facebook.com/groups/hardcoreselfhelp

I took four questions from the group that cover a wide variety of topics. I think you’ll really enjoy this one.

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Episode 131: Supporting a Reluctant Partner

Episode 131: Supporting a Reluctant Partner

  • October 18, 2018
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In this episode, I take a question from someone about how they can help their romantic partner who is great most of the time but gets suicidal or violent every so often. How can she get him to go to therapy or recognize the that there are actual issues going on? I give my perspective on this question and also spend some time defining bipolar disorder. Enjoy!

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Episode 116: Communication and Support with Duff The Wife

Episode 116: Communication and Support with Duff The Wife

  • July 5, 2018
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Hello, friends! Super excited to bring my wife, Joelle, back on the podcast today. As usual, this is a super candid and honest conversation naturally flows into a variety of topics, but we broadly focused on issues related to communication and supporting one another in a relationship where one partner has significant mental health challenges. We bring our own personal experience into it and keep it super real. I hope you enjoy it.

Just a reminder: You have until 7/9/18 to enter the Kick Anxiety’s Ass giveaway. Good luck!

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The 4 Cs of Supporting Someone with a Mental Illness

The 4 Cs of Supporting Someone with a Mental Illness

  • January 8, 2018
  • Blog Post

One of the things that is difficult across the board is understanding how to support someone with mental health issues. People on the outside will say, “Let me know if you need anything!” or “I’m here for you.” Those statements are nice, but they place the burden on the person who is suffering. They may actually feel pressure to come up with a way that you can help. Then again, if you offer some specific way helping, there is no guarantee that someone will be willing to take you up on it. The bottom line is that it’s confusing and it’s hard to know the right way to help people with anxiety or depression. As a psychologist and the spouse of someone with significant mental health struggles, I have come up with a few key principles that can help you be the best supporter possible. I like to call them the 4 Cs of supporting someone with a mental illness.

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