Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about trauma and its impact on personality, boundaries, anger, and burnout. They discuss how to distinguish the authentic self from the patterns we needed to learn to survive, how to balance duty to self with duty to others, and how to work with explosive anger by first joining with it. Finally, they discuss the importance of moving from empathic distress to compassion in order to prevent caregiver fatigue. Topics include cognitive defusion, taking a bird’s eye view, filling your own cup, and being with your feelings without judging them.

Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
01:30: Question 1: Trauma or Personality?
07:53: Question 2: Managing Boundaries with a Depressed Partner
28:32: Question 3: Dealing with Explosive Anger
37:45: Question 4: How to Prevent Caregiver Fatigue
47:16: Recap

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