On this episode of the Being Properly Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest reply listener questions on perfectionism, efficiency anxiousness, trauma, and relationships. They discover how early reward for being “gifted” can create a worry of failure and contribute to “failure to launch,” and share methods to shift from specializing in an idealized future to appreciating your precise self proper now. They talk about realized helplessness, the freeze response, and sensible methods to construct company and vitality to counter emotions of powerlessness. Different matters embody the variations between borderline character dysfunction and bipolar dysfunction, overcoming efficiency anxiousness, and determine which friendships are value investing in.
Key Matters
- 00:00: Introduction
- 02:30: Gifted child syndrome and worry of failure
- 08:00: Transferring from potential to presence
- 15:50: Efficiency anxiousness and perfectionism
- 18:50: Redefining success by way of course of targets
- 22:30: Realized helplessness and the freeze response
- 29:30: Reclaiming company and vitality
- 38:00: Failure to launch in maturity
- 45:00: BPD vs. Bipolar dysfunction
- 55:00: Rethinking fashionable friendship recommendation
- 1:03:34: Recap
Forrest is now writing on Substack, try his work there.


