I Hope I’m Wrong Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:57:30 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2553449 en-us © 2026 I Hope I’m Wrong yes 80d57771-739a-5868-affc-082e17c1ea7e Robert Doty episodic true A personal-as-I-can-be podcast about navigating the challenges and complexities of life with ADHD, anxiety, and childhood trauma, and trying to become a better human being along the way.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Robert Doty https://storage.buzzsprout.com/9bqbdw20qlpoc1lu44o1710n5hk8?.jpg I Hope I’m Wrong Resurface Resurface Think of this as a little bonus epilogue, a catch-up of sorts, bringing the podcast up to date and setting up the second season of the show.

]]> Think of this as a little bonus epilogue, a catch-up of sorts, bringing the podcast up to date and setting up the second season of the show.

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18637505 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0800 432 1 9 full true ... and the Collapse ... and the Collapse In the final-ish episode of the season, I explore the moment when reality finally sets in: where coping mechanisms stop working, and you're forced to accept the reality of your life being changed. 

]]> In the final-ish episode of the season, I explore the moment when reality finally sets in: where coping mechanisms stop working, and you're forced to accept the reality of your life being changed. 

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18637085 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0800 948 1 8 full true When We Carry What Isn't Ours When We Carry What Isn't Ours This episode is all about accountability. 

What it is. What it isn't. How simple and important accountability is for us to find happiness, and why an overwhelming amount of people choose to spend their lives running from it instead of facing it. 

]]> This episode is all about accountability. 

What it is. What it isn't. How simple and important accountability is for us to find happiness, and why an overwhelming amount of people choose to spend their lives running from it instead of facing it. 

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18536984 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0800 1616 1 7 full true The Signal Fire The Signal Fire In this episode, we explore the topic of anger. What it is. Why it happens. Why our society insists on treating anger as something to be suppressed, and what the cost is when we do so. 

]]> In this episode, we explore the topic of anger. What it is. Why it happens. Why our society insists on treating anger as something to be suppressed, and what the cost is when we do so. 

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18465156 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0800 1034 1 6 full true The Shadow Of Safety The Shadow Of Safety In Episode 5 of "I Hope I'm Wrong", we discuss the other side of shame: Not the ways we hide ourselves, but how it can affect the parts of us we choose to show the world. How our shadow can literally shape the person we see in the mirror, creating a "safe" version of ourselves, while denying us the opportunity to be loved and accepted for who we truly are.

]]> In Episode 5 of "I Hope I'm Wrong", we discuss the other side of shame: Not the ways we hide ourselves, but how it can affect the parts of us we choose to show the world. How our shadow can literally shape the person we see in the mirror, creating a "safe" version of ourselves, while denying us the opportunity to be loved and accepted for who we truly are.

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18426914 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0800 1145 1 5 full true From The Rooftops From The Rooftops Why do we often leave the most important truths unsaid? Why do we sing quietly, love tepidly, and let shame narrate our story?

This one is all about why even we, the certified yappers and compulsive oversharers, find ourselves telling people all about our story and our hurts... while still leaving out the parts we truly need to be able to tell.

]]> Why do we often leave the most important truths unsaid? Why do we sing quietly, love tepidly, and let shame narrate our story?

This one is all about why even we, the certified yappers and compulsive oversharers, find ourselves telling people all about our story and our hurts... while still leaving out the parts we truly need to be able to tell.

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18400435 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0800 1257 1 4 full true My Kobayashi Maru My Kobayashi Maru Sometimes we find ourselves in a lose-lose situation, a place we know that we aren't supposed to be, that we know isn't quite right. Sometimes, we choose to stay anyways.

"My Kobayashi Maru" is the story of my realizations around lose-lose situations, what staying in them costs us, and what we can do when we end up in one.

]]> Sometimes we find ourselves in a lose-lose situation, a place we know that we aren't supposed to be, that we know isn't quite right. Sometimes, we choose to stay anyways.

"My Kobayashi Maru" is the story of my realizations around lose-lose situations, what staying in them costs us, and what we can do when we end up in one.

]]> Robert Doty Buzzsprout-18357159 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0800 1241 1 3 full true Shapes and Colors Shapes and Colors In this episode, I step back from the narrative (gotta build that tension!) and introduce myself properly. Not the polished version, just the real one. ADHD, anxiety, attachment wounds, and CPTSD all shape the way I move through the world, and they shape the story I’m telling here.

I talk about what it means to start a podcast from the middle of a life collapse, why my brain operates in patterns and hypervigilance, and why the title I Hope I’m Wrong captures the way so many of us live: hoping the bad signs aren’t what we think they are, even when they usually are.

This episode is about connection, honesty, and learning to speak your story out loud... even when it scares the hell out of you.

]]> In this episode, I step back from the narrative (gotta build that tension!) and introduce myself properly. Not the polished version, just the real one. ADHD, anxiety, attachment wounds, and CPTSD all shape the way I move through the world, and they shape the story I’m telling here.

I talk about what it means to start a podcast from the middle of a life collapse, why my brain operates in patterns and hypervigilance, and why the title I Hope I’m Wrong captures the way so many of us live: hoping the bad signs aren’t what we think they are, even when they usually are.

This episode is about connection, honesty, and learning to speak your story out loud... even when it scares the hell out of you.

]]> Robert Buzzsprout-18322867 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0800 1261 1 2 full true The Swell... The Swell... Welcome to the beginning of this whole thing. This episode isn’t about heartbreak so much as the moments before heartbreak... the slow-building warning signs we pretend aren’t there, the excuses we make for people we care about, the tiny ways we lose ourselves a little at a time.

]]> Welcome to the beginning of this whole thing. This episode isn’t about heartbreak so much as the moments before heartbreak... the slow-building warning signs we pretend aren’t there, the excuses we make for people we care about, the tiny ways we lose ourselves a little at a time.

]]> Robert Buzzsprout-18322850 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0800 881 1 1 full true