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Nae! posted:Now imagine you've accomplished all of those things and you hate your spouse, you're underwater on your house, and every day in your job makes you want to hurl yourself off the roof. well without getting too much into the weeds of it i have a terrified fear over being over the hill at 36 without much accomplished and my looks diminishing and my body wrecked already and it doesnt paint a good picture for the future
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Mar 25, 2019 15:23
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Nae! posted:Now imagine you've accomplished all of those things and you hate your spouse, you're underwater on your house, and every day in your job makes you want to hurl yourself off the roof. yeah I did this for 38 years before I realized the long slow death march towards team lead literally was killing me I dropped back into a garbage contractor role and I’ve never been happier it’s easy to say follow ur bliss when you have privileges and resources but if you have a chance to do something that makes you happy then gently caress society carve your own path
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Mar 25, 2019 17:37
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Zyla posted:well without getting too much into the weeds of it i have a terrified fear over being over the hill at 36 without much accomplished and my looks diminishing and my body wrecked already and it doesnt paint a good picture for the future I am 38 and right there w/you sometimes you come out of mid life crisis understanding now what’s important to you rather than taking a backwards step to being a dumb self absorbed teenager
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Mar 25, 2019 17:39
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y'all old im 24
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Mar 25, 2019 19:01
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Poniard posted:y'all old im 24 y'all young 
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Mar 25, 2019 19:22
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Poniard posted:y'all old im 24 Look at this tiny child.
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Mar 25, 2019 20:02
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Don't look at me I'm not the piss tape
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Mar 25, 2019 20:03
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you are like a child, watch this *goes hypomanic and talks without taking a breath for like five minutes*
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Mar 25, 2019 20:04
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going hypomanic is the bipolar equivalent of 
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Mar 25, 2019 20:05
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Chokes McGee posted:going hypomanic is the bipolar equivalent of you also gotta love getting virtually no sleep and then having a lot of poo poo to do the next day and being all foggy headed yet restless and hyper and and and like me, last night and today
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Mar 25, 2019 20:15
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yeah cool i love having a really lovely weekend coinciding with being weened off my current anti-depressant so my psychiatrist can prescribe a new one I spent basically the whole weekend in bed and now i'm about to just curl up under the covers lol this owns
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Mar 25, 2019 22:25
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Jesus. My shrink it's at least transitioning me into a new one at the same time I'm coming off the old. Hang in there spider hyphen man, you'll make it through!
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Mar 25, 2019 22:40
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Goon Danton posted:Jesus. My shrink it's at least transitioning me into a new one at the same time I'm coming off the old. Hang in there spider hyphen man, you'll make it through! i'm also on a lot of other stuff so it would probably be a bad idea to be doing both the new and the old at the same time.
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Mar 25, 2019 22:43
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in positive news I did my first safe place exercise for EMDR and it was pretty helpful for me! one more week to see a doc and go at this from a medicine standpoint as well
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Mar 25, 2019 23:07
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pregabalin definitely lifts my mood but a] am afraid of its long term effects (unknown) and b] it’s a little bit like being drunk so I tend to make worse life decisions, ie, eat worse etc. lowers the threshold for making instant gratification decisions turn off the TV posted:i think that my family is going to disown me starting june 1st so it's gonna be neat to see if i can somehow apply and qualify for disability within the next few months or be cured of anxiety, depression and constant migraines before then but why i think if I had more money or a future that didn’t involve 45+ hour weeks just to get by things would be better dream to be a teacher is dead the wages just aren’t livable in my stage of life :[ need to find the energy and motivation to spend my spare time on projects and learning to a] create passive income and b] open up doors to the IT industry where the wages are higher than pharmacy
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Mar 25, 2019 23:58
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echinopsis posted:pregabalin this loving name are you kidding thats like a hashtag for a woman who's 9 months pregnant and still hits the club
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Mar 26, 2019 00:23
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loving lol it's pronounced pre gablin
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Mar 26, 2019 01:20
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I have several lifetimes worth of anxiety crammed into my brain and for a time I had a panic disorder that caused me to become agoraphobic. Thankfully I work from home and I could make ends meet. 6 years of CBT and a couple of benzo addictions later I've got the panic under control. Someone in the thread said "don't stop taking your meds" - this is good advice, but also don't not go to therapy and don't lie to your therapist - also good advice. gently caress benzos, btw
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Mar 26, 2019 02:15
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how much wackass poo poo can you tell a therapist before they lock you up
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Mar 26, 2019 02:38
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Poniard posted:how much wackass poo poo can you tell a therapist before they lock you up Anything short of intent to physically harm yourself or someone else stays private (in the US).
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Mar 26, 2019 02:41
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generally unless you express an intent to kill yourself and explain that you have a viable plan to do so then it should be OK but it depends on your state (in the US) and your therapist asked my therapist if they ever thought about suicide and they looked at me weird and say "yeah, most therapists have" and I knew I found a good one
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Mar 26, 2019 02:44
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Man just a ball of anxiety this week this rules that feeling in the pit of my stomach and constant verge of fight or flight owns
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Mar 26, 2019 03:10
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Shifty Nipples posted:Anything short of intent to physically harm yourself or someone else stays private (in the US). So they really dont have to report if you confess to a major crime, as long as its not currently in progress? I know what I've seen on tv shows but I always figured therapists would turn on you in an instant if you told them you murdered people and have been getting away with it.
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Mar 26, 2019 03:20
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i've noticed that i've been a lot more talkative lately, and somewhat stranger than my usual interactions. i don't feel like i have to mentally rehearse everything in my head before i say them. it also occurred to me that i've been taking a new medication for the past couple of weeks. that may or may not be a complaint, but it's different. and i've been looking for different.
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Mar 26, 2019 03:23
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Bilirubin posted:Man just a ball of anxiety this week this rules that feeling in the pit of my stomach and constant verge of fight or flight owns hell yea
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Mar 26, 2019 03:24
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Nae! posted:So they really dont have to report if you confess to a major crime, as long as its not currently in progress? I know what I've seen on tv shows but I always figured therapists would turn on you in an instant if you told them you murdered people and have been getting away with it. id have to check but they might have to report murder confessions
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Mar 26, 2019 04:44
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Nae! posted:this loving name are you kidding i laughed really hard at this
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Mar 26, 2019 04:45
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https://twitter.com/hourlykitten/status/1110406051684335617
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Mar 26, 2019 06:00
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Poniard posted:how much wackass poo poo can you tell a therapist before they lock you up “just asking for a friend” unless you say the magic words “I’m going to kill myself” or “I am going to kill someone else” or similar statements that make it stunningly obvious either was meant, doctor-client privilege is in effect otherwise I think they’re legally required to report it but discretion still applies
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Mar 26, 2019 06:05
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remember, taking up a craft can help take your mind off things
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Mar 26, 2019 06:06
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Chokes McGee posted:“just asking for a friend” fun fact: if you're with the US gov and have a security clearance, and see a shrink, when they ask you "are you now or have ever seen a shrink" for your clearance update, and you say "yes" you have to get your shrink to provide your employer with the diagnosis. This is why nobody with sensitive positions in government uses therapy or psychiatrists. If you've ever wondered why they're all mad as hatters.
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Mar 26, 2019 08:45
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the popes toes posted:fun fact: if you're with the US gov and have a security clearance, and see a shrink, when they ask you "are you now or have ever seen a shrink" for your clearance update, and you say "yes" you have to get your shrink to provide your employer with the diagnosis. lol that owns
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Mar 26, 2019 12:50
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Mariana Horchata posted:lol that owns
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Mar 26, 2019 14:56
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Nae! posted:So they really dont have to report if you confess to a major crime, as long as its not currently in progress? I know what I've seen on tv shows but I always figured therapists would turn on you in an instant if you told them you murdered people and have been getting away with it. a lot has to do with local flavors of the law. the two seemingly universal exceptions to privilege are imminent danger to harm yourself or another person, and what and how they can divulge (and to whom), and fraud (basically lying in your sessions with them to get meds). the extent varies by your jurisdiction. and there are a decent amount of exceptions by location too. I know there are lawyers around the forums if you don’t mind telling people the general area where you live. otherwise see if you can find someone that could consult with you for cheap/free to give you the low down. you can also just ask the therapist what they’re allowed to divulge if the rest of those options aren’t appealing. they’re not there to deceive you.
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Mar 26, 2019 16:27
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Ugato posted:you can also just ask the therapist what they’re allowed to divulge if the rest of those options aren’t appealing. they’re not there to deceive you. In the first session the therapist usually should lay out those guidelines saying "Everything you say stays between you and I unless you authorize a disclosure or if you are an imminent threat to yourself or other." And then depending on the jurisdiction going on about having to report evidence of child abuse or elder abuse. At the end of the day, it is a therapeutic relationship between you and them so they should have no issue answering that if asked.
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Mar 26, 2019 16:36
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Ugato posted:there are a decent amount of exceptions by location too. I know there are lawyers around the forums if you don’t mind telling people the general area where you live. otherwise see if you can find someone that could consult with you for cheap/free to give you the low down. you can also just ask the therapist what they’re allowed to divulge if the rest of those options aren’t appealing. they’re not there to deceive you. I’m way too fuckin lazy and other people are all the way outside
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Mar 26, 2019 16:53
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you know, i never even thought about people in high level govt positions not getting any mental health care it never occured to me bc i just assumed that these folks were pampered and took the best care of themselves since they're bougies who can afford to but being in a stressful high-level position of power and not getting ANY mental health care because you don't wanna confess to having Totally Bonkers Disorder when it's time to renew your clearances and stuff? jfc  any position of serious power like that should come with mandatory physical and mental exams and appointments with a therapist if needed america is literally criminally insane because we don't think mental health is important and we heavily stigmatize mental un-health just an entire massive country going hey we're sane, we're good, totally fine i pr--BACK OFF MAN I HAVE NUKES but dude chill i'm fine, we're fine, it's fine. no sad or mad brains in THIS beautiful nation
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Mar 26, 2019 16:59
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If you try to better your mental health in America you're suddenly not allowed to do a bunch of poo poo
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Mar 26, 2019 17:00
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Poniard posted:If you try to better your mental health in America you're suddenly not allowed to do a bunch of poo poo Don't worry, there are plenty of self-help books to buy and paid seminars to go to that don't need to be reported! Maybe they're all going there! 
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Mar 26, 2019 17:05
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Nae! posted:you know I didn’t murder anybody, right it took until 2003 to finally federally negate all sodomy laws - 14 states still have them on the books, in fact, and if for some reason the Supreme Court decided to overturn the 2003 decision... welp. basically I’ve been burned too many times by not asking enough questions in my life and I know rules and laws like that, even if the intent is to protect you initially, end up being somewhat convoluted and/or can be twisted to screw people over. not trying to convince you not to see a therapist, but if it were me and I were worried about it, I would absolutely look into the stupid exceptions that could bite me. but, again, a therapist isn’t out to get you, so having that conversation with them should cover you
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Mar 26, 2019 17:13
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