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I’m a therapist, and I hear way too many stories about clients who’ve been traumatized by previous mental health professionals -I’m actually really impressed that they continue seeking support at all.

With that said, and I can’t stress this enough, if you get even the slightest bad vibes from your therapist, fire them. You don’t need to explain yourself, you don’t need to give them the benefit of the doubt, you don’t need to wait and see if you just need to get to know them better. Trust your gut and find a new one.

Receiving profession support is an intensely vulnerable position to be in, and while it can be life saving, it can also be extremely damaging if you put your trust into an incompetent or mal-indented person. No matter how much training a person has, or how good their reviews are, some of these professionals are simply not going to be a good fit for you.

If you like your therapist, but they’re just not effective, think about why it’s not working. Are they asking you the wrong questions? Not challenging you enough? Challenging you too much? Not offering strategies that match your interests, lifestyle or belief systems? Not understanding what you’re saying? Tell them! Most therapists have training in multiple different approaches and perspectives and can adjust no problem. Otherwise, find a new one.

Are you finding yourself unwilling to engage in therapy? Ask yourself if it’s something that your therapist is doing wrong, or if you’re genuinely ready to start therapy. You may need to work on simpler stabilization strategies first like basic grounding, physical health intervention, social support and potentially medication if it’s right for you. Therapy is exhausting and a real challenge for a lot of people, and there might be instances where even the best-fitting therapist won’t be effective if the timing isn’t right.

Take care of yourselves out there!

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Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

VIDEO

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A Refined Ant With Expensive Taste Attempts to Steal a Loose Diamond From Wholesaler’s Desk

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Does anyone have the fucking tiktok video of the overly enthusiastic rich bearded guy showing off his new hiking shoes in his Mansion and the Woods, but then another dude duets with it to make it look like he's escaping from being held prisoner please please

edit THANKS @smellslikebot

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suck, and i cannot stress this enough, my cock to the fucking base

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He was as tall as he was tall, and his eyes were the color they were. To describe his hair one would say that he had some. His face had all the features you'd expect, and none of the ones you wouldn't. "There he is," people would often say of him, but only when he was there. And they were right.

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i’ve been a 23 year old girl and i can tell you it does not

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joe biden appoints weird bug to be in charge of the night time is one of my all time fav images ever

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book: “she has naturally red hair”

screen adaptation:

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London at Christmas half a century ago. This is Oxford Street in 1962. Not all night shots on slow film are successful but this one works.

http://vintage-colour.blogspot.co.uk/

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the guy who designed scythes definitely knew that shit was badass. he didnt care about wheat

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Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

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Biggest failing of the internet is that in order to be vibing with my friends I have to actually be talking to them. I socialize like a cat I just show affection by sitting next to you. Ily but sometimes I have Nothing to say. Not a damn thing going on in my head

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