#therpist

[chronicroderick]

Real life therapy is wack what the fuck do you mean I have to actually confront my deep seeded issues and work on getting BETTER? No thanks. Where's my psychosexual hallucinations? The manipulation? The cannibalistic metaphors?

[spooky4ever]

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[passwords04]

had a therapy appointment today. couldnt stop laughing because she had a tiger print hammer that i guess that was also a bunch of other things. my mom was also in there, and both of them were just talking and i was laughing my ass off.

[chittychittyyangyang]

Between waiting for V10 news, my own personal stuff, and the US now being on fire (partially) literally, I know I've been pretty quiet here. Even before all of this I was pretty shut down emotionally, and I am just very absent as a person right now. I feel like many are struggling, and I wanted to share something that has helped me some:

What I find myself thinking about the most is like that she was out there and brave and looking for love at a time when her existence was criminalized. It's hard to remember that there was all of this light in the dark ages, but there was still these brazen romances. And I don't know that love was still stronger than fear, at least at times.

You're Wrong About - Kitty Genovese and “Bystander Apathy”

Stories about existing and loving in a world that wants you gone. It's not that horrible things didn't happen or won't happen, but that we will make do. Loving who you love, and being you matters. All of us matter. Our stories and lives, big and small matter.

Take care of those close to you. Find little moments of joy. Disconnect when you can. Read, create, and rest when you can. If you feel like nothing you do can change anything, volunteer. Sure, you can't fix a broken system right now by yourself, but you can help people have a hot meal they might not otherwise get.

As for the RW/BY stuff here, that's not going to change, other than maybe less in part because I just use this as an archive between volumes. I've been here for so long it would feel weird not to at this point. I know some people have found some level of comfort that I'm still here keeping up this blog, and I hope I continue to provide that for people (and, of course, bees).

[tomfrogisblue]

Q!Pac: "I wish you could build a train that could kill us when it runs us over..."

Q!Tubbo: "Dude, go to therapy."

[wqemzz-blog]

I actually don't need to speak to a therapist MOM I need a really big sword to vanquish my enemies with

[eileennatural]

probably if you're a trauma therapist or any kind of therapist honestly you don't need to be going online and posting with your full face and identity about how you voted for trump. Actually you should probably just practice anonymity or at least privacy online in the first place

[gavramous]

John "I don't need to talk about my feelings, I'm perfectly fine!!" Mactavish, and Simon "I'd literally be dead without my therapist..." Riley

[metaforth]

Can we just fucking cut it with the anti-therapy shit here? Its not only deeply ignorant, but it's dangerous. Discouraging people from trying things to improve their mental health is a great way to prevent their mental health from improving. If you've been considering trying therapy I would greatly encourage you to give it a chance. Whether it's online, in person, or even over text which I've heard is an option now which is great for people who struggle with face to face communication of any kind.

The response to people claiming everybody needs therapy and therapy will cure all of your problems isn't a hard pivot in the other direction. Therapy works for certain people, because everyone is different. Truth is problems like depression are a vague set of commonly associated behaviors, what's actually going on in different people's brains isn't nearly as easy to map. I personally know people who consider their therapist to have saved their life, and I myself tried therapy multiple times and it's had no effect. I don't blame my therapist, I didn't work for me because it just wasn't for me and that isn't anyone's fault.

And fucking especially don't be actively antagonistic toward your therapist. I hate stories like "my therapist told me to draw what I feel and I decided to just start eating the notebook to see how he'd react and he didn't know what to do lol." If you aren't cooperating then therapy won't fucking work. They aren't wizards who cast magical mental health engoodening spells, they're specialists who's job is to help you figure out what's going on in your head and figure out ways to improve your mental state. They aren't psychics. They can't read your mind. You need to be transparent.

If you can't figure out what to draw, or how to put your feelings into words, or whatever they're asking, just fucking tell them that. The entire point of therapy is having someone to communicate with, many people become licensed therapists because they themselves went through these problems and want to help others find a way through them. I'm sick and tired of Tumblr insisting all therapists are bad because they had a bad experience with therapy 10 years ago and think all therapists act like the paid actors in better help commercials.

Also, just to end, did you go to a mental health professional who specializes in the conditions you're suffering from, or did you type therapy into Google and call the first number you saw? I promise you finding the right therapist may actually make a difference. It might not. As I said, therapy just didn't work for me after I went to multiple different therapists, but I didn't write off the practice. Just like I don't write off anti-depressants, or mediation, or aroma therapy, ECT, the human brain is a complicated puzzle and we all must find a solution that works for us.

The last thing we need to be doing is telling someone not to look where they may find a missing piece.

[jacquesthepigeon]

The thing about getting bogged down by depression so much for more than half of my life is that I don’t really have any interesting hobbies or skills to talk about. Like I play video games but exclusively games that are available on nintendo and even then I’m super bad at them. I run this blog and that occupies a lot of my time but there’s no way in hell I’m speaking to anyone irl about having a kid’s show as my main hyperfixation. I do crafts sometimes but it’s purely therapeutic and not something I really want to share with others. So I’m left with nothing to really talk about.

[desolate-flame]

never not thinking about this quote from daisy in entombed something something the buried representing repression and being trapped vs it giving daisy the clarity she needed idk …

[ilikemicrowaves]

Someone yell at me to stop biting my hand I think I'm about to draw blood at this point

[yoza22]

EPIC YOZA LIFE UPDATE!!!

Looked into the implications of the voice that keeps complimenting me

[haydenthewitch]

"He got SHOT." thank you cris for keeping your dad honest. godspeed, kid

"I don't panic." Babygirl i'm gonna hold your hand when i say this

[jerrys-bait-shop]

I'm finally getting a new therapist in a few days and I'm overthinking it so hard rn like at what point am I supposed to explain to this woman that I'm actually a literal whole ass dragon 😭

[purrfurnax]

rammots vent bc i dont have the energy. but its like we always take 1/2 step forward and 5 steps back trying to get help, its like that with everything else that would drastically make our life better too. and literally no one irl cares they think were just depressing or dramatic