During my first session with my therapist she asked me what I manage, because I mentioned that I am a project manager. When I told her "Nothing, I am unemployed for several years now.", I could see my own shame about it being reflected in a shadow running over her face.
Today, a few months and sessions later, I told her that I have a new answer to this question now, that I manage my everyday life and my neurodivergence. She smiled and said, that this is exactly what I should do right now.
A cartoon depicting a running race. A sign along the track reads "Rat Race" in large letters. Other signs along the track read "Be more PRODUCTIVE!" and "Go FASTER!" Sweaty people run past a man who has fallen. Orange cones and a warning sign reading "burnout" are placed around him. At a pit stop along the track, a row of sofas is set up where people can see a psychologist. A sign at the beginning of the pit stop reads "Therapy & Coaching: Optimize Yourself!". A sign at the end of the pit stop lane reads "And GO!"
Here on the #Fediverse, now more than ever -- if you're willing and able -- we need you to share the things that lift you up and help you keep going.
If it sparks #joy, please, PLEASE share and continue sharing with the class in the coming weeks and months.
Is it #pretty, but you're lacking #spoons? Be sure to follow @altbot so you can still share it.
If it brings a #smile to your face, consider sharing it no matter how small.
If you chuckle at something in your daily life and tell yourself "oh that's so dumb, I better not post it", that's exactly when you SHOULD post it.
If you think of a #DadJoke that could win awards for being so corny, it is your fiduciary duty as a #Fedizen to attempt to make us all groan at your #silliness.
Some of my most popular toots were my most flippant #shitposts (in contrast to ones I've poured hours into crafting, that get a sympathy fav or two and then vanish into the ether..). It might feel awkward at first, but if you keep #shitposting it's like exercising muscles; it gets easier the more you do it. Consider exercising your big brain muscle and then barf the results here for all the world to see.
I know #hashtags aren't as big here, and a lot of people are against them but I find them invaluable. (I do wish we had a bot that auto-generated a reply to posts with socially/contemporarily relevant hashtags.) Consider adding a contribution to #3GoodThings, or tuck a silly #shitpost in a bottle and toss it into the great and fascinating sea called the Fediverse. You might be surprised who might find it interesting.
We need to flood the zone with #kindness and #happiness because I believe that's how we recharge our emotional reserves.
In doing so, it helps us fortify ourselves against the onslaught of stormy weather that is our real-life world. (Or at least that's how I usually do it. [I recommend augmenting with generous doses of cannabis as needed. {consult your doctor first}])
Having said all of this, it's important to remember we must strive to provide #empathy to our fellow passengers. For some of us, this is the closest we can get to #therapy. If people share their struggles and challenges, I implore all of us to remember that #kindness and understanding are radical acts of decency.
Above all, protect yourself by blocking "early and often". You aren't obligated to continue hosting a visitor on your digital "porch". You can simply close the door. You don't even need to have a reason. It's your fucking door and there's nothing that says you're required to buy what they're selling -- especially if it feels like negativity. I can tell you with absolute certainty that I've never blocked someone and later thought, "oh gee, I shouldn't have blocked them so fast." It's generally the opposite.
Alright, my friends. Today your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to brainstorm the corniest damned joke you can think of, and post it. Don't mull it over, don't worry about if it makes sense -- post it. Toot it. Bop it. Shake it. Twist it.
Bring forth the moments and shitposts you wish to see in the world, each one a candle that lights our way on this long journey we call life.
TL;DR: My wife is a queer-/kink-/poly-friendly licensed therapist focusing on sex, religious trauma, and transgender care in North Carolina and is accepting new clients.
Jalan practices mental health counseling in Durham--and soon, Charlotte--North Carolina, and telehealth throughout the state.
Her primary focus is sex therapy, and she also works with general mental health concerns (including being trained in EMDR) and a second emphasis in religious trauma. She also has training, though not the specialist certificate, in addictions. She is especially open to queer, kinky, and poly clients (being all of those herself), and is a certified Transgender Care Therapist.
She is not in insurance networks, but will help with out-of-network filing and has limited sliding-scale slots.
As my mental health has improved greatly over about five years of steady talk therapy, EMDR, DBT and who knows what else, (CBT can take a hike. At least for me.) my therapy sessions have slowly shifted from how can I not be in constant crisis and anguish to "expert, please explain why the person is like this." I mean, autism is probably part of it for me, but aren't we all constantly wondering that? #therapy#mentalhealth#actuallyautistic#EMDR#PTSD#humans#psychology
After being a long time on the waiting list, I had my first therapy session with the therapist who diagnosed me with autism 3 years ago and she is amazing.
The therapy sessions will take place online in the future but the one today took place in her office in a beautiful old house with a lot of cute details and funny patterns, that she shares with other therapists and their autistic clients. Autistic wonderland 🥰
After 5 minutes she suggested an ADHD assessment, which will be at the 18th November. She does depth psychological psychotherapy with autistic clients for decades and she can read me like a book. When she told me that the sessions will take place in a monthly interval, because autistic people need a lot of time to process, I immediately responded that I am pretty fast at processing things. She didn't say anything, just waited and I started to cry, saying that my ADHD is always ten steps ahead and my autism hobbles behind it, constantly overwhelmed, something that I didn't realise before.
She told me that we will give my autism the space that it needs and it felt so good to be seen. To not having to explain my autistic needs, but being guided by an experienced professional, who helps me understand myself.
It was such a wise decision to wait for over a year to have a therapist who has a deep understanding of what autism is and who knows exactly what they are doing.
Event: Friendly Fire – The Therapist as an Algorithmic Malfunction. November 4, 2025, 18:30-20:00 h, Weizenbaum Institute, Hardenbergstraße 32, 10623 Berlin. Logo Berlin Science Week.
Hi everyone, I am Aurin, the antifa life coach! :antifa:
I am now offering sessions at sliding scale prices for anyone who wants someone to talk to, to vent, to process feelings, decisions, or past experiences or to find ways of coping in this current shitshow we're in. To survive, thrive and (re)gain your agency to change the world.
I'm queer, somewhere on the plural spectrum, autistic, neurodivergent and willing to find ways of communicating that work for YOU, whether that's text based, voice or videocalls, simultaneous or asynchronous. I can do this in german or english.
I am intentionally crazy, refusing to conform to social norms of performing normalcy and I encourage you to do the same. Better than #therapy !
I have experience coping with and helping friends and comrades deal with and overcome: trauma, abuse, activist burnout, state repression, political violence, intra-community violence, hospitalisation in psych wards, housing insecurity and homelessness, poverty, eating disorders, dissociation, gender dysphoria and more.
@transworld Short answer no, long answer:HELL NO!!!
An AI girlfriend already convinced a kid to commit suicide. Simply put, AI has no moral compass, it will hallucinate any sort of BS answer. A Magic 8 ball would make a better therapist.
How much psychedelic assisted therapy are actually works? In terms of evidence based medicine and such, in the context of autistic people after severe stress? To be clear I'm talking about proper medical procedure, not just taking random stuff out of desperation.
Can anyone recommend a good book/site that goes through step by step how to make your way through the world as an #autistic adult who's been mollycoddled all their life and has no clue how the grown up world works? I want to be independent, but everything is just a blank void. I'm using ChatGPT to help demystify the process of becoming independent, but I'd really like a real human's guidance. Preferably from a UK perspective.
I can imagine showing this to my ex-therapist, her skimming through it and saying, "Yes, this is just self-esteem issues. This is just the same as non-autistic people experience. Also I'm going to assume you're not autistic until you get your diagnosis."
"Autism is viewed as a risk factor for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Throughout life, autistic people may experience discrimination and marginalization. Many autistic children have been bullied and excluded at school. It may be very difficult for autistic adults to secure and maintain employment. Up to approximately 85 percent of autistic people are unemployed. When they are employed, they often are overqualified or work part-time and are more likely to be bullied. "