just recently watched this is us with my college friends

its crazy how coming into clinical social work, i really just thought I was up against systems and cycles of trauma....but it turns out i'm up against those two things AND other therapists. the amount of work spent correcting mistakes from other clinicians--whether with clients or during the classroom--is fucking crazy.

i totally get we're all on different journeys in terms of being clinicians. but it is insane finding out day after day of therapists and clinicians saying the worst things ever to clients. demeaning them, telling them "it's all in their head", the racism and the ableism and harm that is caused. like no fucking wonder people are afraid to seek therapy (on top of the accessibility issues). while i'm a little biased and think that at the very least clinical social work training focuses on viewing people within their environments (so not engaging in the medical/individualist models of practice that a lot of counseling programs focus on), that doesn't mean it gives every person the skills to be an effective therapist. i'm also not saying i'm the best clinician ever--I'm literally in training--but boy! it is jarring seeing how some of my peers interact in class and wondering...is that how you are with your clients??

my social work program at the very least also has a focus on anti-racism, but i know students from other programs and some of them don't even mention racism AT ALL and focus entirely on diagnosing people "correctly", or finding the perfect form of therapy to use on a client. but man, what none of these programs teach are basic life skills. wanting to be a clinician isn't enough, especially considering that an inhumane amount of people in my program are 1. so nervous about making mistakes that they lose scope of their practice 2. have so much internalized racism/white guilt to work thru 3. or they have absolutely no listening skills.

again, im not trying to make it seem like I am the number 1 clinician in the world ever. I don't even have a psych background or bachelor's in social work. my reasons for going into social work are quite selfish (I want a job that is very flexible, easily transferable, and can be done in different contexts), and the helping people part is just a plus. i'm just saying it's very jarring seeing other people in training and realizing they too are working with clients. i have conversation after conversation about these issues with other BIPOC/queer/marginalized clinicians, so I know i'm not the only person worried about some of the people that will be out of this program in a few years practicing on their own or with vulnerable populations.

Oh, they are SO MOTHERFUCKING BACK! This sounds like it's their new "Thunderpussy" - either "Thunderpussy II" or maybe a reply to "Thunderpussy", even? It's hot as fuck, anyway.

And keyboooooooards! BE STILL MY HEAAAARRRRRRRT.

holding out hope . . . don’t act like it’s set in stone . . . it’s not . . . yet . . .

(much ranting in the tags)

incorrect quotes are probably one of the most irritating "fandom thingz" that consistently gets under my skin. "le funny meme XD!!! my blorbos would TOTALLY reenact this funny poast!!!" no they wouldn't. he would not fucking say that. shut the fuck up you annoying little nematode

People get pissy a lot about Omegamon being like oversaturated which you know is fair I get the criticisms at least I think I do, but it does personally annoy me a little bit that I've never seen anyone bring up how Gallantmon gets special treatment too considering they have five fucking alternative forms like. Come on now. Let’s be fair here when it comes to the call outs

I wonder if vere doesnt get w anyone bc its just too easy to stop caring about others (im projecting)

Edit: no hes probably too passionate for that. He doesnt wanna get w ppl bc he knows he'll be a slave to love probably.

His fatal flaw is wanting power so love would be a weakness

im so wired rn it’s crazy. i’m laying in bed trying to fall asleep but my mind keeps defaulting back to my work and finishing trains of thought that i quit when i went to bed. like i’m TRYING to fall asleep but randomly i’ll spawn sentences in my head bc my brain’s still trying to craft my final presentation. and it’s so stressful bc ik i can bs it but it’s still a lot of work

anyways the reason i’m fully awake rn instead of continuing THAT is bc in the dark, in my peripheral vision, i made out a big black bug right next to my pillow. i immediately sprang out of bed and scrambled towards the light switch, only to find…. a binder clip.

i honest to god love flipped. like i've watched it a couple of times it's just one of those ones that i can watch again and again but no one ever talks about it so i'm thrilled that you've seen it! at least there's like one other person out there lol

flipped community unite ‼️ ‼️ I have read that book and watched the movie so many times,, something about the growing up together the falling in and out of love the rewriting of our perceptions of other people

not 2 be controversial but I don't think I like the tl*u show

i hate how obsessed ive become to this show but god i cannot help it

it's terrible that I was born a passionate hater of many things and have to face the crushing social fallout of disliking many many many a thing

to boldly declare my distaste literally makes me nauseous but you know I must be a brave little soldier o7

Genuinely I have a hard time believing so many people had dads who hunted and were around that. Far more of you then are letting on actually just got taken to the delicatessen and stared at the tongue in the refrigerator case instead.

…….should i change my url to lorephobic……

ok it was fun while it lasted but u guys are getting a bit too insane w the "fandomify" and "shipping" of succession

You WILL catch me hating on some ships because I would NEVER read that one greatly written fanfic I'm an arm's distance away from falling in love with !!!

RIP to y'all but I'm DIFFERENT