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@LuckyDuck , I get this!!!! For me, the misreads are very mood dependent. I remember a few months ago I was really low, and I was at a sport's practice. One of the women there had a t-shirt and I misread the word 'save' as 'slave.' I can't remember the exact phrasing on the t-shirt but my...

I second what @Chava and @rainbow1 said. If you find someone you can trust, it could be positive. I get bodywork to help with my touch sensitivity/fear. I've been working with this for almost 2 years. It's been super helpful, also very triggering. The first 6 months I couldn't stand it...

I rarely give 'advice', but I'm going to be pretty specific to your post. I work with young people who either dropped out or face major barriers such as homelessness, criminal backgrounds, disabilities, etc. And your dad sounds like a major stressor. GED works, use the waiver since your dad...

@Saetva , on the job application I wrote reason for leaving: terminated, found not at fault by Unemployment (which is the case for my termination because I filed an appeal with unemployment explaining the discrimination). You could also write, "terminated, would be happy to discuss this further...

Would it make a difference to you if those 'abusers' had also been victimized? Also, my previous therapist didn't specifically work with perps, but she worked with a lot of trauma and with many age groups including pre-teens. There's plenty of writing to say that young people with young brains...

@Saetva , I went through something similar a little over a year ago. I brought a disability-related discrimination suit. Your third bullet point, what to say to future employers was the hardest. It's terribly intimidating; I blew it the first time I tried and I could feel my interview go...

@joeylittle , that's interesting your thought on LPC vs. LCSW on the hospitalization. Most of my negative experiences with this were with LPC's.

@Sunset , I don't think what you're saying sounds paranoid. I had a provider jump too quickly to assuming my suicidality in the past too and it was a really negative, sticking experience. I think your concern seems right on having been in that kind of situation. In my search for a great...

@Panda Bear , I actually started the bodywork because I was massively uncomfortable with touch, like would go to therapy with my T at the time and I'd make her move her chair back because I didn't want the idea to even cross her mind that she should reach out and potentially touch me when I was...

I've conversed with my inner child aloud a handful of times. When it's happened, the child came up as I was just talking stream of consciousness style. It happened 1x in therapy. I flooded and I was talking stream of consciousness style as it happened and there he was. It felt really...

@Panda Bear , I like how surprised you are. I can read it so clearly in what you wrote. I currently work with a counselor I've been getting bodywork with for ~2yrs. Yet, it wasn't until maybe a year of working together that we hugged. Mind you, she's touching when we're doing bodywork, but...

@Cinnamon4z , I struggle with not being able to cry and wanting to too. Sometimes it will happen randomly which is both a relief and completely disorienting. Sometimes when I sit calmly in meditation, my eyes will cry without emotions. That's kind of nice. Maybe you could try that. The...

@Shasta'sJourney , you begin this by talking about possible diagnosis and from the tone, it seems like you think something is wrong. I don't think there's anything wrong with having different parts that act differently. In Internal Family Systems (IFS), the practitioners acknowledge that...

@crazyhorse69 , I did it. Sometimes it felt helpful, sometimes it felt like it didn't do much. Overall, I think my psych at the time was right and it primed me to be able to be more trusting/open in relationships. I would suggest you check it out; as you'll see if you get more responses (and...

No. Mine only covered some, but I was more determined that I wanted the right fit and my therapist helped me figure out how to bill her out of network.

@Girlgirlgirl , I used psychology today's therapist listings to find every female therapist who did EMDR, which incidentally is a great way to sort out those who work with trauma since EMDR is about processing trauma. I then went down the list. I didn't bother contacting anyone with less than...

@Satuma , I've read stuff about hypnosis being integrated with EMDR; it seems like your T has a lot of training. Having done EMDR for 8+ months, I would not call your resource installation appointment a 'fail.' EMDR is mysterious and one's reactions to it are mysterious, and the best...

@Girlgirlgirl , I understand where you're coming from. Very minor things turn me off from therapists too. I interviewed 16 before I chose my previous therapist.

@watundah , It's great that your inner child work has opened up so much. It sounds like it does not feel great but I'm happy for you (esp. after reading your hesitancy from the earlier posts). Just a thought, if you're not in full out / danger to self-others breakdown, why not wallow and take...

That's good. I hope you find your papers. Keep talking to your union rep; they'll be a great advocate. Really weigh out what is most healthy for you. Good luck Knight Soldier.

@stenni , great topic. My counselor and I talk about this frequently. I think there's two things about this article/point I'm noticing. One is that this is a treatment strategy, so she's not actually proposing that one is more true than the other but she's emphasizing the falseness of the ANP...

It sounds like they knew about your disability Knight Soldier, but do you have a written record, an email or letter, that shows that? (Not to push the point, but the court, and a lawyer will ask you this). Also, the deposition piece. That's why I stopped pursuing my case. I want nothing to...

@Knight-Soldier , I have spent over a year trying to fight my previous company about their unfair treatment and my protection under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). My case is going to close in the next 1-2 months. Here are some things to think about. One, if you do not have...

You need to get in touch with the HR representative who granted your accommodation and use VERY clear, direct language (in my case, things got muddled in part because I was trying to 'be nice' with my language and requests). Make sure this is done via email so you have electronic record. Print...

@EveHarrington , a good intro book is "What Makes you Not a Buddhist" by Jamang Khyentse Rinpoche. He's an excellent writer and makes a lot of very specific references to American culture. I too practice Buddhism. It's been incredibly healing for me. I have a meditation teacher who also...