Perfection.

I freaking loved Astoria, such a mood. Totally get why you’d move there. Maybe one day…

Churu vs churro - I can certainly see the similarity, lol.

Not sure if trolling, but churu is a cat treat by Inaba.

Where does it say anything about replacing friendships?

My husband and his brother were about 20 mins apart because it was a complicated breech birth. It was still on the same day, but it could have been what you are describing.

Wow, she laid some eggs, that’s impressive for a cat!

Haha, I don’t know, is it his expression? Like was caught doing something inappropriate?

I don’t think making people get PhDs in order to be a therapist is a solution here.

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a therapist. I already had to go through 2 years of grad school plus a little over 3,000 hours of supervised work before receiving my license (I also did an additional 2-year post-grad program in marriage and family therapy).

Acting like that doesn’t make me qualified to provide therapy is frankly bullshit and elitist.

LCSWs are the largest group providing behavioral health services in the Unted States, at 60% (Page 7 - https://socialwork.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TX-SW-Workforce-Report24.pdf). Suggesting that every single therapist should be a PhD would result in a very swift and decisive mental health crisis in the country because not everyone can afford to take years off making income to get another degree.

Wouldn’t it be nice if every doctor did a psychiatry residency and a cardiology residency and a surgical residency… you know, so that they can be the best doctor and provide the best services? And don’t get me started on PAs!

Shouldn’t all nurses be RNAs then? Why have CNAs and such?

I am sure you see my point.

It is absolutely true that there are bad master’s-level clinicians out there (case in point, see the therapist who brought this suit). There are also bad PhDs out there. Your degree does not determine how good of a therapist you are.

The solution is to do a much better job with state regulations and laws, which will only take you so far… once again, case in point. Colorado tried to do the right thing only to have the Supreme Court shut them down.

Your entire argument is summed up and rebutted here, if you care to read: https://www.psichi.org/page/042EyeWin00bActkinso

Not really. It’s pretty easy to separate kink shaming from hypocrisy shaming. No one’s doing the former, but we are doing a lot of the latter.

This lawsuit was brought by a licensed psychotherapist who also happens to be a Christian. There are already restrictions on who can practice psychotherapy. These aren’t some unlicensed people. These are the people you are talking about, with a graduate school education and a licensing process and everything.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!

*cries in a corner while rocking and hugging herself

They never said it was difficult. Just stating the fact that eating salad with chopsticks is only easier if you already know how to use them.

I totally agree with you that it’s easy, but many people still don’t know how.

Because Trump wants to put “a big beautiful”Trump hotel and golf course there, duh.

Humiliation implies she felt shame. These people don’t feel shame.

I can speak to that from a somewhat personal perspective because I lost my older brother a few years ago, which means I got to witness my mom losing a child.

I know that she would have greatly appreciated simple flowers later after his passing. She got a lot of flowers and stuff when he passed, which made her feel like he was very loved by his friends.

But then a year later, only a few people remembered. And I think that’s what hurt her the most after the obvious pain of losing her son. That people forgot.

So if you knew his son, you can write a card about how you still remember him and add flowers to that.

It’s usually not about the actual thing you give him but how it’s presented and the words that go with it.

P.S. you are a good person.

I believe that’s how some cats see themselves.

She is clearly not too afraid of water, and I can imagine it feels very warm sitting in that “boat.” Smart kitty.