sparkles
@sparkles@piefed.zip
Hey!
I’m new to piefed. I was a part of the Reddit migration originally. Since then, I really enjoyed the conversations.
I’m a behavior therapist by day. Otherwise a bit of an introvert/gamer. I’m always up for a conversation. Unless I’m asleep, which is earlier and earlier these days.
- Comment on Attractive people 4 days ago:
Meh. I’m more into big juicy brains. Not in a zombie way. Outside appearance is not relevant other than hygiene.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 1 week ago:
I get through it by pouring most of my energy into helping my clients, come home drained, and catch up with my kids, rot, pass out and sleep like a rock. I have many fears and worries and plans but I turn them off for the 3-4 hours in the afternoon of home time or I’d lose my mind. I commiserate with peers in our shared office during the day/between tasks.
- Comment on ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself 1 week ago:
People are seeking ai “help” is really troubling. They are already super vulnerable…it is not an easy task to establish rapport and build relationships of trust especially as providers, who will dig into these harmful issues. It’s hard stuff. The bot will do…whatever the user wants. There is no fiduciary duty to their well-being. There is no humanity nor could there be.
There is also a shortage of practitioners, combined with insurance gatekeeping care if you are in the US. This is yet another barrier to legitimate care that I fear will continue to push people to use bots.
- Comment on High value 1 week ago:
Media exposure is really difficult to combat. I have behaviors remediated, then a few days of exposure due to parental neglect, and its back to being called slurs and being SA’d by a five year old. Building a case based on these things to help just one person….but there are so many growing up on media that is too mature, without context or collaboration from instructors….they are being filled with awful opinions they just uncritically accept as universally true. I know it going to get worse before it gets better. I know it took me so much work to get my on to explain his every opinion with supporting details, to make him stop parroting. And that was limited exposure from school and other boys.
- Comment on High value 1 week ago:
I do hope many of them develop and grow up away from it. Otherwise I guess they’ll have to be lonely.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Poor male spiders in the web with big mama 😢
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Those are beautiful. Not native where I am. It reminds me of the “banana spiders” where I grew up. There used to be these big, majestic nests of them. I ran face first through one as a kid. Definitely a core memory.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I’ve gotten brave in my old age. I only relocate them if they become extremely inconvenient …like my doorway spider (sorry frank). I ignore house spiders entirely as they transit my house. Good luck, leggy friend.
I have a pretty orb weaver on the porch (or I did last summer). Hope I get another.
- Comment on We all took foreign languages in school and none of us can actually speak those languages 1 week ago:
I retained enough to provide basic information to my ESL kiddos/parents, at least in Spanish. Use it or lose it, I really think.
- Comment on conditional soap 2 weeks ago:
I have a ton of hair so I’ve tried a ton of different products and types. I found the $10 highly moisturizing stuff to be the most effective. It also lasts a while because it’s not super watery. The dish detergent quality stuff makes my hair brittle and fall out. Which is pretty inconvenient since it’s about 2ft long at this point.
- Comment on The boy who was relentlessly bullied by his uncle 2 weeks ago:
Gotta be a lot like dating a Disney obsessed person.
- Comment on If I go crazy will you still call me Superman? 2 weeks ago:
I forget the exact number but a surprising amount of fellas are also confident about winning a fist fight with a bear, so, yeah. This makes sense.
- Comment on DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t really seen people hyping it.
- Comment on Music is music 3 weeks ago:
I love the core genres for this reason.
- Comment on Being 40 is fun 3 weeks ago:
I mean honestly that sounds like goals. Very wholesome.
- Comment on Being 40 is fun 3 weeks ago:
38, was out last night by 11 (I tried). I don’t even drink anymore. I had a boba.
- Comment on What are therapists allow to share about their clients? 3 weeks ago:
Not anything identifying, really. My best practice is to never talk about work with those outside of the need to know group. It goes in the work box, it stays there. Unless I had a particularly traumatic day. I couldn’t hide the limp or the black eye I had a few days ago. So that is an example of the most I will share.
- Comment on How open are you about yourself to others online in general? 3 weeks ago:
I am fairly open, for a couple of reasons. I’m older now, and I have a lot of lived experience and education. Secondly, I learned a long time ago that silence can enable. I have nothing to lose by sharing my story in particular. So in certain communities I am open about difficult topics.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Good to hear then if it isn’t unwanted weight. Food replacement stuff can be fine but it can also be super sketchy.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Not getting the correct amount of protein from other sources and overeating carbohydrates. Watch saturated fat levels in protein alternatives as well.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I gained a lb and cried. I don’t know why I even care, no one cares what I look like lmao. Heroin-chic survivor still lives in me.
- Comment on The Useless Web 4 weeks ago:
It’s lovely, thank you.
- Comment on Fare thee well 4 weeks ago:
Potato pancakes are heaven.
- Comment on no corn 4 weeks ago:
Such a fun show
- Comment on True of mine but he more than made up for it 4 weeks ago:
Oh absolutely, lol. Ten years and nothing has changed. Good news is the kiddo is understanding this is not how we should treat those we say we love, hence I doubt he will get too many more invites.
- Comment on True of mine but he more than made up for it 4 weeks ago:
Yeah my ex came over for 30 minutes to watch the unwrapping and took one bag of trash with him on the way out the door. I did absolutely everything else.
- Comment on Some people in the sub right now be like 5 weeks ago:
Nothing wrong with communities that want to stay on topic. It’s not a personal attack.
- Comment on Get fucking got! 5 weeks ago:
An entire day? 😭
- Comment on Get fucking got! 5 weeks ago:
Way too much work. Can’t I just lie down and die once my kids are completely independent? I’m so close.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Still in bed watching it snow. I’ll hydrate when I shamble into the kitchen.