• gwilikers@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    I CANT BELEIVE YOU DIDNT FIND GOD. HOW CAN ANYONE RESIST THE POWER OF ALL CAPS.

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    I’ve played enough RPGs to know that if you encounter a god, it’s for the express purpose of killing them, so you probably just need to bring a big sword.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    try a masterball instead.

    you will honestly spend all your pokeballs needlessly.

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    Hear me out here…trying to find a therapist who has the exact same beliefs as you in all regards is setting yourself up to make no progress in therapy. A competent therapist would never impose their beliefs or identity on you. Yes, there are bad therapists who would do that, and yes, feeling comfortable and having good rapport with your therapist are important factors, and one could argue it’s easier to feel comfortable with someone who’s exactly like you in every way. But competent therapists are not going to discuss their political ideology or religious beliefs with you except as carefully indicated during the course of therapy for your treatment progress, and I would run the other way from any therapist who advertises politics or religion up front.

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      If you’ve been made to feel lesser by society, having trust issues is likely. Getting clear confirmation that someone isn’t going to do that to you is a good thing, actually. It’s the same reason explicitly safe spaces are a thing, because the default is to be uncertain. And trust is super important for therapy.

    • Lumelore (She/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Secular isn’t a religion. It just means they are neutral towards it, which honestly, every therapist should be that way. It’s also a good thing to have a therapist that supports your identity. I have a lot of religious trauma related to me being queer and I would be very upset if I went to a therapist and they tried to convert me back to christianity and denied my queer identity. People do have problems where knowing their therapists beliefs would make them feel a lot safer and I don’t think that would actually impede progress.

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        Plus, sometimes you don’t want to teach your therapist about stuff. Like, hypothetically my current therapist would know what an ace polyamorous furry kinkster is; I wouldn’t need to define any of those terms. This makes it much easier to talk about my friends and relationships without getting sidetracked.

        Oh, and I’ve fired a physician that tried too hard to get me to talk to my mom, even after I pushed back. New physician was very understanding. I think queer folk are more likely to understand that relatives aren’t always family.

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          Yeah, even my old one who was listed as being queer friendly I had to educate on trans issues and not saying things like “full women”

          • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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            Oof.

            I guess they were friendly in the same way a boisterous German shepherd puppy is friendly: means well, but not a good playmate for my tiny arthritic senior dog.

            (He’s snoring in my clean laundry and it’s adorable.)