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Essential sorrow 📌📜

"Essential sorrow" is a term you’ll hear most in Buddhist philosophy and in some existential writing. It’s not about having a bad day or grieving a specific loss. Why is it called “essential”? Because it isn’t caused by a mistake you made or a problem you can fix. It’s baked into the conditions:... read more

BPD misdiagnosis

Yesterday, on my therapist's suggestion, I asked my psychiatrist for an adhd evaluation but instead that guy wrote a paper claiming I had an episodic mood disorder and borderline personality disorder??? But so far he hadn't even mentioned any of it? I honestly feel so wronged and I guess a little... read more

How do you remember everything

I keep forgetting my meds until I'm rudely reminded by my pain increasing that i havent. Issue is i have tried alarms, ive tried daily to do lists, having a meds box, organisers ect but nothing works, i have the same issue with coping strategies and doing a pain diary, unless they're taped to my... (edited) read more

To psychologists and therapists

Is it normal for your therapist to try and pathologize every emotion of yours?? 🤔🤔🤔 Is this a normal practice of theirs?

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A scary thing about the state of the world right now is that nobody is exempt. Not therapists, not psychologists, not psychiatrists. The very people who get paid to make sure we don’t collapse under the weight of it… they’re breaking down too. We’re all at risk. And while somebody might throw a... read more

Why therapists “pretend” not to understand

In therapy, there are moments where it honestly feels like the therapist is completely missing the point. You say something pretty clear, and they come back with a weird reformulation or a question that seems totally off, they even act like they don’t get something that feels obvious to you From... read more