“Cognitive Behavioral Approaches are the most effective means of recognizing negative patterns in real world scenarios and correcting those behaviors is a matter of will and repetition”

And, she was right, as far as I was concerned. I’m not ‘fixed’, but I can tell when my own patterns have kicked in and I’m in a spiraling loop, and the tools/knowledge of kicking that loop with new actions in an attempt to break the pattern has been really helpful.

The most important thing I learned were strategies to handle the panic attacks. The knowledge of flooding the brain with physiological responses through focus on sensations and objects within my immediate vicinity has been instrumental in grounding me to the present. The panic attack still comes, but it’s not as long and I’m not left exhausted, sweaty, and emotionally dead as often as I was.

The mumbo jumbo softer side (I went to school for psych, my BA says I get to say this) of Psych is really good for a lot of things. The practical side of Psychology is really good for most if not all people.

Can’t watch Seinfeld because Jerry is a vocal zionist. BUT, I can watch Curb Your Enthusiasm and just skip and Seinfeld feature, so far

“Like a leaf caught aflame, it’s matter converted to heat and the bonds broken down to ash. It’s not gone, it’s structure has changed to the point of no longer being ‘a leaf’, and what we see before us when looking at someone/something who has passed on is the same as ashes in the fire. Changed, but jot truly gone”

Playing WoW

See message from QT3.14 Dranei boy

Press numlock, type out ‘sup bb LFR BT?’

Left and right mouse click to halt and continue killing. The good old days

Played rocket league to de-stress from Dota. Now, none of that. My brain and heart and sanity just can’t take it. Mostly a solo game kind of person these days or co-op.

I don’t know. My assumption is that they’re easier to put together than well thought out titles and clear discussion lines, and there’s a certain level of inherent ‘safety’ in posting a picture/meme that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you for a joke. Not that I don’t like them, just that that’s my read of why they choose them over discussion

You ask ‘wouldn’t it be better’ if there were less memes

The community, through it’s posting, voting, and reposting, has chosen Memes regardless of whether it’d be better.

A lot of answers in here say “that’s how the fediverse works, people post what they want and engage with what they want, what they don’t want they can unsubscribe or block to curate their own feed, to avoid seeing parts of what the collective is sharing/talking about when using memes”.

What you’re describing requires unilateral control over what content various communities will engage in. It doesn’t matter if that’s what people like, so much as it’s what people continue to choose. If they like it, great. If they don’t, they’ll either curat their feed and not have a clue what you’re talking about regarding memes on the Frontpage, or they aren’t bothered or even like the memes on the Frontpage and aren’t looking to seek out more nuanced discussions and serious threads.

I don’t think he’s taking a shitty stance in stating that your job is relatively safe. Just that there are tons of safety regulations and protections that keep your profession off of a list like this

https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/civilian-occupations-with-high-fatal-work-injury-rates.htm