sunshinesoul [they/them]

Hi im ciel

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Joined 1 year ago
Cake day: July 11th, 2024
  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.nettoaskchapo@hexbear.net•[CW: self-harm, suicide] Need advice on securing medications, knivesEnglish
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    4 months ago
    same cw’s as post, spoilering just in case

    To start, I am not a professional, I have just been on the receiving end of a lot of crisis-related psychiatric care.

    From my own personal experience, it may be worth it to consider writing down a safety plan with your loved one if this hasn’t been done already. Usually when I’ve done it in the past it’s consisted of ways to keep myself safe (which you are already tackling,) reminders of distraction methods and coping skills, a list of trusted people to contact in a crisis situation, and reminders of why life is worth living (i.e, i am loved, i need to outlive [hated politician or public figure,] etc.) this may not be for everyone however.

    Is there a cabinet in the kitchen you can secure with a lock? I am not sure if it would be enough to deter breaking the whole cabinet open in this specific case, but you could keep knives in there and even the medications if you wish. Maybe even put the meds in a small safe inside the locked cabinet for an extra layer of security if you end up getting one. I obviously don’t know the specifics of what’s accessible in your home, but it’s also worth thinking about securing objects that aren’t necessarily the preferred method of harm but could be used to achieve the same outcomes (i.e, if you are locking up prescription medications to prevent abuse or an overdose, are there any over the counter medications that are around that could still be used in a harmful manner?)

    I am glad your loved one is on the path to healing, collaboration is key and it seems like you’re already doing a great job of it.

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.nettoChapotraphouse@hexbear.net•AI bros love to talk about how generative AI "opens up art to anyone"English
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    4 months ago

    i am a professional artist (and maybe this makes me a bit out of touch,) assuming that it’s for personal use and not for profit at all, i would rather have someone take my work into photoshop/gimp/krita/whatever and trace it near directly or make edits to it to fit their vision than have that person go spend money to further refine The Slop Machine. other artists may have differing opinions on this but since generative AI has gotten popular i just simply do not care anymore as long as my work isn’t being fed to train image models. hell, if you’re tracing someone else’s work using tools on paper, that’s still building muscle memory and linework skill and while not the ideal scenario it’s doing more for you than you might think. with generative AI you are paying to generate an image based off countless images that already existed from artists that were not paid for their work to be included in the model. is that…not capitalistic or not at the very least exploitative?

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.netOPtoneurodiverse@hexbear.net•how the hell do you find a good therapistEnglish
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    7 months ago

    one of the therapists i saw this year mentioned their faith to me in the middle of a session (without any indication of it on their website or any time before) in an attempt to provide comfort with something i was dealing with and i immediately noped out lol. it’s surprisingly hard to find a therapist in my area that’s not christian counseling or otherwise faith-based. only vaguely related, but i once came across a page for a therapist who was only accepting new clients with family in/ties to israel desolate

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.netOPtoneurodiverse@hexbear.net•how the hell do you find a good therapistEnglish
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    7 months ago

    from the general vibes/light conversations about events i’ve had with them, all the therapists ive had in the past generally skewed liberal at worst with social/political issues. definitely not on the hard left, but not “wahh-illegals-in-my-country” xenophobic fascist aligned either, so hearing something like this was a first for me. it shocked me that someone in that line of work could have such a lack of empathy for other human beings. i’m just glad i know about it now so i can see someone else and not waste my time.

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.netOPtoneurodiverse@hexbear.net•how the hell do you find a good therapistEnglish
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    7 months ago

    i see a psychiatrist for medication management once a month but i find more frequent talks with a therapist helpful too, but this definitely was a last-session convo and i don’t plan on going back to this therapist at all lol. thank you for the link to ndtherapists, i already went through the list for my area and plan on reaching out to someone new from there so hopefully it works out !! i agree with your sentiment about the paywalls. i am incredibly thankful to be on a “good” insurance right now that makes things manageable and accessible but i previously had issues with insurance in the past for non-psychiatric matters and it was kind of a nightmare.

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]@hexbear.nettoemoji@hexbear.net•:laios-think:English
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    1 year ago

    oh getting zapped is definitely not fun that’s happened to me before too but i think i got genuinely electrocuted lmfao. was ordered to plug in my laptop to the end of a chain of (edit: a little over 10) surge protectors (i know.) if you’ve ever felt the feeling of one of those electric gum pranks it was kind of like that but way more…intense? felt it all the way up to my shoulder for a few seconds before i managed to break away.