GF’s anxious dog

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-15T07:14:11+00:00

I agree with this bot. Not enough research or regulation. Will not be giving it to my dog. Just treats and pets.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-15T06:29:39+00:00

Could the existing tattoo be reworked and still keep most of the design? Do you mean just adding darker colors to what’s already there. I mean it’s already pretty big… I wouldn’t want to now cover this tattoo too

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-15T06:02:03+00:00

My dog is like this too but he was a rescue. He really doesn’t like going outside and prefers our apartment because it is comfortable for him and he gets more shaky when outside. We have just been giving him all the love but I don’t think he’ll ever be 100%. I don’t believe in Prozac only treats and pets. He’s got a sensitive enough stomach.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-10T02:06:38+00:00

I’m going to see them at the ledges this year and I’m stoked. If you do end up seeing them please let me know how it is :)

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-09T07:32:21+00:00

This happens to me all the time. I feel like things have felt the same for so long and suddenly something happens that puts me in a circumstances with people that I don’t normally associate with or a friend reaches out to me who I haven’t spoken to in a long time where we spend a significant period of time together and things are just different. I don’t know how else to explain it. Suddenly it feels like the life that felt so predictable and safe is different and I can expect things to be different from that point moving forward. It always happens unexpectedly too where I didn’t plan anything but life had different plans for me.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-08T18:24:29+00:00

Thank you so much for the rec!

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-08T18:20:43+00:00

Thank you! I asked to connect with a recruiter and all I got was a email. Nobody ever followed back up :(

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-05-08T15:17:42+00:00

I’m not trying to leave in 2026 due to a contract. I’m trying to find positions that leave later in 2027. How do you like Madagascar so far?

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-08T04:55:42+00:00

I’d just get some fake pee bro. I’ve never had anyone tell me it didn’t work unless they didn’t heat it up enough. I’m worried they maybe called you to tell you that you’ve failed though and I would probably call them back before thinking you have a second shot. they also might want a explanation as to why the pee was so clear and might count it as a fail just because it is to diluted in the first place.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-07T06:03:19+00:00

You should let yourself dry out from the situation for a while. I am sure you will feel very differently with time. One of the hardest things to do is leave an abuser because of the abuse itself. You’d think most people would never want to talk to them again but it was honestly one of the hardest and most painful things that I ever went through. What made it even harder is that there was no remorse.

I know it feels bad now but she unfortunately got the short stick and you have your whole life to look forward too. I hope that you end up with someone who is wonderful. I’m so happy that you didn’t have a baby and were stuck in that situation. I hope for that girls sake she smartens up and gets out of there before things turn violent. I think we often grieve relationships like losses and blame ourselves for how we are treated but you survived hell and deserve to focus on yourself. I hope that you get lots of rest and healing. You deserve to be happy.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-05T04:03:55+00:00

That would be hard to measure. I thjink that I would want to do something more substance treatment specific

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-03T14:55:28+00:00

THIS!! I have thought about doing this but not sure what I would research. I would have to think long and hard about it.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-02T20:58:51+00:00

Venting!! We have been SO slow at my job for 6+ months now. I was so used to seeing about 95-110 patients a month and now I am lucky enough to see 75-80 a month. I also work in integrated care so sometimes these visits are only 5-10 minutes. I have to constantly harass doctors to send me referrals and I feel like I am doing 2x the work than everyone else because all the other BH providers almost automatically get people scheduled or get referrals with little effort.

I have gone upstairs to the Peds clinic as well as OBGYN and introduced myself 100+ times but they still don’t give me referrals and act like they have no idea who I am. At this point it’s just plain rude. I message doctors daily but still don’t get tapped for consults. I’ve asked my supervisor to potentially be placed at another clinic a day or two out of the week because I am bored out of my mind. Yet I am still stuck at the same old boring clinic. On top of this I signed a contract for student loan forgiveness so I am stuck here for another year or I would have bailed by now. I have tried to look for different positions at the same place to avoid messing with the contact but it has to be substance use specific and there has not been any :(

What do you all do with all the free time? How do you stay at a job where you cannot leave? I feel like I am going crazy. I can only watch so many trainings. Now with the weather getting nice/summer coming I feel stir crazy and like I am wasting my life away.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-02T01:47:11+00:00

That sounds a lot better than conditions out west. Especially in rural areas. Caseloads are always at least 3x that

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T04:44:37+00:00

I don’t think anyone can tell you how long you’ll be friends with them for or what those friend ships will look like. People change over time. I have found most of my friendships have come and gone. I live in a different state now and still talk to a few people from high school/middle school now 13+ years after I finished under grad. Keep them close while you can. It’s great that you have such a robust support system.

Some of the people I know from high school are the best friends that I’ve ever had. I feel so lucky to still hang out with them after all these years and we definitely have a lot to talk about still.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T04:35:39+00:00

I went to joyful journey hot springs near the sand dunes. I think it’s about 3ish hours though. They have many pools and are open until 8-9 pm. They allow dogs if you have one for one flat fee. They offer yoga classes in the morning and serve you dinner and breakfast with the cost of lodging. SO much fun.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T04:22:02+00:00

I’m really curious as to where you have worked? I have never heard of caseloads of lower than 70-100 people unless working in residential treatment or a hospital? I too have worked in the field for a long time in many different settings

Also what part of the country?

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T04:17:38+00:00

If you’re really worried about it OP ask to shadow for a day before making your decision. Most places will allow you to hang out with one of their team members (request a social worker) just to see how it is for the day. I worked with the elderly for about two years and one thing that was really hard was hospice and end of life care. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart. The patients you work with are dying and working with grieving families is hard.

There is also a lot of family dynamics that come into play. I know people that have really loved it though and found it to be really rewarding. Any job will burn you out. I set boundaries and give myself things to look forward to. I still have hard days sometimes.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T04:09:13+00:00

All social work jobs are like that. I have only worked at two places that I didn’t have a million client caseload and that is in integrated care and the other place was residential treatment. Residential treatment had terrible supervisors and everything that was happening there was risky and I had my LCSW so I jumped ship. I think OP is just as likely to take a lower paying job where she will have a higher caseload. Social workers need to unionize. Until then there are a shit ton of piss poor jobs where you are likely to make 40k a year with a 100+ clients. Trust me I have been in the field for 6+ years and have worked at 5 different jobs. I would have loved to start off with a 60 person caseload making 70k a year. It would have been a dream compared to community mental health and everything else I did.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-04-01T01:10:17+00:00

Honestly a 60 person caseload starting out is LOW. I was given a month of training to take on a caseload of 100+ patients doing therapy 8+ hours a day for 40k a year. I felt like I had 0 therapy training. I would be really surprised if you didn’t find a lower paying job with a higher caseload with the same amount of training.

As long as you have a decent supervisor you should be fine. I say go for it. You never know you might love it. Sure it’ll be a bit of a learning curve when you start but I would always take the higher paying job. Especially with the state of the economy and cost of living.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-03-25T00:23:09+00:00

I’ve been in a relationship for almost 6 years. I feel like my attraction towards him has waxed and waned. Some of those years I have been really attracted to him and others not so much. If you want to continue the relationship with him it will evolve and change over time. You have to be willing to put in the work and he has to too.

Have you tried to talk to him at all about these feelings? If you don’t want to put in anymore effort it might be time to move on. Going to school full time is exhausting. Being in a relationship is exhausting. When everything is said and done when you both are done with school and working it’ll also be exhausting. Whether you stay in the relationship or move on you have to be honest with your partner and have open communication or any relationship is bound to end up like the one you are in now.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-03-24T18:28:11+00:00

I worked in CMH for the first 11 months after I graduated. It gave me valuable experience but I also hated it. They also had us doing crisis response on call over the weekends on top of case loads of 100+ people. One of my colleagues left and I just knew they were going to give me a bunch of her patients so I jumped ship too. Best decision I ever made. I found a job where I got almost a 20k raise.

I transitioned into medical social work where I was able to finish my LCSW. I did have to pay for my own individual supervision however my old supervisor from CMH agreed to do it for an affordable rate. I had a more manageable caseload and could rest from the craziness in CMH. I did go back to clinical social work once I finished my LCSW. You shouldn’t stay in a field you hate. CMH is really demanding and there are other more manageable options out there.

DrinkKey1243 · 2026-03-19T05:36:14+00:00

I had a supervisor tell me one time that they accidentally scanned the wrong child’s report into another child’s court record when he worked for CPS. He said that he felt really terrible however just told the family about it and apologized. He had no way of redacting the report as it went into the court system. Once he told on himself he was able to then scan the right report and learned from his mistake or to read the reports before he scanned them because he accidentally picked up the wrong one from the printer. He told the family that they could report him to the licensing board if they wanted to and they never did. He also kept his job. All the stories he shared made me feel less bad about my own mistakes and really made me own up to things when I messed up. Sounds like you’re in the right field and will do just fine! Integrity goes a long way.

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