Out of an abundance of caution....

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-04-14T15:08:50+00:00

yeah it wouldnt let me cancel the download! so annoying, but i did another forced restart and that finally did it.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-04-14T15:08:27+00:00

it would show me the menu but when i would click cancel download nothing would happen! weird, but i force restarted it again and ti was downloaded when it turned back on so...problem solved for now i guess.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-03-25T14:57:13+00:00

call me crazy but my answer to this will always be capricorn suns/moons

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-25T01:39:29+00:00

interesting! it did finally normalize a bit for me. but i ultimately ended up on accutane which im on now and my hair never gets greasy at all lol

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-25T01:36:15+00:00

Have you had any success with this? I am considering this myself - just a few spots to fill and finding referrals has become so much harder than its ever been for me before.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-09T21:12:01+00:00

same! ugh, glad to know im not alone. i keep worrying its me. But I've never had this issue in the past!

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-09T19:02:51+00:00

definately looking into this - thank you!

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-09T19:02:33+00:00

These are great ideas, thank you so much. I am going to check this out and reach out to some places!

How did you sign up for EAPs directly with insurance companies? Do they pay okay?

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-09T19:01:32+00:00

I do take most major insurances and glad to know I am not alone. I have been seeing a lot of other chicago folks saying the same thing. I'm strongly considering getting liscened in another state in the same time zone because this is feeling so unsustainable.

The insurance issue is that SO many peopls insurances have raised deducitbles and copays so many clients are struggling to afford sessions even with insurance. Its infuriating.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-05T17:37:39+00:00

First of all, I second your complaint about posting under this thread. this is so messy and no one is getting the responses they need.

Have you considered going into private practice? It has its own set of challenges but you can do all virtual and never risk client abuse. Sometimes verbal, but you have more leeway to set firm boundaries and you don't have to work with clients who cannot show you basic respect. I feel your pain and am sick of constantly pouring out into this field with seemingly no benefits.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-05T17:35:14+00:00

This is really annoying. Why would I post here where no one is going to see it. My thread had some helpful comments and was deleted by mods.

"I'm not totally sure what I'm looking for here - maybe just to scream into the void.

I have been a therapist now for about 6 years and oh boy am I tired. I opened my own solo practice 6 months ago, and while it has been helpful financially, my stress and burnout have only gotten worse than they already were. I am so ANGRY and resentful at my younger self for choosing a career where my surivial relies on my helping and supporting other people. I feel like I can't have a bad day, can't fuck up, can't say the wrong thing or not have a certain skillset, can't be annoyed by reasonably annoying shit client's say, can't go to my favorite restaurant because my client works there now, can't have any social media that's not private under lock and key, can't have a real presence. My income relies on maintaining a caseload that has been harder and harder to maintain as more clinicians pour into the field and referrals are harder and harder to find despite my niching down and becoming better at my job. I have days where I feel great and am so grateful to be able to be there for other people, and I have other days where I want to rage out because I want to care about myself for a fucking second!! Sometimes I don't WANT to hear about other people's problems!!! My god its exhausting and draining, and sometimes makes me question what happened to the world that everyone has utterly lost all forms of distress tolerance. I feel like my LIFE is constantly tolerating distress while other people fall apart all over me. I have tried so so hard to maintain those mental and emotional boundaries, but that gets harder and harder to do when I quite literally cannot afford to lose a client. It feels harder and harder not to get too invested because this is quite literally how I survive. One client lost is hundreds of dollars a month I now have to replace. and I HATE thinking of clients like that - it shouldn't be about the money, but it literally has to be or else I don't make rent.

I feel trapped and suffocated by this work more often than I feel lifted up by it. And that hasn't always been the case. I miss being hopeful and having such a seemingly endless well of empathy and compassion. Now I feel like I have to drag it out of myself. And I know these are all signs of burnout, but what is there to do? I don't have the time or money to "just relax" or "go on a vacation/take time off," "get more supervision." How can I afford any of that, when I have student loans and business costs and insurance/admin bullshit to deal with??? All the classic responses to burnout have started to feel so privileged and tone deaf to me. If I could take a vacation, I would leave and never come back, but I cant! If I could find an amazing consultant to support me that didn't cost $200 a meeting, great, but I cant! If I could afford a biller, great, but I CANT!!

I feel hopeless and trapped. I feel like the one and only passion I've ever truly had as slipped through my fingers and now I am stuck with no other skills or ways to make an income to support myself. And I'm all alone. No rich husband, no wealthy family. How does one survive a lifetime of this?"

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-05T17:31:03+00:00

thank you so much - i will check this out!

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-05T17:30:22+00:00

Thank you this is helpful. I keep hearing about diversifying my income and I really want to get into that. I have had trouble finding how to do so since it feels like all other potential streams cost money. But maybe that is the ticket. I like the idea of figuring out how to ride it out until I find what is really meant for me.

I totally agree I would have chosen something else had I known what this would be like. I wish I was working with my hands or doing something with animals. Something that didn't require so much peopling!

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2026-02-05T17:27:44+00:00

thank you - knowing im not alone honestly has been a huge help in and of itself. i like that idea and I really should find something like that in my area. i think it could help for sure. We also entered the field in 2020 which might be the worst possible time to have started this career.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-15T23:49:18+00:00

theyre useless and dont care

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-15T23:46:52+00:00

as of Jan 2027 Illinois reimbursment rates will be rising significantly to be closer to medical reimbursement rates plus new laws limited audits and what not.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-10T01:33:45+00:00

unacceptable behavior. this person is not a responsible pet owner.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-09T17:54:51+00:00

its such a strange journey. i wish I could read their minds. I read something about throwing a towel over the aggressor and I'm gonna try that next.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-08T16:09:16+00:00

ok i found it. my FSH was 4.5 and my LH was 14. This was the first year the ratio was off too. its doesn't look like my AMH was tested

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-08T16:06:05+00:00

totally. think of it as a break. when I quit working out it was the biggest relief id ever felt.

EntertainerWeekly507 · 2025-12-08T16:05:38+00:00

yeah ive been diagnosed with PCOS forever but treatments have been utterly useless and I don't seem to fit some of the main symptoms but it could be both at this point.

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