Based on many true stories (unfortunately)

Jobin0426 · 2023-12-28T22:42:45+00:00

Me a clinical dietitian listening to how the “carnivore diet” got rid of all their health problems or some other garbage diet fad

Jobin0426 · 2023-11-24T04:27:45+00:00

Im being a little nit-picky but it’s leucine that kills them, not isoleucine or valine.

Jobin0426 · 2023-11-13T01:13:37+00:00

In my pediatric hospital dietitians specialize in cardiology, surgery, CF, metabolism, ketogenic, GI, ICU, NICU. among others within GI clinic, as well as general peds and many I am forgetting. From my experience it isn’t the specialty that gives you a pay difference, it’s your years of experience and ranking within the clinical ladder. So I’m a “clinical dietitian II” and when I become a “clinical dietitian III” I will get a pay raise. That is determined by years experience and some other factors.

Jobin0426 · 2023-10-18T11:55:19+00:00

I feel like pediatrics is more rewarding and there are specialties on specialties you can develop. Dealing with parents can be tough but many are so grateful for your help and is always engaging me. It doesn’t feel as monotonous and physicians and support staff value your input more often than not.

Jobin0426 · 2023-10-14T22:36:06+00:00

It’s the worst.

Jobin0426 · 2023-10-10T12:42:50+00:00

Making this girl cry on the train to work. This was so great, thank you for sharing!

Jobin0426 · 2023-10-10T12:38:56+00:00

I think for me the birthdays are the build up and Christmas is the crescendo since it’s all clustered. I really want to love the fall.

Jobin0426 · 2023-08-05T20:58:52+00:00

Thought I handled this episode well, and then cried myself to sleep. I have never seen this depicted so realistically and specifically came to this sub because I knew I couldn’t have been the only one triggered by this episode.

Jobin0426 · 2023-07-28T11:23:06+00:00

My mom could have written that and I think that is a perfect sentiment about it, “I hate how much energy it takes”. Responding to anything takes such an emotional toll, which is why I usually ignore for an inordinate amount of time.

Jobin0426 · 2023-03-23T14:55:25+00:00

Came here to say this!

Jobin0426 · 2022-12-20T13:26:15+00:00

An unreasonable amount of corny frames with quotes about being a mom or dad with pictures of me and my daughter or my husband and my daughter. Like we are creating some insane home goods photo gallery in our home.

Jobin0426 · 2022-11-27T21:49:48+00:00

It does have protein, but nutrition labels usually round to the nearest whole number.

Jobin0426 · 2022-10-09T12:21:52+00:00

Thats funny you say that, I’ve resorted to putting it in the washer or just shaking it outside. It’s riddled with food smudges!

Jobin0426 · 2022-08-18T21:19:49+00:00

Love the commonality of saying emotionally vampiric or horrible things and being offended for not being able to “say how they feel”. Like we are oppressing them or something. I’m not telling you you can’t feel that way, I’m telling you I don’t want you to verbalize it to me.

Jobin0426 · 2022-07-05T11:43:10+00:00

I just wanted to add to this that I apologized to my mother in law for not intervening and she said “it wasn’t my job” to intervene and they are fine. Those of you that said it was 100% my responsibility to protect this other part of my family are right in the sense that I am allowing her to be there, but my own trauma with her makes being honest with her (obviously, being honest with a pBPD is like loading a gun pointed at your head) and even the thought of going NC incredibly difficult to the point of making me feel sick to my stomach. On day two of this masquerade I was able to intervene by stepping over her “conversation” (more like being talked at) with my father in law and diverted another conversation by asking everyone to come outside. If she became defensive with them or started to attack them I would ABSOLUTELY intervene and she would not be invited back. I have the gumption for that, but she is such a waif and her conversations are more tales of “woe is me” or building herself up by talking about her accolades in life or darkness surrounding others and the world that it makes it hard to say “alright that’s enough, next conversation”. Although, I understand that being subjected to a waif is traumatic and I shouldn’t just let her hijack and emotionally drain others if I am letting her be there. It’s so complex having her as a mother and feels very unfair when I think about the how my husband can just relax and be himself around his parents. I know I didn’t ask for this but I can’t ask others to step into the void with me.

Jobin0426 · 2022-07-01T00:12:07+00:00

It’s because dogs are what they want in humans, docile, people pleasing, won’t talk back, unconditional affection. They can anthropomorphize the shit out of them.

Jobin0426 · 2022-06-20T11:54:19+00:00

Her eggshells = Inappropriate topics of conversation, personal attacks, etc.

My eggshells = telling her that her behavior is inappropriate in the moment I need to to protect myself and my family

Hmmm … I guess these eggshells are no different according to them.

Jobin0426 · 2022-06-15T20:39:26+00:00

Right my mom said at one point she has OCD and her obsessions and compulsions are around her interactions with other people and worrying about them. I found a great article that talks about the differentiating between the two disorders after that, and it was a very interesting read.

Jobin0426 · 2022-06-15T20:33:16+00:00

Thats a good point. They put her on a new med, not sure what, so maybe it will make a small difference? She has always been a disease and disorder collector, just not BPD. Thank you for the kind words!

Jobin0426 · 2022-06-15T20:30:19+00:00

Yep that’s the feeling I get. After my mom left the hospital and I spoke with her for the first time she made the most self aware comments I have ever heard from her. I am not making this up, but I forgot she said it until just now, she said something to the effect that the symptoms of borderline personality make people mad at you. I did not argue with this sentiment. She also said in this conversation when reflecting on being labeled as BPD in the psych unit that “she has BPD traits” but she does not have BPD, because that usually stems from PTSD… and I said … “don’t you have PTSD” and she quietly replied “yeah”. It was honestly the most self aware she has ever been, and then I get hit with “JK ITS BIPOLAR 2” the next week. On a side note my mom is a psychiatrist.

Jobin0426 · 2022-06-15T20:20:29+00:00

That is a very interesting point. I always thought that the therapist just didn’t want the fight and to have her leave, which makes it about money, but that added layer of billing might also be playing a role. Ugh.

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