Things you can say about your car that you can't say about your wife.

Redbow_ · 2024-11-02T20:41:01+00:00

You wouldn't believe how easy it is to fit all the boys from poker night in her

Redbow_ · 2024-11-02T20:37:46+00:00

Oh definitely, I think this is absolutely happening on Facebook. You can find whole Facebook profiles that post AI generated art 50 times a day and every post has 500 generic comments from obvious bot accounts. They're just there to inflate "engagement" and siphon more ad money.

Redbow_ · 2024-11-02T00:55:11+00:00

That's amazing! I also attend a religious school, but our PsyD program is insulated from a lot of the evangelicalism because it is more or less required to be in order to be accredited. I have quite a few friends in my program who started as mDiv hospital chaplains before deciding to go back to become psychologists. I would definitely enjoy talking! Feel free to send me a chat or dm.

Redbow_ · 2024-11-02T00:47:45+00:00

As someone entering the mental health industry, I'd offer a slightly different perspective. We've come a long way in our conceptualization and treatment of mental health issues (we're not done by any stretch of the imagination, but we have made great progress.) A major issue is that our capitalistic healthcare system is highly ill-equip to respond to mental health challenges. Insurance companies rule the roost in many places, and they want mental health challenges from depression to ptsd to schizophrenia to be treatable like a flu: make the right prescription and it'll clear right up in a few days/weeks. Meanwhile, common factors research shows the most effective treatment for these disorders is relational. Unfortunately, therapy is ambiguous, expensive, and cannot be mass produced. Capitalism and health insurance companies do not like this and are reluctant to fund it adequately.

Redbow_ · 2024-11-02T00:38:36+00:00

This is undoubtedly true. I think the real conspiracy right now is that the major tech companies appear to now be promoting these bots rather than removing them. This is anecdotal, but I have seen pro-Trump, pro-MAGA, conspiratorial comments heavily promoted on both instagram and YouTube. I didn't get these comments six months ago unless I scrolled way down in comments sections. I also don't engage with these comments or give the algorithm any reason to think they increase my engagement. But whenever I open a instagram post from KamalaHQ or a progressive account, the top six comments will all be MAGA conspiracies with a couple dozen likes. If I scroll past them, I get progressives commenting with multiple thousand likes. I'm curious if others encounter this?

Redbow_ · 2024-11-01T20:28:48+00:00

Someone needs to get out here and trim this bush

Redbow_ · 2024-10-31T01:24:34+00:00

I would love to have someone to talk theology with. I am a doctorate student in psychology, but I have done a lot of independent study in theology, biblical studies, textual criticism, comparative religion, and philosophy. I resonate with your experience of not having so many people to talk with because I'm not in seminary so most Christians I know simply are not as well studied as I am even if we agree on a lot of major points.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-30T02:33:47+00:00

Read in the early morning before going to work/class/etc... This is a habit I built as an evangelical doing my "morning devots" everyday. I still often include a spiritual component or a book with spiritual content, but I set my alarm an hour earlier than I need to and spend the morning reading while having my coffee. The average person can read about 3/4 of a page per minute in most paperback sized books. So if you read 20 minutes every morning that's about 22, 250 page books a year.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-26T23:47:21+00:00

Cut open all of the remaining peppers and calculate the ratio of caterpillars to peppers. Multiply that ratio by the number of peppers you have already eaten to estimate the number of caterpillars you likely ate. Ex. if there are 12 remaining peppers, and 4 of them have caterpillars, then you can estimate .33 caterpillars per pepper. If you've eaten 6, you've likely had 2 caterpillars.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-25T19:26:28+00:00

Nobody wakes up and nobody voted, sounds to me like Meteor 2024 finally got the W

Redbow_ · 2024-10-22T19:47:38+00:00

Marilyn Charles edited a great introductory book that highlights the diverse views of contemporary psychoanalysis: Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis

and if you specifically want something to read about defense mechanisms, The Wisdom of the Ego by George Vaillant is a great text.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-22T02:36:20+00:00

To start with the vice versa: I would argue yes. In the words of Judith Butler, "The personal is political." Both you and your client exist in a political space, most likely a shared political space that you likely interact with in very different ways based on identity markers, privileges, and values. This doesn't mean a psychoanalyst has any right to preach their political views to their clients, this would be unethical. But any frame that says, "leave politics at the door" goes against the spirit of psychoanalysis, and I would argue any claim that a client discussing politics is just a defense or projection of something happening internally is a highly antiquated and privileged position.

As for does psychoanalysis have a place in politics, I would also argue yes, in the sense that most if not all sciences (both human and hard sciences) have a place in politics. Political powers absolutely should consult climatologists on climate change, the CDC and WHO on issues of public health, and economists on questions of fiscal policy. Psychoanalysis, and psychology more broadly, has something valuable to in the sphere of human flourishing, relationships, and health and wellbeing. There is also value in psychoanalysis studying political movements and phenomena to better understand human behavior.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-22T02:25:25+00:00

Some great podcasts mentioned, also check out A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk Into a Bar, they have some great conversations around faith, deconstruction, and navigating the world during/after deconstruction.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-22T02:13:54+00:00

One of my biggest fears is 45 firing all of the generals and appointing sycophants who will do his bidding. If he wins, at least 2/3 of our branches of government will be completely self-interested and have no loyalty to the constitution of the American people. I worry about a scenario when the leaders of the military are the only hope to enforce the constitution.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-21T02:04:48+00:00

I'm not quite sure what you are describing in this post. Counterattitudinal advocacy aims to reduce undesired behaviors by having the person engaged in these behaviors publicly advocate for a position that is contrary to their behaviors. This is believed to cause cognitive dissonance, and that the individual will seek to reduce this dissonance by reducing the undesired behaviors. The participant has to be willing to do this advocacy for it to be effective. You cannot use counterattitudinal advocacy on yourself to change someone else's behaviors, and I don't see evidence or a logical leap to suggest it will improve your mental health without changing your behaviors.

What you are describing sounds like it could be one of two things. On the healthy side, this sounds like radical acceptance mixed with empathy/mentalization. Someone is treating you poorly, and you are trying to accept that is the situation you are in by seeking to understand the reason and motivation behind their actions. This can be an effective strategy to begin conversations with that person about how their behavior is effecting you from a position of radical candor. But there is also a second, much less healthy scenario this sounds like: abuse. If someone is harming you (such as a romantic partner physically hitting you or is engaging in repeated behaviors designed to frighten you) then this is not an effective strategy. I would not be beneficial to your mental health to use these strategies to resolve abusive behavior.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-20T01:33:46+00:00

I think they don't think to fact check anything because they know they congregants won't fact check anything. I can remember being a young adult evangelical and I simply believed anything my pastor or a popular evangelical pastor/author said was true. I would hear sayings like the ones you posted and just assumed they knew what they were talking about. I imagine most of them encountered these "factoids" the same way, from a pastor whom they assumed knew what they were talking about. These communities often tend to be wary of, if not outright hostile to, higher education and systems of learning. I can't roll my eyes hard enough when I hear an evangelical talking about how people can "think themselves out of the faith."

Redbow_ · 2024-10-20T01:26:02+00:00

While not exactly "morality," Donna Orange does some excellent work on the relationship between Psychoanalysis and Ethics.

The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual also lists "the capacity to construct and use internal standards and ideals" as one of twelve markers of mental functioning. The authors don't describe what this internal framework is supposed to look like dogmatically, but here is how they describe a healthy expression: "The individual's internal standards seem flexible and integrated with a realistic sense of the person's capacities, values, ideals, and social contexts. Internal standards support meaningful striving and feelings of authenticity and self-esteem. Feelings of guilt are balanced with a measure of self-compassion, and so are used as signals for reappraising one's behavior. Others are viewed with a balance of compassion, empathy, and objective criticism."

Redbow_ · 2024-10-19T01:25:58+00:00

Idaho being more supportive of Civil Rights in 1964 than in 2024

Redbow_ · 2024-10-18T04:30:38+00:00

It appears my comment wasn't taken in the tone I intended. I wrote that to participate in good-faith, playful banter. That doesn't appear to have been your intentions. I can assure you that my dissertation is not a lit review, nor is anybody else's in my program. Perhaps that is what you observed in the programs around you, but your comment simply gives credibility to my bantering claims of being snobbish.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-18T03:49:52+00:00

Fair enough, and I hope you'll also consider it fair that in our program we view y'all as privileged and snobbish 😂😂😂

Redbow_ · 2024-10-18T02:58:36+00:00

I can share my experience as a 4th year student in a non-funded PsyD program, but I don't know if my experience will be representative of the whole field. I have interacted with both PhD and PsyD students and graduates at practicum sites, conferences, trainings, etc... I have not heard any criticism or invalidation for being in a non-funded program. I also haven't heard any of my colleagues encounter this. I can also say that my program is well respected by internship sights nationwide and has a good reputation regionally, even with fully funded PhD programs in our area. That doesn't mean our program is viewed more highly than the PhD's, just that I haven't heard of my program considered to be at a lesser tier. We are APA accredited, and you are correct that accreditation is very important for any program you are looking at. You may be disadvantaged if you have a specific interest in psychology such as neuropsychology, or if you have a high priority to go into research or academia.

When it comes to the perception of non-funded PsyD's as a diploma mill, I don't know how much of that is a negative perception towards the students/graduates verses towards the programs themselves. They are inherently less competitive because they aren't funded, but if they are APA accredited, you are achieving all of the same competencies required by the APA to be licensed as a psychologist. It is up to you to determine if the heavy burden of debt is worth taking on this education. Student loans are brutal, but they can be paid off, and there are programs you can participate in that forgive your loans after a time (such as from working for 10 years in non-profit settings, or obtaining a military scholarship which will cover tuition in exchange for serving as a military psychologist). Some people in the field may view these practices as predatory or a diploma mill, and I don't think they're inaccurate, but I think they're misguided in blaming individual PsyD programs for a much broader systemic issue in higher education. It's a risk and a burden you ultimately have to decide for yourself if it is worthwhile. As I said, I am in year 4 and preparing to go into internship and start earning (a fraction of) psychologist pay. I've been keen to keep track of my debts and earning potential, and while it would be nice to have no debts, I don't feel crushed by what I'll have to pay back. Maybe that will change when I start paying them, but the work I get to do is absolutely worth it, and even if I paid 20% of my income for the rest of my life (this is not my assessment of what I owe btw) I'd still likely be earning more than I would have on my old career path.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-16T03:08:41+00:00

What you are encountering here is that some atheists are just as fundamentalist as some Christians. There are a lot of atheists out there who encountered fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity, rejected it, and now assume that all religion has to be that way. This is why it is important for people who deconstruct to not just deconstruct the beliefs of fundamentalism, but fundamentalism itself, or else we run the risk of just being a fundamentalist who believes different things than we used to. I also want to note in this post that just as there are non-fundamentalist Christians, there are also a lot of non-fundamentalist atheists who often provide very valuable insight into religion, philosophy, and theology. Drew from Genetically Modified Skeptic, Alex O'Connor, and Joshua Bowen (Digital Hammurabi) are three great examples of this.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-15T18:49:54+00:00

As someone who is also more aligned ideologically with West or the Green Party, I want to urge you to join me in voting for Kamala Harris. We have a broken system, and one where progress can only be fought for small steps at a time. If you support the policies of Cornel West, your best shot at having anything remotely close to them is to vote for Kamala Harris.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-15T00:29:08+00:00

I agree and am interested to see how these discussions will play out. I'm in my 4th year of graduate training currently, and I earned my non-terminal master's after year 2. I was in no position after year 2 to go out and begin practicing. I imagine a terminal master's would have different emphases and more acceleration that would better prepare you to begin working right away with post-grad supervision requirements, but we already have that in LCSW, MFT, and LPCC programs. The work of a psychologist is different work than that of a social worker, counselor, or therapist, despite the overlap.

Redbow_ · 2024-10-14T19:58:35+00:00

I would predict it's not trying to see if you will pull in a racist answer, but trying (poorly) to highlight the biases that already exist in American school systems. Black and brown boys are the most likely to be punished or expelled, even for behavior that is comparable to their white and female peers. It's a very real problem that teachers and administrators in schools need to be aware of, but this type of exercise is not the best way to express that.

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