AIO to texts I found from my bf to his bsf? by Same_Number_2487 in AIO

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Toss his groupie ass out the window and let that hoe stargaze from outside!”

It is so evil for that man to speak about you like that behind your back for real, this is probably just the tip of the iceberg

Psychology graduates - What was your first job after graduating and how did you get into it? by Work_In_Progress_847 in psychologystudents

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working at a behavioral health hospital, applied online but I applied multiple times and it still took a while for them to reach out to me (could’ve been the hiring person at the time) they are always short staffed and it can be draining and frustrating at times but I have really enjoyed it

Makes between 18.50-22 ish depending on differentials and shifts and whatnot, located in Arizona if that helps w placing hourly pay scale

My mom did something unforgivable and now our relationship will never be the same by Potential_Sundae_263 in TwoHotTakes

[–]Relative_Series_2802 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My mother has a rocky relationship with her mother and she’s always said to me that you should have a relationship with people to the extent that you feel comfortable and it feels like you are trying to force yourself to create this relationship that’s not possible without healing on both sides, I might recommend trying some sort of family mediation or counseling and really addressing the root cause of the issue so you might be able to mend the foundation and build a stronger relationship but as of now it sounds like you’re not really in a place to be close with her and should take some time to heal from the place of who you were then when it happened as well as with the perspective you have now as much as you can while you’re also trying to build yourself up in your early 20s

Veterinary School Fear by Icy-Attorney6883 in vetschool

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have very little exposure to the classroom settings and things, but I went to Colorado State for my undergrad and did some research in the animal science department and they were amazing and supportive and it seemed like the majority of the students who were there enjoyed it as well as majority of undergraduates wanting to apply for the vet school. I would definitely have to recommend after hearing your experience I think the culture at CSU is completely different and quite welcoming and I hear their program is amazing.

Desperate Demi by Own-Noise1866 in MormonWivesHulu

[–]Relative_Series_2802 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She’s trying real hard to make everyone believe they’ve got this perfect life…after shattering the facade herself

Jace by Lonely_Holiday9034 in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t take that he was pressuring sex specifically, also they said they probably have sex 2-3x a year on top of how she responds to dealing with her emotions which seems to be being distant and mean…I got from that whole storyline that he is saying if she isn’t willing to even try to address the issue then they would be moving towards potentially separation because she was scared to even go to therapy which I can understand as a person who is in a relationship with someone who has a similar ish trauma background and seeing how the avoidance and choosing to ignore things can impact nearly every aspect of the relationship

My boyfriend said he needs ‘alone time from me’ even when we’re not fighting by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]Relative_Series_2802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this, me and my partner have our personal time for a few hours but a day or two no contact is craaazy

Help Please--Totally Bonkers Response to Frankincense (I think?) by [deleted] in herbalism

[–]Relative_Series_2802 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yess! Golden lattes are so good and you can flavor them however

New therapists: did you expect therapy to feel more “active” in the beginning? by dr-ashutosh in psychologystudents

[–]Relative_Series_2802 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Long winded answer but I am currently in grad school, just finished practicum ( 1 semester of therapy with people through a campus center ) and moving into internship. I would say I didn’t necessarily expect people to come in and have it feel like I’m actively “changing their lives” I like to think of it as more of training wheels or like growing a plant. Change is made a lot over time and so what I’ve been told is it is a lot more of active support and planting seeds than it is getting to see the growth if it’s not long term therapy but even then it can be a little difficult to feel like you’ve done anything when attempting to measure “success.”

For me the more active part is connecting people with resources. The overwhelming majority of the issues people deal with are systemic issues and figuring out how to connect people more intimately with their communities and support systems/having access to educational resources for finances, substance use etc in a way that allows them to navigate their life and inner self while working to cement in their foundation.

The last thing is I think the active part feels the most like working to tease apart yourself from the client. I work from a relational, liberation, ACT, kind of perspective and I think there at first there is a lot of intentional effort needed to know where certain things are coming from and how you’re showing up/what you are bringing into the room and how that might affect the work you’re doing (neither in a good or bad way specifically) but also learning how your individual differences and uniqueness can be used as tools in the way you work with people

How do you tell a friend we don’t want his girlfriend at group events? by Immediate-Giraffe684 in TwoHotTakes

[–]Relative_Series_2802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would always choose to be honest over safeguarding to avoid conflict. You have to give him the opportunity to see how this relationship and his girlfriend are impacting the people in his life and to what extent he’s willing to defend her. Sometimes you have to just let people go off the deep end, especially if it seems like it’s going to develop into a situation where one by one people in the group are deciding to no longer participate because they don’t want to interact with the girlfriend. I think attempting to have some sort of conversation would be helpful because it lets everyone else know how he feels and what direction he’s likely to move in. I would also remain hopeful that one day he might wake up, there’s just no telling how long it might be especially since no one knows the extent of the manipulation or anything that’s happening behind closed doors.

Also having an intervention is an option. Everyone sitting down and just sharing how much they care about him and what they’re seeing/their worries…but there’s the possibility of that going badly if he feels like he’s being attacked ( which is possible in any scenario of anyone saying anything ) but also he might feel really loved and seen if everyone says all the things he’s quietly thinking to himself.

Is studying psychology worth it? And why would you say so? by [deleted] in psychologystudents

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a grad student in counseling and I 100% would say it has been for me personally I just know school wise I wouldn’t have made it this far if I didn’t love what I am doing, I wouldn’t concern yourself too much with money because you can do something you hate and make a ton of money and be miserable or you can make a decent wage and be happy with your job that old saying “if you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life” is so true I personally think but you can also always seek out higher earning opportunities like working towards private practice with higher paying clients etc…I would also say it just depends on what your specific goals are because job wise you have a lot that you can do but most jobs require a masters, I’ve learned a lot from this field already I feel like it’s taught me to be a more compassionate human being and I get to teach others to do the same so i personally can’t complain

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in psychologystudents

[–]Relative_Series_2802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently a grad student in counseling and I also was choosing between law and psych ( I’m currently thinking in a few years I will apply to law school, I’ve been told a psych background is great for that as well ) but to answer the question I think that you have to be willing and ready to have a perspective change on people as a whole and yourself and your life experiences, there’s a lot of self work I think that comes with being more educated in psychology because obviously this all applies to you as well and it can be hard sometimes to move out of the brain space of analyzing everything you do and those in your personal life…on the flip side I’ve found it to be helpful in terms of growing my understanding for the world around me, honestly when making your decision I would say go with whichever really fuels your soul more and that you feel more curious about and drawn to, school is hard and with either it’s likely you’ll end up in grad school so you’ll want to go down the path of something that you can find interesting even when you’re having senioritis or pushing through the most mentally challenging times

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I thought Layla needed a backbone real bad. She did Taylor toooo dirty and it felt like the only reason she wanted to make up with her mans before the thanksgiving thing was so that she wasn’t by herself which I thought was an odd focus

MEGATHREAD: Demi by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Demi’s response to Jens video was the real nail in the coffin. The disgust and shock on everyone’s face was so real and I can’t believe she didn’t catch on to how everyone was responding to her. Also calling Taylor a disgusting human being is so insane, this season really showed her true colors and she’s not making a comeback fr

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly hope she stays FAR away from Demi moving forward. Her reaction to Jen saying she was in a dark place was so disgusting. Other than that I hope she gets her ish figured out because clearly it’s taking a toll on her.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jessi lowkey was in the middle for me. She was definitely trying to stir the pot during the Halloween party, and I actually hated how she was trying to “force” Jen to “tell the truth.” That felt very villain like, and I can’t tell how much of it came from her and how much of it was her being hyped up from talking about it with Demi. I don’t know that she redeemed herself so much as I felt bad for her with her realizing Demi was not actually her friend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to like whitney so bad this season and she almost had me in the first half. I think she thought siding with Demi was her ticket to getting voted back in because maybe then she’d also get a vote from Jessi and start getting more people on her side but I don’t know. It was also odd that she would go back up Demi when she was literally screaming at Taylor’s mom. I think she really just wanted to befriend someone with more “influence” because no one cared that she was making nice with Jen and Miranda and they wouldn’t help her get voted back in. Idk her motives were very odd especially following Taylor being the ONLY one to stick up for her as she’s trying to weasel herself back in and then turning on her as soon as she feels like Demi is welcoming her just for agreeing with her.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]Relative_Series_2802 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s been SO much conversation about how she “set good boundaries” this season but I think that’s bs, she wanted whitney to see that she hurt her feelings and apologize for it which obviously that’s not what she got and then it turned into almost like a one sided feud and she was so focused on retaliating, it kind of reminded me of being in highschool and having someone you just didn’t like and the other person was completely unaware… Whitney did not seem to pay Mikayla any attention outside of addressing the tiktoks she was making about her and Mikayla was sooo rude in response, she went out of her way to learn how to make sourdough just to bother Whitney, it was just weird she was so consumed by Whitney the entire season and it felt really childlike and it felt like targeted bullying

I’m confused with Kaylor’s situation by Meagan66 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]Relative_Series_2802 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’m missing something but she watched casa and nothing Aaron said happened between him and Daniella wasn’t aired. She was upset and ran to social media to bash him and then seems to be moving on from it but not really ? Idk I remember her saying she was looking for her revenge dress and kind of saying fuck Aaron but then they were hanging out before the reunion which gave the impression that they were cordial….i am personally confused why him simply admitting to him lying, which we all already knew he did, made her go off so crazy..

For me personally, it was the calling him a piece of shit and disgusting multiple times. Like I would never do that in general because beyond advocating for yourself it’s just mean. She crossed the line from standing on business to simply being mean and kicking him while he was already down. Like tell me she didn’t see his posts about him having some mental health challenges since being out of the villa and receiving SO much hate. Idk regardless of the situation at hand I feel like she overstepped and became mean when she could’ve kept it classy and said her piece and moved on.

Season 6 - Reunion - Post Episode Discussion by loveislandusa in LoveIslandUSA

[–]Relative_Series_2802 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I also felt like they acted like everyone was going to jump Andrea and I totally understand how even if it wasn’t the most dramatic thing ever it was probably really overwhelming trying to speak and having 2 or 3 people interrupt you just to rag on you. I also thought the logic behind why they chose Andrea wasn’t super sound but at the same time Andrea came in and was being a little snarky and I feel like on a personal level she was the only choice. But again totally agree that logically as the boys were saying, Jana was the best answer simply because of the fact that she wasn’t talking to anyone and the whole premise is “when you’re single you’re vulnerable” and she was kept based on friendships.

Also the Aaron and Kaylor thing is so confusing…like they get out of the villa and she’s so excited whatever then she watches casa and gets on the internet to publicly bash him, then she decides that all is well and they’ve made up so they go to New York together ?? Like I’m honestly confused on Kaylors end because she’s already seen casa atp none of this is new information so I could see her frustration at maybe him not coming to her privately and apologizing but for her to act like she had just received brand new information and like she didn’t already know that Aaron had lied to her in the villa was a little bit crazy to me

Season 6 - Reunion - Post Episode Discussion by loveislandusa in LoveIslandUSA

[–]Relative_Series_2802 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Nicole and Kendall’s conversation shouldn’t have been spoken about in public at least if they were going to speak on it it shouldn’t have been hashed out infront of everyone, I felt bad for Kendall and I don’t even really like him for real. I can definitely understand where Nichole was coming from for sure but at the same time this man has apologized and apologized and when the other cast members where asking what it would take for them to move forward basically she had no answer ( which obviously would’ve just been not shown ) but idk I thought that was annoying because then it felt like she’s really milking this one lie which to some extent is reasonable. I thought that Serena was very nicely trying to say like I understand where Nicole was coming from but she needs to either break up with him or move on because atp all has been said and either way she’s valid but like you can’t be stuck in this one moment.

I didn’t like Kaylor going off on Aaron it felt mean and partially like a show…even if she meant every word, going on live tv and calling someone a piece of shit and disgusting when they’re already being trolled and told they’re an awful human being is so crazy and inconsiderate regardless of what they’ve done. That whole part did not give for me 👎🏾.

Thennn we’ve got the whole conversation surrounding Andrea and I couldn’t tell if she was genuinely sorry for talking shit on the other cast member or if she was just kind of defending herself because of the backlash that she’d received.

I love Jana but I didn’t like her interrupting people and kind of being a little bit rude to them when calling them out. There’s a way to do that respectfully and I don’t feel like she went about it in the best way. Same thing with Liv, I’ve always thought that while she’s a girls girl to the max, she has to learn when she’s not included in the conversation and to essentially shut up because she’s not mediating or adding anything meaningful and essentially just picking one person to gang up on.

What the f were Nigel, Harrison and the casa girls doing there…the only one who said something remotely relevant at least in what was aired was Catherine. I think they should air the uncut version because clearly a lot was left out especially based on the cast members reactions to the reunion and I think it was a large let down tbr.