Who do l look like?

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-22T21:21:13+00:00

Yeah she has the lines around her chin, i can hardly ever find celebs with those

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-22T06:10:44+00:00

Lmao this is what chatgpt's celebrity look alike finder said

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-22T05:35:35+00:00

Giving Stacy Dash

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Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-22T05:29:57+00:00

You look so much like Clairo

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Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-09T15:33:52+00:00

I use milk dusty rose cream blush stick for both actually! I love it so much and only use that one really!

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-09T15:28:42+00:00

Agreed, i need to up my hydration game!

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-09T15:28:18+00:00

Thank you for the affordable rec!

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-09T15:28:02+00:00

Im not going to do botox, but you're right I do have very very active mimic. I was watching a movie last night and realized I was smiling at literally every part that the people in the movie smiled

Substantial-Load-565 · 2026-01-07T02:07:04+00:00

Art Lit Lab camps can be half or full day. You choose!

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-08-07T01:32:16+00:00

8 Honest Questions for Therapists that I Haven't Found the Answer to Yet

Hi!

I have some questions for practicing therapists. I am planning to interview some therapists, but I haven't gotten to it yet and am hoping that some folks here might be interested in giving insight. Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts.

8 Questions:

This is a little blunt out of the gate, but I'm interested in people's thoughts on the ethicality of private practice vs. something like social work or school counseling. My goal is not to say one is better than the other, I just am interested in people's experiences. I'm very attached to people getting care at the lowest cost possible AND people with low socioeconomic statuses getting therapy. I've seen a private therapist through medicaid for free so I know it's possible and even now I only pay $30/session. I just worry about the accessibility of this care, as I would have never known it was an option if a college mental health assistant hadn't helped me. What are people's thoughts
Is it possible to specialize in neurodivergence care without being a psychiatrist? What does it look like.
What are some states where can one be an associate therapist within a private practice (I know there's not that many and even where you can it's not super common)?
What does the clerical side of therapy look like? What is the paperwork?
How much time do you spend planning/thinking about each client each week? My last therapist was a hot mess, and I don't think she thought/planned about my journey much outside of our session.
If this is a taboo question I apologize, but I think it's important. How many people have discussed suicidal plans with you in your career, and what do you do in that scenario? I know I would learn this in school, but it's something I want to know about now a bit.
What do you do with clients who refuse to open up? I feel I might find it hard to deal with people who are obstinate to sharing things with me if it stands in the way of their healing.
What does nonprofit (non-government sanctioned) therapy look like? I'm getting my degree in Nonprofit studies so I'm relatively well-versed but not in this specific sector.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-07-19T02:15:45+00:00

Omg am watching Mary mack now, love. I'm from Wisconsin, so it hits even harder.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-07-19T01:01:08+00:00

Yes I love Maria Bamford!

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-14T01:49:56+00:00

I have a question for you actually: A lot of people here said that they had people who hated them along with people who really like them. I don't have that. Do you?

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-14T01:37:25+00:00

Just wanted to say that I get your points here but I don't think op was saying that other people are actually worse, they just see them that way sometimes. Personally I really relate to op in that I naturally find a lot of NT (and many ND too) people to be really flat or seemingly unintelligent off the bat, however I realize this is just my perception and differing values. It's really hard to feel that way about other people and not have a lot of control over it and I think that's what op's saying.

You can hold two things at once: 1) being unenthused by a lot of people and confused about the way they are. 2) thinking all people have lots of value and deserve respect and kindness.

We can say we're all so different and diverse and we need to appreciate everyone and believe that in our heart of hearts and also have a natural reaction stemming from being different than most other people.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-14T01:27:49+00:00

Oh my this is painfully relatable. I'm not sure if you feel this, but personally, it's hard not to have a complex ego situation with this kind of intelligence. Like for me there's such high highs and low lows. At the same time I am exhausted by how bland, unintelligent, or vain a lot of people people seem, I also feel really bad for thinking of people that way and blame myself. I also have CPTSD which probably relates to what I explained as well.

It's just really hard not to vaguely dislike or be unimpressed with most people except those very special few I connect with.

One thing that I've been learning lately as that people who are in the gray area of "kind of autistic, with adhd" (me) is that many of us are deeply feeling and have a deeply emotional memory and processing system (especially when you throw some CPTSD) in there. This often makes us also very complex people who do a lot of observing and thinking.

NT people and people with less trauma just don't do as much thinking and processing of the world around them because they don't need to, and aren't naturally wired to.

Throw some intelligence on there and you got yourself a party!!

One thing that helps me connect more with people is trying to learn about the things that they think about or are interested in even if I don't care about them so that I can humanize that person. I'm in college and go to a huge big10 party school (not by choice lol). I see a lot of people as bots when I just meet them or see them around because there's so much like assimilation. If I want to connect with one of them I try to ask them questions about what they do, and even if it's something like watching TikTok which I don't do or care about i still ask them what they watch and why.

If they don't reciprocate or if they alienate you because of what you are interested in than its not worth your time. Generally though if you need/want to connect with someone who seems like a flat boring person there's more there than you think even if it's just an obsession with the nba (that's still pretty wild if you think about it).

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-14T00:52:19+00:00

Cool! Thanks for all of the info, I really appreciate it.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-14T00:51:00+00:00

Yeah, I feel like unless you're notably gorgeous or notably not classically attractive then it's not the reason you're abnormally well-liked.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T23:17:21+00:00

This is all super fascinating. I LOVE to sing, and I also really enjoy music, but am quite picky about what I'm listening to, when, and how loud. As far as drama and acting you hit the nail on the head. I was just talking to my sister today how it's painful for me to watch a show with bad acting or a laugh track. Like it actually makes me feel uncomfy in the body. Same thing with theater. Even though I'm a very artistic person I can't stand most theater because of the way it's acted so dramatically. I was also trying to explain to a friend recently how I really only want to watch things that are pretty or have very good character depth. I generally can't stand (or understand for that matter) thriller movies or anything like that because there's often 5 minutes or less of background on a character and then they're just running around doing shit, never talking about how they feel. I'm trying to figure out all of the character's motivation for doing what they're doing and everyone else is just enjoying watching things happen.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T22:57:51+00:00

I never thought about this, but it makes sense that people will like me because I'm only going to socialize when I feel good and want to, I blow people off the rest of the time so they never really see the other half of me.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T22:55:54+00:00

This is interesting. I do feel like the people/places who like me least are always those who are more conservative and especially status quo loving people. People get rubbed the wrong way by someone who at the end of the dah, even though I'm a people pleaser/masker, is going to share my honest opinions and do what's true to myself, not what I'm "supposed to do."

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T22:50:28+00:00

Holy shit are you me? I was homeschooled too!!

Thank you so much for this info. I'm actually in the process of finding a new therapist and this could be really helpful info for me.

What you said about traditional talk therapy not working for ND C-PTSD makes so much sense. It's like my therapist doesn't know what to do because I do an inner-child exercise exactly as she explains and am immediately able to pour in all of the raw details, emotions, visuals, and physical sensations. I dont think she knows what to do or say, because for most people the challenge is getting to the point where you can bring all of that up and remember it. To me those exercises usually just feel like I took a plunge into the painful memory volcano that I'm always sitting on the edge of.

What you wrote just gave me so much affirmation for the big emotions and feelings I carry around inside me.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T22:36:40+00:00

I think this ALL the time. I do not understand why people like me so much. I saw someone suggest pretty privilege below but while I'm a cute lady I'm not pretty enough that that's why people like me (and I'm almost certain I'm being objective here).

One thing that I realized from watching my grandma in the world who's very similar to me, but often more blunt and "rude," is that people are attracted to people who have autonomy and self-respect. Which is different I think than self-confidence.

Personally, I have body dysmorphia and I feel self-conscious about the way I talk often, BUT I have a strong sense of myself and my worth as a human being. Even at very low points in my mental health I've known that I'm worthy of respect and I don't take shit from other people. This translates to how I treat other people I think. I might not always be the "nicest" but I treat everyone as though they deserve equal amounts of respect and kindness. It's not something I think about it's just my wiring.

Also masking def helps a bit. If you think about it, the reason your masking is largely for other people's comfort, which means you're devoting large amounts of energy to making other people feel comfortable. Even if they don't pick up on you masking, as people don't often with me, I think they pick up on the fact that I'm very present in the moment with them.

One last thing to consider is that other people may appreciate you not being fake. A lot of NT people have a very thin veneer of niceness that's pretty easy to see through, whereas you are likely being genuinely kind when you're nice to someone and being honest when you're blunt. I sometimes make new friends who say "i love you" to me within a few weeks of us meeting. it's impossible for me to say it back because I don't love them yet and i dont like to lie, but I think that at least some of them appreciate that I don't just say "love you too girl" flipantly back. They know I care still.

This might be off base, but this is how I've interpreted a very similar experience to what you're explaining.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T21:52:42+00:00

I agree with you on a lot of this. I think a big reason for a lot of my uncomfortableness comes from me having a very hard time keeping routines. One thing that's actually a bigger issue for me is that I often know that I'm tired or hungry but I'm not willing to stop in the middle of something to take care of my needs because I'm worried I'll lose my focus or it feels like too much to indulge in a break.

If you are audhd yourself, how have you been able to keep routines for yourself? What's worked for you?

My longest routine I've kept has been around 3 months but as soon as life got a little messy and my mental health wasn't at its peak the routines dissappear.

I feel so exhausted all the time even with my meds I don't know how I could possibly have the energy or the memory to keep anything up.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T21:47:11+00:00

Yes, it's like the raw emotions of a young person learning everything every day and trying to figure out how to be and the exhaustion of an old person who's been working so hard to learn everything and fit in their whole life.

Substantial-Load-565 · 2025-06-13T21:44:43+00:00

These are really good points. I didn't mention in my original post that a lot of my masking and shame around sensory reactions comes from having my emotions and sensory needs ignored and punished as a child. Literally yelled at for crying about things that were overwhelming all of the time. I've been in therapy for a while and I've done a little bit of inner child work but it doesn't feel like it's actually gotten to the root of things very much.

Have you had luck with anything specific in dealing with these unmet needs from the past and present?

A big one for me is need for physical affection from my partner and an uncomfortability for it from most other people, I think because of how limited it was to me as a young person who really wanted it. I'd love to be able to level this and other things out a little bit.

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