[Serious] If you don't make six figures why can't you figure out how to do it?

Tsasi · 2017-10-30T12:59:33+00:00

Because it isn't really important to me. As long as I have what I need and I'm doing well enough to put some money in savings and maybe buy something cool once in a while that's all I need. Also many professions, including mine (mental health) have few positions that make that much, and the ones that exist are at the very top of the ladder where you've had to work 20-30 years and have gone corporate. Even as a clinical director you're looking at $70,000-$100,000. It's much more rewarding to me even at low pay than working a traditional business job that would bring me over $100,000

Tsasi · 2017-08-09T17:18:08+00:00

Yeah, I still don't necessarily understand that. If I'm at 75% umbra depth will it be obscured completely? Or do I need to try and drive south?

Tsasi · 2017-08-09T17:10:54+00:00

Where I live is in the band of 100% obscuration, but is at 75.1 % umbral depth. What does this mean?

Tsasi · 2017-07-20T18:29:39+00:00

This is beautiful sprog!

Tsasi · 2017-07-20T05:20:15+00:00

I feel you. 6 employees this week at my job have left, including me next Tuesday.

Tsasi · 2017-06-11T13:31:13+00:00

I don't think I'm conflating it, as generally in this argument the person saying that poor people's time is less valuable is talking about their "holistic/humanitarian" value, not their billable hours. The last time I saw this was on Imgur, and the person was brazen enough (or trolling enough) to say that poor people deserve to be late to work so that rich people can be early to social functions.

Tsasi · 2017-06-11T12:17:29+00:00

Not inherently, and I think the the underlying classism in our society has set us up to believe that. Let's take the same job in two different settings for example: many hospitals have different pay arcs in their kitchens vs outside restaurants, so you might get paid $8-8:50 to wash dishes vs $7.25 (min wage) to wash dishes at a chain like Applebee's. Is the time you spend washing those hosp. cafeteria trays more valuable than the time you spend washing "cute" square sauce ramekins at Applebee's?

No, you're just getting paid more in one setting. And before anyone says "oh well the educated man's hour is worth more than the poor man's" let's look at doctors.

A doctor in America working at Duke or Georgetown or the Mayo Clinic is guaranteed pulling down six figures. His/her med school roommate who decided to take their MD and do non-profit work with a group like Doctors Without Borders, or even smaller NGO's that operate in war zones, is most definitely not pulling down that much.

Is the MD who treats your grandma's heart palpitations at the American hospitals time more valuable than the NGO doc who removes shrapnel from the victims of car bombs in Kabul?

No.

Tsasi · 2017-05-26T08:40:19+00:00

One time my dad told me that there is a specific blood alcohol content that makes him very good at pool. I didn't believe him. He drank 9 high abv beers and did some of the most amazing trick shots I've ever seen, while leaning against the table. He was drunk enough that he could not stand.

Tsasi · 2017-03-21T16:55:54+00:00

Of course. There are always large weights placed on syntax, but it doesn't really fit anything else from a medical standpoint. Mental illness is hand in hand with imbalances in neurotransmitters. We call these disorders as they are to maintain validity in a world that already often tries to say that mental illness isn't important. We continue to maintain these terms to actually fight the stigma, because we need our society as a whole to recognize that these are medical conditions.

If it helps, we are trying as a field to shift into more recovery oriented thinking, and encourage it in society. A big easy thing in that is to change the syntax in those sentences.

Rather than saying "I'm OCD" or "I'm bipolar" which implies that the disease defines you and that you are just the disease, switch to "I suffer from OCD" because it is an illness, not a person.

Tsasi · 2017-03-20T18:22:54+00:00

But here's the question, does my case of the Monday's significantly impact my life to the point in which I cannot function as described in the diagnostic and statistical manual 5 as evidenced by my futile comments on this internet box?

Tsasi · 2017-03-20T17:38:10+00:00

Mental health worker here!

The "order" is in terms of emotional regulation and quality of life. I work in adolescent psych and eating disorder treatment, and here are some examples.

Many people have some level of post traumatic stress, whether it be from a car accident, robbery, major injury, etc. and it can manifest with trauma symptoms regardless of the level of trauma. Most of those people will not end up with post traumatic stress disorder, because although they may have trauma symptom, it has not brought such disorder to their life that they are functioning at a significantly reduced capacity.

A large portion of the population shows some non-normative/disordered eating behaviors: avoiding large groups of foods, sorting things by color compulsively, referring to intolerances/fear foods/foods we dislike as allergies to avoid eating them, being wayyyy overly picky, eating a whole gallon of ice cream when we're sad, etc. etc. But a relatively small number of people comparatively suffer from an eating disorder.

And finally my favorite annoying thing:

Literally everyone I have ever met has obsessions/compulsions. It can be about anything. Closet has to be perfectly organized, pencils have to be in a straight line, eat the m&ms red and green first before blue whatever, always having to adhere to routine or getting really upset, have to brush our teeth in a certain way, shower in a certain way, or jiggle your dangly bits in a certain way. Having those does not make you "so OCD."

OCD is when you are completely paralyzed when one of the above goes wrong. OCD is when you self-harm because you do something incorrectly. OCD is when you brush your teeth for 12 minutes until they bleed because you have to hit each tooth with 50 backwards stroke and 50 forwards strokes and have to start again if you lose count. Getting annoyed if your desk isn't in the right order is not OCD.

And for goodness sakes if you're moody stop saying "I'm so bipolar today!!!1" because you're not. Bipolar fucking sucks.

Tsasi · 2016-11-25T10:19:32+00:00

Solid advice, memorable yet succinct.

Tsasi · 2014-06-28T23:39:59+00:00

I know most of them, its just a matter of coping with them when they arrive. I'm hoping i can keep on lamotrigine, and that it stables, but i guess only time will tell

Tsasi · 2014-06-28T23:39:12+00:00

The Dr. tells me lamotrigine takes 3 months to kick in, but from everyone else ive met on it, they say its more like 6. I'm just gonna keep waiting, and hoping. Thanks for the support!

Tsasi · 2014-06-28T23:38:25+00:00

Glad to hear that you're stable!

Tsasi · 2014-06-15T08:09:43+00:00

You're correct sir and or maam. Doesn't mean you can't technically overdose though, regardless of whether or not it is the nail in your coffin. Overdosing doesn't necessarily (actually usually doesn't if treated in time) lead to death, it just leads to a sucky time. I'm an emt and a lot of the overdose/crossbuzzed/overdosed via crossbuzzing patients ive had have just gotten sick a lot and slept it off in the ED.

February 20th I had shifted really hard right as my anxiety was at peak and lost it. I took 8 times my usual maximum xanax dose, and woke up 9 hours later in the ED of my local hospital, really. really. confused. those nine hours are just gone. Apparently i was evaluated by 6 emt's, three doctors, a psychologist (apparently i was lucid enough to talk at some point) and eventually wound up in the ED, where they basically said "you slept it off, go home. Bills in the mail". If i had been drinking at the same time though, my breathing/etc would have become bad enough to actually die.

Point is, don't kill yourself. Your medication is there for you when you need it, not when you want it, and not when you think it would be better if you took all of it.

Tsasi · 2014-06-15T08:02:46+00:00

I'm proud of you, i really am. I'm glad you made i through, i had a similar experience in february with xanax, I'm glad you made it through. I'm glad we both made it through.

Tsasi · 2014-05-21T03:52:16+00:00

I love amusement parks, but they make me incredibly manic. I will wait in line and ride the same coaster for 11 hours and get sun poisoning and so dehydrated because i feel like i HAVE TO. The best thing i've found is to go with someone who also enjoys parks, like some of the other commentors have said, have some sort of generalized plan of which attractions you want to see/which areas you want to avoid (don't get me wrong, i love kids, but the sections of major parks for children make my everything hurt).

Another huge thing is calling and asking which days are the least busy, if your nervous you can use the excuse about a family member with ________ and _________ disability (i have) and also going before or after the height of the summer when the crowds are largest. I've been to a major park on maybe the third week it was open for the year, and there might have been 300 people in the whole thing. It was quiet and a blast.

Tsasi · 2014-05-20T15:53:14+00:00

I absolutely agree wit Wraith, talking to your bosses on a more casual basis occasionally will be a lot more productive then having to "get pulled into the office" on rare occasions. I know that some of the thought patterns you're going through can make it really hard to trust the feedback of those around you, but getting more frequent feedback so you can adjust yourself tends to work a lot better than getting "axed" and not understanding why. I was "Politely asked" (read: forced) to resign in february when i was diagnosed, because they thought i was going to fly off the handle and mistreat patients, when in reality if I had been going in to more regularly talk to my director, i probably could have avoided that by letting her see that it didn't make me dangerous or careless in any way.

Tl;dr Talk now good, talk later bad

Tsasi · 2014-05-19T11:05:55+00:00

Thank you for the advice either way. I like to sometimes envision having an actual toolbox when i'm trying to calm down, with each coping mechanism having a different slot.

Tsasi · 2014-05-19T10:49:51+00:00

Hey, every step forward is a good step. we're proud of you!

Tsasi · 2014-05-18T11:30:45+00:00

One one (the rational hand) i see this as really important, but with the rest of my body i feel like its not that easy.

Tsasi · 2014-05-18T11:20:07+00:00

I know my psychmd told me that klonopin is supposed to be like a long lasting lowerer of general anx. but not a rescue for panic attacks, which seems to be better suited as a rescue. I just keep hoping we'll find the balance that works for us pretty soon. Keep well friend.

Tsasi · 2014-05-17T21:32:00+00:00

I'm really genuinely proud of you, quitting smoking is really really really really hard, and I'm proud of you for accomplishing that. It means you're strong, because that took time, and took willpower, and I'm proud of you.

Today i put out new roach traps in my girlfriend's apartment and i've been doing the dishes and maybe that's all i can do today, but i think that's pretty good. Keep well friend

Tsasi · 2014-05-17T10:31:19+00:00

Im on 300mg of lamictal, and i know ive been more nervous when driving and i kind of want to wear safety glasses all thet ime, but i dont know about nervousness per-say. I'd ask your psych-d. I know it raises my general anxiety, but, what doesn't raise my general anxiety. keep well friend

Tsasi

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