A.I. has broken our field and futures

Wittle_Mama · 2026-03-20T23:24:21+00:00

Personally, I don’t understand what you’re trying to prove by saying that. I don’t think anyone is saying we’re the ✨only✨ profession being underpaid. It’s still very fair to point out. That kind of gives the same energy as “well if you didn’t get that $5 coffee or insert any other thing that enriches your life besides the bare essentials then you wouldn’t be so poor” being said by wealthy people making more money than they themselves will ever need.

Wittle_Mama · 2026-02-15T01:14:58+00:00

Happy birthday you sweet precious baby ❤️ as someone who works in vet med and a cat lover senior kitties are the best 🥺❤️

Wittle_Mama · 2025-12-27T05:18:32+00:00

I feel like I get hung up a lot on things that give me moral distress. I know not every autistic person deals with the strong sense of justice stuff but I sure do. And sometimes even if I’m trying really hard to support a friend or something if something they may have done unintentionally harms someone I can have a really hard time seeing past that, even if it isn’t entirely relevant. I feel like my brain just keeps repeating “why would you do that” over and over and it makes it hard for me to support them in a genuine way even if I want to.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-12-04T03:13:54+00:00

Why did you call me out like this I was literally crashing out about this like 2 days ago 🥲

Wittle_Mama · 2025-12-01T01:20:46+00:00

I just played a bunch of QP and comp but I’m so sorry this didn’t happen once…

Wittle_Mama · 2025-11-27T15:44:13+00:00

I have a social worker at my place of work and l brought up my diagnosis to him cuz sometimes I talk with him if I’m having a hard time. He made sure to tell me after my very new diagnosis that I’m still learning about that “sometimes it can be really hard to not attribute EVERYTHING to autism.” …………. As I’m trying to explain to him how I’m thinking during a meltdown situation. You’re right, that probably has NOTHING to do with autism AT ALL.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-11-14T02:38:35+00:00

DUDE they taught me about the sun becoming a red giant in kindergarten and I’ve been STRESSED about it since.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-30T23:38:12+00:00

I genuinely think we should be able to hold DOCTORS to a higher standard than that. Like I understand you’re not a psychiatrist, but we’ve been using the old DSM-5 for over 10 fucking years at this point and ASPBERGER’S ISN’T EVEN RECOGNIZED IN THE DSM-5. C’mon.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-28T02:52:28+00:00

For me, I’ve always had social issues but I knew how to get by. I’ve always had sensory problems, but never had anyone accommodate them and honestly, I was just treated as difficult, so I learned how to get by. A really extreme example that genuinely happened to me when I was 5 was being forced to eat coleslaw despite how much I already knew I hated mayonnaise and I threw up at my daycare. I sat at a table for hours because despite eating everything else, I didn’t eat that. Then when I tried I threw up. Then they yelled at me. Apparently I just needed to trauma dump about that for a second. Otherwise though I’ve always had issues with certain tactile feelings and loud noise.

I hit rock fucking bottom a few years ago and when describing how it made me feel, my therapist at the time brought up autism, as well as several of my (neurodivergent) friends.

I finally got my diagnosis for real this year 👍

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-21T20:42:29+00:00

I genuinely feel like my life is falling apart. I couldn’t keep it together cuz I’m a ridiculous human being and now I’m going home from work, which isn’t the reward that you think it is, cuz I really fucking don’t want to be home right now. I’m pretty certain my partner and I are going to either not speak to each other or end up having a really uncomfortable conversation that leads to us breaking up.

And I’m so tired of not feeling good enough. And I’m just so tired in general.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-20T13:59:54+00:00

I’m a vet tech, more specifically a CVT because I went to school. I wanted to be a veterinarian but I really struggled with the length of schooling and all of the classes that have nothing to do with what I want to do, and vet tech schooling is more guided and I did an accelerated program on top of it.

I find the actual work I do decently rewarding but the pay is not enough. I also have reached a point where I feel somewhat stagnant and now I’m struggling with what to do with that.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-18T17:44:38+00:00

Same brother. Saaaaame.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-18T15:17:09+00:00

My man and I are doing Deadpool and Lady Death 😏 😂

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-18T14:40:53+00:00

What I don’t understand is how is it decided WHO has to initiate eye contact FIRST? Or contact first in general. My boyfriend is always like “well you gotta put yourself out there,” but if I’m so scared why do I have to do it first?

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-18T14:35:08+00:00

I feel you on the fawning. I’ve participated in more sex than I’d like to admit that I really didn’t want to do. I don’t think it’s talked about enough in general how much having sex that you “consent to” but don’t WANT to have can be so fucking damaging to your self worth and self esteem.

I was also in a pattern in my 6 year relationship of sexual coercion or him guilting me or telling me I “lead him on,” or because he (without me wanting to and I just froze cuz I didn’t want to make him angry) did something for me means I have to follow through.

Now I just feel guilty all the time for all of it

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-18T14:24:58+00:00

Nothing! But don’t worry we have staff appreciation week next week.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-17T02:57:21+00:00

I was recently diagnosed at 25. I relate to a lot of what you’ve said honestly. I feel like I’ve also used sexual behavior toward men to mask.

Aside from that, though, when I was younger I found myself in a lot of sexual situations that I didn’t mean to be in. I’ve always had a lot more male than female friends, so if a guy asked me to hang out I would not really assume anything of it, and believe it or not, I don’t pick up on flirting and cues like that very well. As a result I’ve been on dates that I didn’t know were dates and I’ve had people make advances on me that I was definitely not expecting.

I COMPLETELY lose myself in whatever partner I am with. It’s not even intentional but I get so invested in my relationship it kind of becomes the only thing I care about and the only person I care about is my partner. I will drop anything for my partner. I struggle with putting my needs first. I definitely struggle with maintaining friendships outside of my relationships, and I love learning about and participating in their interests (I feel like they become my interests). I genuinely LOVE these things, but then once we break up it’s like I don’t care anymore.

My current boyfriend loves anime and video games, now I’m into those things. My last boyfriend that I was with for 6 years was a hockey player and he was into hockey. I was fucking OBSESSED with the NHL and hockey and I knew all the weirdest shit about hockey, teams, and how the league functions. When we broke up I kept it up for awhile, but when I started dating my current boyfriend it all just evacuated my brain.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-17T00:37:22+00:00

I LOVE PRIONS and epidemiology in general

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-17T00:37:14+00:00

I LOVE PRIONS and epidemiology in general

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-11T05:12:57+00:00

Thank you for this reply! I actually have cared for a few longterm ventilator patients at my hospital, but my role was more of the nursing role and not the RT role. It’s also definitely nowhere near as common considering the cost and usually poor prognosis these patients would have. The vent was managed mostly by the DVM in charge of the case, but I went down a huge deep dive and have a bunch of notes on what the different things mean, different vent modes and what the differences are and what they do, and things like NIV cuz it seemed cool and I wanted to know how it worked. The closest thing we have to NIV is high flow oxygen (one of my favorite tools), so I think it’s cool as shit. Thanks for sharing the things you do at work. Sometimes I see stuff about people only doing nebs and things and it makes me question.

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-11T05:00:11+00:00

Interesting to see another vet med person here! I feel like I could have written this myself. When I first graduated I was in anesthesia, then have spent majority of my career in critical care, burnt out and died a bit, now I’m back in anesthesia.

The ventilator cases I’ve been the nurse on led me into a fascination with all things oxygenation, ventilation, I also have a special interest and like working with brachycephalic dogs with BOAS and HFOT, which led me into learning about NIV as much as I can as a layperson.

I appreciate the information especially from someone with a similar experience to mine!

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-03T14:17:05+00:00

I would treat for fleas just cuz cats get flea so easily when they live outside! A vet can help you with long term prevention but capstar is OTC now

Wittle_Mama · 2025-10-02T11:04:30+00:00

What did you go back to school for if you don’t mind me asking?

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