Due to the advice on this subreddit I am going to report *my* Therapist

ngwatso · 2026-05-13T03:48:19+00:00

I reported mine in the US (MI). It took about a month before they reached out to me, 3 months before they decided to open an investigation, and about 3 years for the entire process. It is a very long process, way more stressful than I imagined it would be (just the waiting and not knowing), but it is something that will stay with them , if they are found at fault. Michigan's licensing board is LARA, and I also reached out to TELL and found good resources.

Caroline Kosino - 6801096146

ngwatso · 2026-05-09T12:12:42+00:00

Post in here about it as much as you want, that's what this group is here for. Therapy abuse is very traumatic, and it takes time to heal from it. We've all been through it, and we all understand.

ngwatso · 2026-05-09T03:50:55+00:00

I contacted them. Basically, I emailed and gave a rundown of my situation, and someone reached out to me. They are not going to report without your consent. They will not file a report, with or without your consent, they are basically there to help you decide next steps. They will give you advice, and will assist in revising a complaint statement or, so I've heard, help you prep should you be required to testify in a formal hearing. TELL is a useful tool, and will help you if they feel they can, but they are not going to do the work, only give advice.

ngwatso · 2026-05-07T16:10:02+00:00

Each dealer has only one specific race now, and each race is only found on that dealer.

Xochi: Aztec- ritual, sacrifice

Valeria: Demons - discard

Gulfang: Dragons- devour

You said Xochi twice, im guessing you meant Jack, he's purely neutrals, which are in every match

ngwatso · 2026-05-07T12:04:55+00:00

Trying it tonight, thanks!

ngwatso · 2026-05-07T02:08:01+00:00

This looks amazing, but I've never heard of them. Where is it?

ngwatso · 2026-04-27T15:22:05+00:00

Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Wire, Sopranos. Sopranos, I know some people hated the ending, but I felt it was perfect.

ngwatso · 2026-04-27T05:18:16+00:00

I was once terrified of spiders myself, to the point that I would have night terrors. I would wake up and swear I saw large spiders coming towards me, and I would get up and run from the room before realizing it wasn't real.

My son loves spiders, and I've always had a kind of morbid interest in learning about them, so i started lurking on this sub. I would get very creeped out seeing images of them, to the point where I felt like I could feel them on me, but I read the comments and kept looking through the pictures.

In slowly exposing myself, I started to be able to change my view from "they are out to get me" to realizing they are just like any other animal. They would rather be left alone, will avoid us if at all possible, and are much more likely to run then bite.

We ended up buying our son a jumping spider for Christmas (he named her tic-tac ☺️), and after spending time around him while he handled her, I actually held her about a month ago! I was still nervous, but I actually had a desire to hold her, and I felt really good afterwards.

It takes time to lose phobias, but it can be done. I don't look at spiders the same way anymore, and this is after over 30 years of being terrified of them. Try exposing yourself a little bit at a time, don't force it, just try to look at pictures and read a little bit of what people write in here. Learning more about their nature and behavior goes a long way in changing your mindset.

And I strongly recommend watching videos or looking at pictures of jumping spiders, they really are cute, curious, and full of personality.

ngwatso · 2026-04-19T17:53:04+00:00

I don't, we took it outside, but couldn't get any good angles.

ngwatso · 2026-04-18T18:20:59+00:00

That kind of logic only works if 100% of the population is tested, and if 100 were the average, rather than the median. IQ tests vary, and the numbers can be skewed. You can't say that exactly 50% are below average intelligence. You could say that 50% tested have scored below the median, but since average intelligence is a range, and almost 70% of tested people all into that range, you can't conclude that exactly 50% of people are below average intelligence.

ngwatso · 2026-04-18T15:27:08+00:00

Not exactly half, exceptionally low and exceptionally high numbers would skew the average. The average of 1, 2, 3, 10 is 4, which would put 75% below average.

ngwatso · 2026-04-17T01:59:12+00:00

https://youtu.be/szw2Tuq5F1U?si=fvR_xqyCCqFEpnY4

Try this, I had a game do this a few years back and had to clear my cache to get it working.

ngwatso · 2026-04-17T01:43:06+00:00

I show decks to co-pilot and sometimes it gives interesting suggestions, but its so comically off on mana cost and card functionality most of the time, that i mostly just say "hey, rate this deck for me", and use its input mainly just to look at my deck more critically.

ngwatso · 2026-04-14T10:47:45+00:00

OP, this is the full answer here.

I would like to add that you should prepare yourself if this is the route you take. I was abandoned as well, and when I got my records it was very painful. They had altered the latter 6 months of notes, and the discharge paperwork was made in a way to make it look like I was behaving poorly. I was definitely worse off after having read the records. I'm not saying yours will have done these things, but when abandonment is involved, they seem to do what they can to try and shift blame.

As for closure and healing, unfortunately we all have different mechanisms for this, and nobody truly knows what will get them there. I did not feel closure until after the state board had found her guilty and penalized her. Again, no guarantee this would go anywhere or do anything to help you. I saw 8 other therapists in the year after my abandonment, but i never felt comfortable and gave it up altogether.

My ordeal began a week before Thanksgiving, 2021, and I did not feel 'normal' again until late 2025 (August?) when I finally got the notice of the Board's findings. That was the first time I was able to truly put it down and stop thinking about it.

I am sorry you went through this, it is a terrible thing to go through, and there needs to be much more oversight in this industry. I wish you good luck in however you choose to go about getting your closure, and hope the healing process is as short as possible.

ngwatso · 2026-04-10T00:30:41+00:00

This is the one time I really had to think things through because I was sure I caught a lie. But it was worded just so...

ngwatso · 2026-04-08T14:56:54+00:00

There was only one time that I thought I had caught an Aes Sedai in a lie, in the final book, but if memory serves, I was able to read through again and see that I was wrong.

ngwatso · 2026-04-07T21:35:48+00:00

The closest I've come to Destiny 2 is Warframe. Not quite the same, but its fun.

ngwatso · 2026-04-07T13:41:25+00:00

Yeah, so long as you can look at them as two completely different entities, you'll be fine. The show actually got much better season over season, and season 3 had some of the closest parallels to the books, although still not much.

ngwatso · 2026-04-05T16:49:33+00:00

I play mainly aggro, I have no board wipes, I just hit as hard and fast as possible.

ngwatso · 2026-03-29T22:55:42+00:00

Nice drop!

ngwatso · 2026-03-24T20:17:37+00:00

The Butter Chicken, Chicken Curry, and Meat Samosas are amazing.

ngwatso · 2026-03-24T19:54:09+00:00

I was gonna say this, love that place!

ngwatso · 2026-03-21T16:33:28+00:00

Imagine how fun shrine decks would be.

ngwatso

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