My dad used to ask me to scratch his bald spot when I was like gradeschool age. 25+ years later, he’s still just that small spot in the back. My mom cuts his hair now, keeps it fairly short but I don’t think it’s even that noticeable now that it’s all gray

Iiiit can be risky following those impulses, like retraumatizing rather than healing. So… kinda? I say while currently binging true crime lol

I was gonna say something similar, like the amount of times I’ve wanted to look into some political topics and seeing comments encouraging violence make it hard for me to feel motivated just to stay informed. I get being angry, but damn, cue Mr. Rogers “what do we do with the mad that we feel?”

Thats part of what made me keep watching. It’s almost masochistic. Walts character going further into the narcissistic abuse with each season is horrifying to me, but it’s also so well written through that psychological lens that it fascinates me.

The difference between that and BCS for me was mostly that there was a ton more back story to see how Jimmy’s psychology developed. I had a lot more sympathy for him.

Both are interesting to me in the sense of how TV shows were starting to pivot away from these more traditional perfect protagonists into complex mixtures of horrible people that I still wanted to root for. But again, masochistic for me, cuz I want to see the good in everyone — and that has come at the cost of understanding when I need to set boundaries and walk away irl. I like to tell myself its like exposure therapy when in reality I need professional therapy 💀

Two muffins are in an oven. One says to the other “damn, it’s hot in here.” The other says “AHHH A TALKING MUFFIN!??”

Hey, I just completed a course on DBT and would be happy to contribute. Can’t tell you how happy it made me to browse the comments and see someone bring this up

Dooown here in the deep blue seaaa

I have one that says “HOWDY! I’m Mat. I’m on howdy duty!”

It shows he planned a trip late 2014. Its not concrete evidence, and not all the files have been released afaik. I trust the evidence but am skeptical of jumping to conclusions. He’s a piece of shit for plenty of other reasons, and it’s worth looking into further along with anyone else in these files

Brian Kilmeade is still employed

And tried to offer food and water to a starving dehydrated dude in the desert

She could not give full consent given the power imbalance. She does regret her role. Please consider looking into how she has reframed her experience since the #metoo movement.

A quick Google search is telling me she now considers it a gross abuse of power. The #metoo movement helped her reframe her understanding of consent.

What do YOU mean, “you people”!?

I can’t do the pig squeal sounding screams, but a good heavy vocalist can add so much to the range of emotion. It was an acquired taste for me, though. I had friends trying to show me BTBAM thinking I’d appreciate the complexity, but it took ages for me to really hear everything through the wall of sound. Looking up lyrics helped massively, along with finding bands that blend the heavy and clean vocals so there were spots I could sing along with. I’d love to learn to scream properly so I could belt out some gutturals

My dreams of kick boxing like a kangaroo may finally come truee

Eh. I think it’s hard to say. These days I think we can be expected to learn so much more than previous generations depending on the field. My psych undergrad emphasized a lot of neurobiology and other hard sciences with the humanities. I use chat to supplement recreational study on top of that, prompting for academic studies, etc., plus following experts around social media. I also saved as much material as I could between textbooks and other resources.

The safety precautions I’ve put in place to save my hair ties are what I’d expect if I had a toddler

I’M WORKING WITH SOME VERY UNSTABLE HERRRRBSSS

Oxytocin is a big one, but I’m struggling to remember the others. I remember that one cuz of a psych class where the professor brought it up as an event that mothers would associate as having some of the highest levels of it. Its considered the bonding hormone, so makes sense we’d bond with our babies so drastically to keep us motivated to care for them after they ripped our lower body apart lol