Couch 239: Cape Coral Couch

LonesomeTonight · Aug 01, 2022 at 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

T gave me her business card when we had that meeting with my parents. On a whim, I looked up her license number. She does have a citation from 2018 so I looked at it. It looks like she didn't have enough continuing education credits for the proceeding term. She was about 8 credits short. But it looks like she made them up and paid the $300 fine. This was back in 2018. Just an interesting factoid.

Continuing ed isn't too bad of a violation, as those things go. I had a certification at one point (health education specialist) that I let lapse because I wasn't using it, and I would have had to make up a ridiculous amount of continuing ed. Not sure what it's like for therapists, but some you can do for free, but it's not worth that many credits/hours, and others are really expensive. If she got behind, it could be difficult to make up.

SlumberKitty · Aug 01, 2022 at 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Continuing ed isn't too bad of a violation, as those things go. I had a certification at one point (health education specialist) that I let lapse because I wasn't using it, and I would have had to make up a ridiculous amount of continuing ed. Not sure what it's like for therapists, but some you can do for free, but it's not worth that many credits/hours, and others are really expensive. If she got behind, it could be difficult to make up.

Thanks, LT

Yeah, I'm not overly concerned about it. I just thought it was interesting. Particularly as she is random, and this seems like something random that she would do (or not do).

From what I could tell, it looks like the social worker (she is an lcsw) has to do 30 hours of continuing education in 2 years. She was a little short and she got audited and it amounted to a fine and a citation. I don't know how frequently they audit though.

She did talk about how at one point she was sick. I don't know if this was during that time. So it might have been. In any event, she corrected it, paid the fine within the time frame and doesn't have any other citations.

It hadn't occurred to me to look her up sooner, although I have looked up pretty much every T I have had. But since I just got her license number, I decided to look her up on the state website.

Just one of those, good to know situations.

HUGS Kit

SlumberKitty · Aug 01, 2022 at 03:50 PM

Waiting on T to text me back. (Not on the continuing ed thing.) Sigh.

I was back and forth as to whether or not I should reach out to her but then I thought oh well, I will. And now I kind of regret it because I have to wait for a response.

SlumberKitty · Aug 01, 2022 at 05:05 PM

I told my T that I thought my mental health might be declining right now and I'm not too sure how to put the brakes on and turn things around at the moment. Sigh. I just saw pdoc about 2.5 weeks ago and he upped some medicine so it might be that it just hasn't kicked in yet. Sucks when you don't know what else to do.

SlumberKitty · Aug 01, 2022 at 05:10 PM

I have a GP appointment tomorrow. We'll see if she calls the cops on me again to do a potential 5150 code. Sigh.

SlumberKitty · Aug 01, 2022 at 05:11 PM

Although, maybe I need the hospital right now. I'm not sure. It would probably just be a huge waste of time like usual though. T has already bumped me up to twice a week, plus I have group therapy once a week. Plus pdoc upped the medicine. All this stuff should kick in soon. I hope.

unaluna · Aug 01, 2022 at 05:59 PM

I just remembered about india black kala namak salt. Its very eggy - sulphury. I ended up eating two bowls of oatmeal for dinner - the kamak made it sooo delicious! I AM a cheap date!

LonesomeTonight · Aug 01, 2022 at 07:49 PM

Hugs, Kit. I hope you hear back from your T soon and that she's helpful. Also that you feel better soon. When is your next session with her?

atisketatasket · Aug 01, 2022 at 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtleyWilkins

SD, I have always found your mastery of litotes fascinating. It is an unusual syntactical choice.

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I find them not unuseful in avoiding overstatement

Somewhere in here there’s a joke about what the lawyer said to the English teacher.

velcro003 · Aug 01, 2022 at 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Although, maybe I need the hospital right now. I'm not sure. It would probably just be a huge waste of time like usual though. T has already bumped me up to twice a week, plus I have group therapy once a week. Plus pdoc upped the medicine. All this stuff should kick in soon. I hope.

I'm sorry you are feeling so bad, Kit. Can you hang on until your doctor's appt tomorrow? I know your last appt was a bit traumatizing, but I hope you know that your doc is keeping your best interest in mind. We all want Kit to be healthy and happy

SlumberKitty · Aug 02, 2022 at 04:21 AM

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I'm sorry you are feeling so bad, Kit. Can you hang on until your doctor's appt tomorrow? I know your last appt was a bit traumatizing, but I hope you know that your doc is keeping your best interest in mind. We all want Kit to be healthy and happy

Thanks velcro, I talked to T on the phone last night. Hospital is an option but we didn't make that decision last night. I was able to promise her I could be safe last night. Today is my GP appointment. We will see what happens there
I am going to take a backpack with a couple of changes of clothes with me just in case I have to go from there to the hospital. If not, I will talk to T tonight and hopefully make a plan on what to do. I did give one of my bosses a heads up, just in case. I plan to go to work this morning, get a few things wrapped up just in case, and talk to my immediate boss so he I'd in the loop. I'm usually hospitalized when I don't need it, and am sent home when I do need it. But that is when I go to the ER. My T said we could look at voluntary admission. There's three hospitals I can go to (all about an hour and 15 minutes away) and I definitely have a preference so that might be the way to go. But we will see how the day goes
Hugs all....Kit

SlumberKitty · Aug 02, 2022 at 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Hugs, Kit. I hope you hear back from your T soon and that she's helpful. Also that you feel better soon. When is your next session with her?

Thanks LT. Next session is supposed to be tonight but we will see what happens between then and now. Hugs Kit

unaluna · Aug 02, 2022 at 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Somewhere in here there’s a joke about what the lawyer said to the English teacher.

"Everybody knows there is no Sanity Clause"?

LonesomeTonight · Aug 02, 2022 at 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Thanks velcro, I talked to T on the phone last night. Hospital is an option but we didn't make that decision last night. I was able to promise her I could be safe last night. Today is my GP appointment. We will see what happens there
I am going to take a backpack with a couple of changes of clothes with me just in case I have to go from there to the hospital. If not, I will talk to T tonight and hopefully make a plan on what to do. I did give one of my bosses a heads up, just in case. I plan to go to work this morning, get a few things wrapped up just in case, and talk to my immediate boss so he I'd in the loop. I'm usually hospitalized when I don't need it, and am sent home when I do need it. But that is when I go to the ER. My T said we could look at voluntary admission. There's three hospitals I can go to (all about an hour and 15 minutes away) and I definitely have a preference so that might be the way to go. But we will see how the day goes
Hugs all....Kit

Hugs, Kit. It seems like a good idea that you'll be prepared for whatever happens. I hope you're feeling better today and that your GP appointment goes well.

velcro003 · Aug 02, 2022 at 08:03 PM

I hope you appointment went okay, Kit.

ScarletPimpernel · Aug 03, 2022 at 02:03 PM

Can I ask the couch a question? Do any of you feel like a child inside and feel like you're behind emotionally? Do you hate that you've grown up and have an adult body, so everyone assumes you can handle adult issues? Is this normal/a human thing? Or is this part of my dysfunction? Like part of the BPD?

stopdog · Aug 03, 2022 at 02:31 PM

I do not feel like that. I like being an adult. I like that when I don't know something - I can find it out. Seriously that makes me very happy. Granted I never feel like I am in my 60s and I can be reduced to acting like silly goof from time to time-but it is fun

LonesomeTonight · Aug 03, 2022 at 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel

Can I ask the couch a question? Do any of you feel like a child inside and feel like you're behind emotionally? Do you hate that you've grown up and have an adult body, so everyone assumes you can handle adult issues? Is this normal/a human thing? Or is this part of my dysfunction? Like part of the BPD?

I generally feel like an adult, but I definitely have times when the child part comes out. Like I was recently describing to Dr. T how when he goes out of town or even has to switch to virtual, it's like I'm a little kid clinging onto his pants leg at daycare dropoff, begging him not to go. (And he said he got that feeling from me, too.)

The adult part of me can rationally think, "He needs and deserves a vacation, so that he can be a better therapist." But another part of me is like "Don't leave me!" And has trouble believing he'll come back. The same as if I were a little kid.

I know you might be talking about how someone is in general, rather than at times. But just sharing how it can come out sometimes for me.

I've heard before that in cases of childhood trauma, sometimes emotional development can sort of get stuck at the age that it was happening (or first happened). So it could be something like that, too.

atisketatasket · Aug 03, 2022 at 05:45 PM

Today is my parents' wedding anniversary. I hope that somehow, somewhere they are celebrating together for the first time in decades.

stopdog · Aug 03, 2022 at 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Today is my parents' wedding anniversary. I hope that somehow, somewhere they are celebrating together for the first time in decades.

I hope so too.

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SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 03:50 PM #43 Waiting on T to text me back. (Not on the continuing ed thing.) Sigh. I was back and forth as to whether or not I should reach out to her but then I thought oh well, I will. And now I kind of regret it because I have to wait for a response. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 05:05 PM #44 I told my T that I thought my mental health might be declining right now and I'm not too sure how to put the brakes on and turn things around at the moment. Sigh. I just saw pdoc about 2.5 weeks ago and he upped some medicine so it might be that it just hasn't kicked in yet. Sucks when you don't know what else to do. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 05:10 PM #45 I have a GP appointment tomorrow. We'll see if she calls the cops on me again to do a potential 5150 code. Sigh. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 05:11 PM #46 Although, maybe I need the hospital right now. I'm not sure. It would probably just be a huge waste of time like usual though. T has already bumped me up to twice a week, plus I have group therapy once a week. Plus pdoc upped the medicine. All this stuff should kick in soon. I hope. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,863 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 05:59 PM #47 I just remembered about india black kala namak salt. Its very eggy - sulphury. I ended up eating two bowls of oatmeal for dinner - the kamak made it sooo delicious! I AM a cheap date!

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,744 (SuperPoster!) 9 74.9k hugs given	Aug 01, 2022 at 07:49 PM #48 Hugs, Kit. I hope you hear back from your T soon and that she's helpful. Also that you feel better soon. When is your next session with her?

velcro003 Elder Member Since Oct 2008 Posts: 7,361 15 25 hugs given	Aug 02, 2022 at 08:03 PM #55 I hope you appointment went okay, Kit.

ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,408 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,414 hugs given	Aug 03, 2022 at 02:03 PM #56 Can I ask the couch a question? Do any of you feel like a child inside and feel like you're behind emotionally? Do you hate that you've grown up and have an adult body, so everyone assumes you can handle adult issues? Is this normal/a human thing? Or is this part of my dysfunction? Like part of the BPD? __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,147 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Aug 03, 2022 at 05:45 PM #59 Today is my parents' wedding anniversary. I hope that somehow, somewhere they are celebrating together for the first time in decades. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth