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Always in This Twilight
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#721
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And I did initially say to him that the picture background can be a problem for the reason you said--a musician I like played some free shows from home during the pandemic and used an outer space background. Parts of him would periodically disappear. I do think it would have helped had I known in advance he was going to do that--and he said he realized he should have warned me. |
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#722
My T has never blurred her background, but she once turned off the camera when she had to step away for a minute…her dog was barking.
I was really bothered by it. It took me a few sessions to finally bring it up to her. She felt bad that it had affected me. She was wearing her pajamas and she didn’t want me to see! __________________ wheeler |
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Always in This Twilight
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#723
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Helps to know that affected you--and I'm glad she told you the reason why! I tend to be careful in what I wear on video calls for that reason--in case I have to stand up. |
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Always in This Twilight
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Yes, that's what it feels like to me. Even if he had a very good reason for doing it (including that he thought it would make clients less uncomfortable to see a blurred background that whatever was actually there). But it would help to hear that. |
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Always in This Twilight
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#726
I doubt I would have noticed the background - I never noticed it with any other zoom.
Has the extreme focus on the therapist lessened any over the past few years? __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
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#727
*CEU credits.
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Writing my way through...
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#729
L never blurred her background either, then again, she always did online sessions from her office anyway so there wasn't anything different I'd have seen.
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#730
Rupture with T. I don’t want to post a thread about it but would really appreciate a pm conversation with anyone who has the time? My defences are up so I can’t talk to her until I process / understand what’s going on. Does anyone have time to help?
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Always in This Twilight
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Always in This Twilight
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Hugs, Ana. Feel free to PM (though I may not be able to write back till later this evening). |
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#733
I'd be around too for a few hours. Edit: only looked at the time not the date, so sorry, maybe outdated... else feel free!
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#734
Re the blurring: for those of you who think it's normal, think about the facts that a) it doesn't cut out perfectly around you and you can see a little background clearly floating around the person, that just looks weird, and b) it can bug and show the background. I have had video calls for 10 years before the pandemic and it was so normal to see a cleaned up background, I personally even have invested thoughts into what I display in the background of my camera. The blurring only came on as people who had to work from home had to have a background and didn't want to show it. This was an absolute non-issue before, and now it's like "oh, what might he have that" and then hit the screenshot button as soon as it bugs. If you don't invest into a greenscreen, just put your normal room in the background, have a small shelf with a few cute things on it that aren't too personal and you're all set.
Edit: if you are in a different from usual location, I understand blurring a bit, though it's a joke for privacy. But I see regular business people at their office blurring their background. There's a shelf with a few folders there, come on, nothing to hide! Eyes have developed to deal with things in the background of a person talking to you... |
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Writing my way through...
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#735
I do have fun news to share. It's exciting for me. So a few years ago I got my grandfather's old typewriter from my mom's house when she moved cuz she didn't want it anymore. I've been wanting to get it refurbished ever since I got it so I can use it. Anyways I found a place up in Phoenix that restores antique typewriters so I messaged them a picture. He said it looks like a 1925 Underwood. I knew it was older than me but hadn't realized it was almost 100 years old! I have some days off in April so I'm going to take it up there and have the guy take a look at it and give me a quote. I'm really hoping he can do it for a price that isn't too outrageous I'd so love to be able to use it.
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That is awesome, Artie!
I hope you can get it back in working order. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Writing my way through...
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Tweaky Dog
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#738
It would be so cool.
My grandma got me a typewriter when I was a kid, but I think I 'upgraded' to a word processor. Only now do I recognise what a mistake that was. I no longer have the space, but one day I'd love to get another typewriter. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
Writing my way through...
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#739
here's Orville (I named him after my Grandpa) pre-restoral. The typewriter restoral guy said it appears to have been factory refurbished probably in 1930 going by the color. It was originally black. i found the serial number on it that does identify it made around 1925.
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Tweaky Dog
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#740
Beautiful!
I love the round keys. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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