#because that would be a HIPAA violation

[coquelicoq]

god i had THE BEST TIME AT THE DENTIST TODAY and i feel completely unhinnnnngèd for saying that bc i never in a million years thought the dentist could be FUN but the hygienist was french and switched to french as soon as i mentioned that i had taken french and i understood almost everything he said to me and it felt so good!!! i never understand french!! things are paying off!!!! also i do super recommend this method of conversing in a language you are not super confident in, like it's not just a coincidence i had such a good time doing this at the dentist specifically, it was good precisely because there was very little pressure on me to talk and i could mostly just make yes/no/questioning noises and any time i wanted to say a sentence i could take my time with it because there were literally instruments in my mouth??? absolutely no pressure for me to say something just to say something it was heaven oh my god. i take back every joke i've ever made about dentist office conversational logistics. IDEAL MODE.

#i was smiling so wide it was interfering with his ability to clean my teeth lol. like okay bro now open your mouth in the OTHER direction #he was also just really funny like at one point we were talking about how i solve the nyt crossword #bc he found this very impressive and was like i'm going to tell everyone about this. except i will not use your name #because that would be a HIPAA violation #which was just the most hilarious thing he could possibly have said in that moment #also omg at one point we were discussing my job and i was trying to tell him it's largely customer service #but i couldn't remember and/or don't know how to say customer service in french so i asked him and he was like #euhhhhh...service (the french word service not the english word service)...and then trailed off and couldn't think of it either #okay maybe i'm easily amused today because i had bad insomnia last night but EITHER WAY i had a very good time #chez le dentiste which. je n'avais JAMAIS attendu qu'une telle chose m'arriverait !! #i must tell my cousin who wants to be a dentist all about this #my posts

[trek-tracks]

Imagine this. You're Spock. You've tried not to get yourself emotionally involved with your crewmates. It's not going very well. Your doctor goes and contracts a terminal illness and doesn't tell you (but luckily your captain can't go three seconds without breaking Space HIPAA or whatever exists in the future) and then tries to run away and die on an asteroid. You take out the Instrument of Obedience, privately thinking that it would be nice to have some control over this maniac you somehow care about's actions. You spend Surak knows how much time downloading and translating an entire civilization's medical library to cure him. No problem. It was just an incurable disease. You didn't need to sleep this month.

Two episodes later, another alien civilization tries to check said doctor out like he's a library book and then writes "withdrawn" on his forehead and pretends they don't have to give him back. He tells you to leave to save yourself; he'll stay. Did you mention you decoded an entire medical archive like two weeks ago for---fine. You go through unspeakable emotional violations to put him back into circulation on the Enterprise. It's cool. You didn't need your dignity anyway.

Two episodes after that, your illogical, self-sacrificial doctor mutinies and sedates you--the ranking officer in charge--undoing the fact that, again, how many hours did you spend? Curing an incurable illness because you couldn't let him die? Singing like an idiot in front of a bunch of snickering Platonians with laurel leaves on your head and no pants to speak of?--so he can get himself tortured to death on your behalf. You convince an empath to save him. He pushes her away because he "can't destroy life." Your captain is crying. The shiny force field shows everyone that you're having very non-shiny emotions. Do Vulcans even believe in hell

You think you've finally reached some sort of sacrificial detente. It's been a while. Neither of you have died on the other's behalf. You've both had to save your captain a few times, but that's normal. All in a day's work. Then said captain wants all three of you to check out a mysteriously abandoned library of time periods. You should have figured you would wind up in some sort of frozen wasteland with your doctor and no perceivable way to return what you'd borrowed. Well. At least there's the two of you so that you can keep an eye on--

He falls down in the snow. His hands are blue. "Go on without me," he says, dramatically. "Alone, you have a chance."

yeah I'd strangle that fucker against a cave wall too

#star trek #star trek tos #leonard mccoy #spock #spones #bones mccoy #jim kirk #captain kirk #for the world is hollow and I have touched the sky #plato's stepchildren #the empath #all our yesterdays #spock: STOP TRYING TO DIE OR I'LL KILL YOU

[sophieinwonderland]

We are a tulpagenic system, I told my mom and sister about my headmates and they were accepting and supportive! But after meeting with a psychiatrist that changed.

One day during a depressive episode, a new headmate appeared. This new headmate started fronting everytime I was distressed. He scared me a little because he is kinda aggressive. (I say it in past tense because he doesn't scare me anymore! He has his reasons to be that way).

So yeah I told a psychiatrist about us, because I didn't know what to do and wanted help. She asked me if I had a video of me switching. One of us likes to make videos so we had one. After watching the video she asks me "what happened to you?" I say nothing, she says "something should have happened, because multiple personalities happen because of trauma". So she kept asking if something happened in my childhood, I really didn't know what to answer other than "nothing happened".

I didn't want to tell her about tulpamancy because I thought that would make everything more complicated.

After a time the new headmate fronted and got angry at her, and then she says "I don't want to talk with [new headmate's name] anymore, talk to me as [my name]".

She told me if I keep changing with these "characters" she would send a letter to my university that says I can't study psychology (the career I'm currently studying). At that moment I regretted telling not only her, but my mom and sister about us. My mistake. I admit I didn't think much about the consequences. Also as I said before, I was scared of the new headmate.

After that day when I mention my headmates to my mom and sister, they react strangely. Before, they would be enthusiastic, but now they just keep silent and try to change topics.

Sorry for writing the Bible, I wanted to get this off of my chest. 😅 Have a nice day/afternoon/evening!

Oh, WOW! I'm so sorry that happened. That is awful! And I'm pretty sure illegal.

Even assuming the therapist is ignorant of endogenic systems, this isn't even how you treat someone with DID. DID often comes with amnesia, and this may extend to forgetting of traumatic events. And even if traumatic events aren't remembered, people with PTSD tend to not want to talk about trauma. Avoidant behavior is a key aspect of trauma, and asking you if you're traumatized and getting mad if you say you're not is just a really bad practice, even for patients who actually have DID.

On top of that, while I don't know where you're from, in the United States at least, sending a letter to your university feels like a huge violation of HIPAA. I'm not certain if it's technically illegal to merely threaten to violate a patient's rights, but the fact they did, and in order to bully you into denying your experiences, at least indicates that they have no business treating other patients.

I would highly recommend finding a new psychiatrist immediately if you haven't already.

You did NOTHING wrong by coming out.

The psychiatrist who you seen is a terrible doctor and a danger to their patients. You aren't to blame for their actions.

#syscourse #pro endo #pro endogenic #multiplicity #sysblr #system stuff #plural #plurality #psychiatry #psych critical #therapy #mental health #systems #actually plural #actually a system

[luna-rainbow]

Ah yeah. There was that excellent Twitter chain when the show screened from a practising psychologist talking about how bad the therapy was. /

i mean... there were also veterans, real veterans, who spoke about how that was the "therapy" assigned from the uS government so it wasn't so inaccurately. it I'd wrong but yeah they said that's exactly what they get which sucks... there was this woman specifically, a Black woman, she does tiktoks and so and she did a long video on YouTube talking specifically about that scene and how much it sucks that the real actual government gives them that...

I’ve seen that video. It was a great video with a lot of insight into veteran experiences. I don’t remember what she said about therapy specifically but she spoke a lot about how hard it was to get the system to recognise her trauma or for her abusers to have any form of retribution.

From memory though, most of the vets were commenting on the first therapy scene. The psychologist I referenced was also talking about that scene. It was a great scene of bad therapy, not because it’s unrealistic, but because sadly it isn’t. That said, it doesn’t affect the headcanon that the therapy program was just to keep an eye on Bucky. Vets who had poor experiences with the VA say they feel it was aimed at getting them back into duty without actually addressing their trauma. A lot of people (myself included) liked the first therapy scene when it screened, because we saw bad therapy for a traumatised POW and thought the story was going somewhere with it, but....uh, nope. (** This post is already getting too long but good storytelling isn't about realism, it's about creating meaning)

I haven’t seen many comments from vets (apart from one commenter on the other post, thank you 😊) specifically talking about the couples therapy scene. And I was talking about the couples therapy scene specifically as being so poorly done (and in context of the poorly researched writing elsewhere in that series) it's unrealistic.

Firstly, massive faux pas in Raynor disclosing Bucky’s treatment to JOHN F(ucking) WALKER. That’s a HIPAA violation right there and while Bucky might not know anything about it, Sam could report her ass right there and then. Also Walker somehow…can dictate the treatment program? (Although I wouldn’t put it past the military) But he’s not even Bucky’s superior officer? Bucky's not even in the military? Raynor said in the first therapy session that “you’re a civilian now” so how does Walker get a say?

Raynor then discloses treatment details to Sam - although I’ll let this one go because Bucky might have consented to that. She then insists Sam join Bucky for the session, which…can happen but neither Sam nor Bucky wanted it, and why would you want to spring a group session on not ONE difficult patient but two?

When Sam sat down, he had to ask her name, which means they’ve never met before. He tries to tell her it’s a really bad time, and it’s clear from his tone and body language that he’s not wanting to engage. She not only does nothing to address that, she doesn’t even do the basic courtesy of taking a history from Sam before launching into her confrontational “treatment”. Look, maybe psychologists are built different but a clinician starting treatment without even knowing the background? If we’re going to treat psychology as real therapy and not voodoo science, then like all physical treatments, it comes with risks. How TF do you assess that risk if you haven’t even talked to the patient??

So she then subjects Sam and Bucky to “couples therapy” which unsurprisingly triggers both of them because she hasn't assessed her patient. Sure, prolonged eye-contact between real couples is meant to increase intimacy and empathy. But you know what other situation people use prolonged eye contact? When the fight response is engaged and it’s a warning for imminent aggression.

So, good work fake therapist for doing the human equivalent of making two angry bulls lock horns then patting herself on the back on creating intimacy. “Look they are touching their foreheads together how cute” no the fuck not they are about to gore each other in the eye.

Luckily for her Sam and Bucky had enough wits about them to not actually hit each other, but they did the verbal equivalent of the same, and both of them left that therapy session more angry and hurt than they were when they started.

TL;DR - the second therapy session was a load of BS because

HIPAA violation upfront and throughout

Walker for no reason dictating Bucky's treatment

Raynor dragging Sam into therapy without having ever met him before

Raynor subjecting Sam to therapy without assessing him

Eye contact used erroneously in a situation that is likely to increase aggression

These are not just bad therapy, it's bad writing from someone who doesn't know how therapy works.

#there is not enough talk about her presumptiveness in the way she treats sam #where are the sam stans at #she literally assumed bucky would be the only one having psychological issues #while ignoring all of sam's tone words and body language saying that he's DISTRESSED #and then forces him into an extremely uncomfortable and confrontational situation #in front of a total stranger (herself) to disclose information he was not comfortable disclosing #of course sam shut down bucky bcos why TF was bucky's therapist getting in on a very personal trauma for sam #tfatws critical #asks #bucky barnes

[sorchathered]

I am going on anon, because I don't want to be crucified in my inbox/ on here.

First off, I 100% agree that doxxing is wrong. That is a line that should never be crossed. However, I would like to play devil's advocate here.

May shared a lot on Tumblr, and I am not say that is a bad thing.

However, May did work in the medical profession, and I have seen more than once that she posted a selfie with her badge that has her name and place of employment on it.

She has also posted pictures that had schedules and information on it. And that's a big no-no in the medical world because it is a HIPPA violation.

So, what if she wasn't maliciously doxxed? What if someone saw what she was posting and reported it? I mean, we don't know the whole story, just what we have been told.

Because I can't reasonably justify someone getting fired over having a Tumblr, unless they were sharing something that legally shouldn't be shared.

Please do not come for me with hate, I am just trying to think about this logically and from a different point of view.

Obviously, losing your job is terrible, but I feel like some people have blown this out of proportion, especially with the accusations and death threats in people's inboxes.

I would never condone death threats being given to anyone because that is just as bad as the doxxing. Once again I’m going to state this because apparently people aren’t listening, this is not a speculation this is something that actually happened, I talk to Mo personally every day I know exactly what’s going on. I am not going to doxx anyone even though I know who the people in the discord were. Also all you’re doing by sending this on anon is protecting your peace and that’s fine but if you or whoever in your friend group did this I hope it’s eating you up with guilt. Really all this message seems to be is an excuse for your behavior or the behavior of whoever you are protecting, so once again I would never ever ever do the same thing that that group of people did to my friend but if you honestly expected me to answer this message positively you picked the wrong one. May never posted anything on Tumblr that had anything to do with violating HIPAA, and that’s interesting that you say that because no one mentioned that in any of the conversations that we’ve had on Tumblr in the past 24 hours as to why she lost her job. You seem to know a whole lot for someone who’s just trying to play “devils advocate”. I would not ever wish harm on anyone, or for anyone to have to suffer through anything bad, but I do wish whoever did this minor inconveniences that make their day frustrating. Anyway have a good night nonny.

#gtfo #i’m done

[compacflt]

Fully support your desire to cut down on the extras as they're already so long, but as someone who was also looking forward to the sickfic section and is sad to hear it's been taken out, I will simply have to ask you about it instead! First off the discussion of home in the snippet you shared was delicious - when do you think Mav started thinking of the house as 'their' home? And Ice taking Mav to the hospital has a lot of crunch there around how they're seen and how they act in public, especially if Ice was worried and Mav was kind of out of it. Do you think Ice would have taken Mav in to the hospital if he'd really been spiking a fever and decided he needed it? How would he explain themselves? And I suppose a separate, related question: who are their official next of kin/emergency contacts?

the reason i got rid of the sickfic is cause all those questions were answered better elsewhere in the extras ❤️

i was kind of annoyed that the house inconsistently appears to be the property of whomever the plot calls for at the moment -> another reason to cut the sickfic

Yes Ice would take mav to the hospital. it happens elsewhere LOL, maverick is extremely incident-prone

obviously a fun surfing injury with friends != the sickfic’s ice taking “a friend” to the hospital in the middle of the night for dangerous levels of illness-related dehydration… implies familiarity, intimacy above everyone else… the hospital staff would probably assume they’re together, yes, & i don’t think ice would challenge that at all, especially if he had to make sure all the paperwork was filled out right. just not worth the effort. “is there anyone else we should call for mr mitchell?” / “Um no. Just me.” Yeah i took him to the hospital at 4am bc i love him and im worried about him what r u gonna do about it 🤨 violate his hipaa rights? It’s 2009 gay people exist grow up🙄 hospital staff isn’t gonna tell anyone, so who cares

(Luckily for ice in the sickfic he didn’t have to take mav to the hospital)

the point of the sickfic was to establish a precedent for one of them voluntarily taking care of the other who is unable to take care of himself, to set up the parallel of maverick taking care of Ice when he Really gets capital-s Sick. but then i still can’t bring myself to write ice actually being capital-s Sick because i have some weird neurosis where i simply dislike thinking about ice (powerful guy) being helpless or incapacitated or, um, dead. so the mav-sickfic isn’t really relevant anymore because i haven’t written (and never plan on writing, besides that one half-assed one-shot) the corollary ice-sickfic. so the sickfic became the Nixed-fic ❌

And according to this wip wednesday snippet, they are each other’s emergency contacts. don’t ask me how that works or how they figured that out, idk. some stuff you do have to talk about for logistics purposes i guess. which is kind of the point of all the house-related/money-related discussions I’ve written throughout my fics—they Have to talk about the logistics because that’s real life. But they don’t INTERPRET those logistics or assign them a normative value.

for instance debriefing presents (maverick’s) death & taxes as the only two things that ever get them to actually talk to each other lol. logistics become a vessel through which they can talk about their situation without actually talking about it. The state of being each others emergency contacts might be a death-and-taxes discussion—acknowledging permanence without acknowledging permanence

#so is wearing protection (or not) during sex! #i still have a hard time identifying the stakes in this fic that i wrote on a whim sometimes #is it just not saying i love you? or is it everything that goes along with saying i love you? #bc really the way ive written them they are baaaasically married in the 90s #which is obviously a huge criticism that i keep leveling at myself: no it does not make sense for them to buy a house!!! for instance. #would it make sense for them to be each others next of kin either? idk! #all of this predicated on me not knowing the legal ramifications of next of kinship or homeownership and because it’s fanfiction not being #interested enough to research it #i say this all the time but this is one of those areas where i know if i were older/had lived longer my writing would just be better #idk if they would be each others next of kin but OTOH idk who else they would ask to do it! #man i wish i had infinite tags i actually have so much more to say #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #asks #edts notes #need the icemav fanfic where ice & mav try to figure out their tricare benefits #thank you for the ask! #some sections just aren’t the right vibe too #like me & the sickfic just did not vibe with one another

[justyouraveragepoketherapist]

Big OOC post, not meant to be hateful or some ish, you can delete if you want instead of posting.

I actually think what you're doing is a great thing. I do believe the Dedenne The Kidd seems to lack the experience necessary to understand why this isn't going to affect people in a negative way.

Mental health professionals aren't just therapists or psychiatrists. Mental health professionals can also be volunteers who aren't held back by certain policies an otherwise normal therapist would be subject to. This does not mean they're allowed to violate the HIPAA policies (i think i messed the acronym up, apologies) of the people they talk to, but it does mean they are allowed to find different ways to help the people on their case load. These in the Mental health field, are often regarded as peer support or parasupport professionals. They're like mentors but with more wiggle room as to what they can do with the people they see.

I don't think DTK is understanding as well, real therapists can charge well over half a months rent for just the INTRODUCTORY appointment. Alot of people can't afford that, and that's where volunteers come in.

I showed my therapist who works directly with my state everything you do. I explained to her what rotomblr was and she was ECSTATIC at the possibility of more people being open to being therapists when the time is needed for them. She also said that nothing you really do due to the anonymous nature of tumblr actually violates anything, but it might if you were an actual therapist under a company or private whatever, but because people are openly coming to you anonymously, you aren't violating anything and nobody is gonna smear your name if you actually choose to be a real therapist in the future outside of rotomblr, due to you not really breaking any known policies my therapist personally has to deal with or any ones in the past before.

Outside of that, the fact you could "possibly cause harm to others" is not true unless you actually are causing harm to others, because you are actually attempting to help in the way you know how. While they feel it can cause harm to others, I feel like what they're talking about is stuff like betterhelp and others, which have been notoriously known to harm their patients more than help. You are a real person behind the character, not someone doing this for a quick paycheck. You of course, are gonna do your best where those who do it for a paycheck fail.

//Tysm for your kind and thoughtful words! It is just roleplay, so I hope that we are all good. I am a psychology major, and this is just a passion of mine, roleplaying as a therapist on Tumblr. I realize that this is not meant to be actual advice, but I do try to keep my responses to people's requests as realistic as possible. I just do this for fun, but it also is good for my own mental health! It feels good to be helping people like this, even if it is not real. <333

#pokemon #pokemon rp #rotomblr #pokeblog rp #pkmn rp #pokemon irl #pkmn irl #rotumblr #pokeblog irl #pokeblogging #//ooc post #//some excellent points here! #//this is very kind of you actually...

[yoitsmano]

Tabloids

Keeping Jade’s name out of the headlines had been easy enough before. But now that she was pregnant, her name seemed to be everywhere.

West Heiress Unmarried, Unmated, and Pregnant?

Who’s the sire? Does her father know?

Robert West’s Daughter Pregnant!

Who’s the Daddy? What does Robert have to say about it?

Jade West Secretly Married? Expecting baby soon?

Who’s the lucky guy or gal?

Jade West spotted with baby bump!

Does Robert approve of the sire?

It was starting to get annoying that these people thought they knew anything about her life without even so much as a sit down with her. Not that she would accept, her private life is her private life. She’s never been one to want to be in the spotlight. The only attention she needed now was from Tori, who had just returned from the store to grab her favorite snacks and some oils to rub her feet with.

Carrying her child was taking a toll on Jades ankles. Babies were heavy. But Tori was ever the doting alpha and wouldn’t let her do any unnecessary tasks.

But the photos on the covers of those magazines were when she went out with her brother to buy new maternity dresses, while Tori was at work. It seemed she grew two sizes overnight.

Tori’s job had been changed from Pool Cleaner to mucking out the stables. Robert was being petty but she was still earning a paycheck, so she wasn’t mad about it. He wasn’t thrilled about Tori getting his daughter pregnant. But even he could admit that violating her HIPAA rights and trying to force an abortion on his daughter was wrong. So he didn’t outright fire the insolent alpha pup. The young Vega seemed to genuinely love his daughter, and was not just acting out of territorial alpha instinct. It didn’t mean he had to be happy about it.

Robert was startled from his thoughts by a magazine being slammed into his desk. He looked up to see his son standing in front of him. “What’s all this?”

“Your daughter’s name being dragged through the mud. Absolutely non of these headlines should say unmarried. Tori’s already got her a ring and proposed to her twice.

Robert didn’t say anything, instead pouring himself a glass of whiskey.

“Why won’t you get your head out of your ass for once and let Jade marry Tori? Give them your blessing.”

“The stable hand has no business marrying a woman of such high status.”

“She’s only the stable hand because you put her there.”

“Exactly! She should be lucky she still has a job. Both she and her father.”

“She doesn’t need a job, Dad. We’ve known the Vega’s since before I could walk. Since before Jade was even born. You know as well as I that Tori could take care of Jade without you. They may not be Billionaires, but they come from money. The only reason Tori is still putting up with your literal shit is because she thinks you will eventually come around and give her your blessing.”

“She’s already done enough without my blessing.”

“You should know at your age that Tori wasn’t the only one involved. It takes two to tango.”

“Oh I’m not the only one who knows. My entire staff were taking bets on how long it would take me to find out. They even defiled my study.”

“Oh I know, I was the one who found them. Did you ever stop to think why they were starting to go to places that you could easily find them? Jade has been trying to get your attention for years. But you’re always off on your business trips. It’s no wonder she fell in love with the one person who wasn’t afraid to give her the love and attention she craved from you. You treat her like an object to throw money at, when all she wants is her father to see her as a person and to love her.”

“She’s my only daughter, of course I love her.”

“Don’t tell me that, tell her.”

“I shouldn’t have to say it.”

“You do to Jade.”

#jade west #victorious #tori vega #jori #jade x tori #jade headcanons #alpha!tori #omega!jade #jori abo

[aerois]

Got Sunhaven thinking it would be a grand ol’ time, something like Stardew Valley

Ended up screaming because JUN KEEPS VIOLATING HIPAA

#hi this is your local counselor saying JUN PLS. STAHP #sunhaven #like…bro holds sessions in public spaces. and tells mc who his next client is by name #NOT TO MENTION THE POOR ETHICS of him OFFERING CLINICAL SERVICES TO MC BUT IS WILLING TO DATE THEM #wtf #can we get a Jun Complies with HIPAA and the Code of Ethics mod #honestly same goes for town doc

[scintillyyy]

the firefighter show, episodes 3-5

okay the bouncy house thing is in fact one of my greatest fears <3

also, i'm pretty sure "repelling down a cliff" is not standard training and probably should not be handled by probie!buck. these things are usually done by special teams (eg, hazmat, water rescue, car seat), who are a select group of people who get trained on special rescue procedures (or other things) and are often not all at the same firehouse. is everyone on the 118 on every single special team? man, their salaries must be insane with all the extra team money they get.

hydrocodone? did anyone not give narcan as soon as they saw the pill bottle? that would have cleared things right up. actually, the cop should have immediately given narcan once she saw it was hydrocodone. cops do that all the time.

oh they're playing video games on shift? must be a holiday. because, you know, they're really not supposed to be doing stuff like that during shift. they have a lot of actual work they need to do during the day. like training. maintenance. cleaning. cooking. (this is actually a pet peeve of mine because while i understand the scene is supposed to be cute bonding, there's already a large contigent of people who think that firefighters sit around all day doing nothing and just waiting for calls and then complain because firefighters are paid by tax dollars. we don't need to feed into the they slack off when they're not on a call narrative, okay?? so many people think they do jack-shit during the day. for example at my husband's work, they're busy all morning with various firehouse tasks or training or education or other important things, like going to make sure that businesses are up to fire code. they get a two hour quiet time after lunch, and can technically do what they want but the idea is they probably want to get a nap in in case they're up all night. more firehouse tasks until dinner/clean up ajd then i think it's lights out/quiet time around 8pm--again, some free time to do quiet activities until bed. and then sleep/go on calls. my husband has brought his gaming laptop to work on rare occasion to play during quiet time but this is rare occasion, and he's far more likely to do it on holiday schedule when they don't have to perform near as many tasks) (see also, people complain about what firefighters buy for their meals at the grocery store everyday because "why should my tax dollars pay for them to eat that", totally ignorant to the fact that aside from communal condiments and stuff ffs put in their own money every morning to buy food for meals that day).

why isn't chim dressed in uniform. that's also kind of required. wait, did chim show up on an off shift day to talk to them? (that's not a thing that happens ever lmao). or did he just leave during shift after yelling at his officer???? write up write up write up.

wait, are they in fire gear for a medic call???????? whyyyyyyyyy you never wear that stuff unless you're at an actual fire. 1) it sucks and it's full of carcinogens. 2) it's heavy as hell 3) there's no point, you don't need fire gear on a medic call. (ps, buck's fire gear is missing his neon probation sign)

"smartest emt" please do not refer to a paramedic as an emt ever again bobby. they will get offended.

"our job ends here at these doors", no bro, you do you still have to write your report at the hospital, sooooo....you still technically have a job to do. get going.

"just got off the phone with the surgeon" (and got extensive details about my subordinates medical status), sir, that's a hipaa violation, majorly so. the most the medics will get are "did the person we transported survive or not".

sorry, but i'm pretty sure i just saw buck doing the more ineffectual chest compressions ever.

yea a ff/pm is not allowed to attack a bystander (as much as they may want to sometimes). that's a write up hen. honestly i bet this fire station has the worst google reviews in the world tbh. one star: "i'd give them zero if i could!!! one of them attacked me!!!"

also, you never pick up a personal call on the job buck lmao. i actually know this from personal experience. (because everytime something goes wrong with the house and i need to get in touch with my husband he rejects the calls until he can call me back lmao) (these aren't super need him immediately emergencies btw, i think one had to do with the power/circuit breaker and i had no idea wtf i was doing and i needed to actually talk to him not just through text) (actually i think the only time he would have ever actually picked up a call from me during a call would have been when i was close to my due date. and even then, it probably could have waited 15 minutes for them to be done) (also if it was a true emergency, you call the firehouse and get a hold of their superior by calling their station or the main station if everyone at the station is out and then someone will get a hold of them)

okay, so they dress in full gear for a medical call, but they wear their class bs to a plane crash in the water? where's their water rescue gear? what is happening.

i have....thoughts on how this show conceptualizes the idea of the fire family versus what it actually is and why. and it has a lot to do with the lack of union presence in this show. but i will need to watch more to conceptualize my thoughts fully on this. but i will say this (and will repeat it): the fire fam is more than just one insulated station. you know who's actually really, really important? the people you went to academy with. my husband's got a friend from academy and they've actually never worked together since then, but they're still closer than half the people my husband has worked with. and if my husband ever ended up in the hospital, he'd be the first one to visit. all i'm saying, bobby, is that chim's academy buddies would like to have words with you about chim's family.

oh good, we're at the part where this show ended right away because bobby never would have been hired on another fire department ever again. listen, drugs and killing 148 people and most likely never being able to pass a psychological exam to continue doing this job, he supposedly was born in 1968, which would have made him 46 at the time of the fire. and while i did look up lafd's candidate requirements and there's apparently no upper age limit apparently (aside from common sense because you should not start an extremely hard physical job at 50 when you have to put in 30 years for the pension), there's probably several reasons why a 46 year old with a history of a debilitating back injury and drug/alcohol abuse would not end up being hired on at the lafd. and make no mistake, bobby would have to apply to work there. you don't get transferred from state to state, especially onto a big city department like that.

that being said, i will give them that addiction is a problem within the job due to the stress of the things they see and how physically stressful it is on the body. it probably varies by department, but here's how they handle it. here, you get one. one chance, one time you show up to work drunk or high and you are allowed to say "i have a problem" and the department will help you get helped. if it happens ever again, you're gone. do not pass go. do not collect $200. you're done. maybe you can try to get on a contract department or volunteer department instead.

#some firefighter bullshit #funny story just this weekend my husband asked my the name of the emergency show he hates and i was like nine one one lmao

[incorrectskyrimquotes]

Like I actively tried to kill myself at least once a year between 2013 and 2018. But I lived. Every single time.

And thank the powers that be that I did. Bc I've been able to do so SO much with my life. I mean, even before my brain really decided "hey fuck this" I was doing good.

But that's the thing. I dont NEED to good. Something I've learned (and still struggle with tbh) is that I don't have to justify my existence. At all. I could do absolutely nothing with my life and it's still valuable

At the end of the day, the week, the month, the year, the life, my HUSBAND(!) loves me. He moved away from everything he had ever known to be with me.

He'd never admit this, but I think he likes America better. If just for the food. (Sorry to my British friends but we got u beat there)

What I'm trying to say is

Actually. Idk what I'm trying to say. I'm sobering up and I'll deal w the brynjolf pegging nonsense tomorrow(/later (it's not tomorrow until I sleep goddamnit)).

Ig I'm just grateful. For this blog. For my life. There's a good metaphor out there somewhere. A dog wants a chocolate chip bagel, more than anything, and begs and whines and whimpers for it.

The dog, being a dog, doesn't understand that that bagel will KILL it. And not only hurt the poor dog, but everyone who loves the dog.

There was once a time I thought I wanted to die. More than ANYTHING I thought I wanted to die. I didn't quite understand how that would hurt the people in my life. How my (at the time) shit mental health and even shittier ways of dealing w it hurt those around me.

How if I, god forbid, really did kill myself, so many people would miss me. And I don't mean just my absence on social media. I mean people who love me. My friends. My family. My brothers and sister.

My husband. Who has known me since 2013. Can you believe that? We've known each other ten entire years. And I'm glad we were friends first. I'm glad we had figured out how to speak each other's language (something I truly struggled with until 2019) before we tried a relationship.

And even people I don't know. I have saved lives (no further detail; hipaa violation). There are people alive because I am also alive. Because for some reason the powers that be dictated that I woke up in a hospital instead of hell. Over and over and over.

Idk. Idk what I mean by all of this. I guess I'm just. Grateful. Grateful I'm alive. Grateful I have this blog. Grateful for the numerous and wonderful new friends I've mad lately. Grateful that in spite of everything, I'm still me.

Goodnight, I'll see everyone tomorrow and/or Monday (whenever I'm not busy).

I love you guys. I do. Securi dormi.

#suicide cw #<- just in case #securi dormi is rough latin for goodnight #(the literal translation is 'sleep safely' in the command form) #anywho. gn. ily.

[jvstheworld]

The Buffy Re-watch: S1E10 (part 2)

Nightmares

It's sweet that Buffy and Giles visit Laura in the hospital.

When the doctor talks to Buffy and Giles about Laura's injuries is that a HIPAA violation because they are not family? Or is he understanding that they are concerned friends (sort of) they would want to know about her. We don't have HIPAA in the UK, we do have Doctor/Patient confidentiality, just not HIPAA. I only know what it is due to Dr Mike on YouTube.

So, the doctor believes that Laura's attack is connected to the kid's attack because of they have the same MO, that's a loose connection. He's correct but it still is a loose one.

Random guy's nightmare: his mum embarrassing him in front of his friends. That's still very minor

Xander nightmare #1: Walking nightmare into class. Has anyone had this one? At least he had his underwear on.

Giles nightmare #2: he couldn't read, but he can read 5 languages.

12 year old Billy Palmer, our mystery kid that Buffy has been seeing around and is comatose in the hospital.

The Buffy's dad appears, but in nightmare form. Which leads to Buffy nightmare #2: being told her parents divorce was her fault, her dad hates her and abandons her.

Willow's 'I would hate to have everyone pay attention to me like that.' Girl, you just signed your warrant there.

Musical comedy you say. That comes with season 6 Giles. Just you wait.

Cordy nightmare #1: bad hair day.

Can only Buffy see Billy in his astral form?

Cordy nightmare #2: being on the chess team.

Xander nightmare #2: Nazis, as mentioned in an earlier conversation. And then clowns. Clowns are weird, I don't like them so I can agree that they are scary.

Billy Palmer missed one ball and go blamed for losing an entire game? He got beat into a coma because of that. Do we need to vet coaches? I mean we probably should. Buffy does the nice thing and points out that there were others players on the team, a comment Billy will use later.

Did Billy's coach use a baseball bat to attack Billy and that's why one of the Ugly Man's arms looks the way it does?

Willow nightmare #1: singing opera on stage. See, that comment came back to haunt you.

Buffy nightmare #3: The Master freed, and he quoted Cinderella. Her nightmare is The Master burying her alive, which does happen, in a way, at the beginning of season 6.

Even Giles is scared of the clown.

Brave moment for Xander for punching the clown.

Giles nightmare #3: Buffy dies. Something that happens to her twice, once at the end of this season that he tries to prevent and at the end of season 5 that he actually had to witness.

Buffy nightmare #4: turning into a vampire. She still kicks ass.

Yay, Billy wakes up! He gets to stand up for himself tot he guy who tried to kill him. Way to go kid.

Okay, Xander still liked Vampire Buffy, despite his hatred of them, but he has a problem if Buffy likes Angel or Spike? Yeah, Xander, you need help.

Two more episodes to go for this season.

#buffy the vampire slayer #buffy summers #rupert giles #willow rosenberg #xander harris #buffy rewatch #tv show thoughts #btvs s1

[kcarkwright]

A Protagonist's Secrets: Why they have them

Everyone has secrets; even those who prefer to live life open like a book has something they haven't shared with the world. A good way to propel your story forward is to give your Protagonist a secret, too. It can add complexity and a cause to their arc or choices, as well as give them something to lose.

But a secret shouldn't be established willy-nilly for your story; random secrets feel forced and won't drive the story forward if you don't connect it to the Protagonist's tale in some overarching way. So when you're deciding your Protagonist's secret, use these tips to see how you want the hidden to affect the known.

Secrets of Shame

These are the things that bring dishonor, victimization and ostracization. The Protagonist fears how the secret would affect their standing with the people they love and respect, if they'd look at them differently. This can, of course, be an entirely misplaced assumption. This isn't about what would happen, but what the Protagonist thinks could happen.

Ask yourself:

Would this secret affect their standing with their peers?

Would this secret cause Protagonist to become a pariah?

Would this secret reveal a trauma the Protagonist feels they could have changed the outcome of?

Secrets of Guilt

These are secrets of which throw the Protagonist's moral compass into question. Have you ever done something you're not proud of? Something you're worried that, if it came to light, the people you love would be disgusted by your choices? That's what a secret kept in guilt is.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GUILT AND SHAME. Shame is caused by a negative self-image, something the character has determined is wrong internally. It's their own predisposed opinion. Guilt is something reinforced by outside thinking, a morality exposed to your Protagonist by their community.

Ask yourself:

What about this secret is taboo in your character's community?

What about it violates their personal moral code?

What about it violates the moral code of those they care about?

Why did they make that choice?

Guilt and Shame go hand-in-hand, and it isn't uncommon for a secret to be kept because of both. I find it easier to categorize them by a public vs private criterion; guilt usually has some sort of public affliction to it, while shame is more 'privately' based.

Secrets of Necessity

Is there ever really a valid reason to keep a secret from someone? Your Protagonist may feel they need to keep a secret from someone to protect them, or to throw them off the trail of something important. Hiding that your best friend is going to be proposed to and hiding that you found out their beloved grandparent was a Nazi sympathizer both are kept because the Protagonist deems it necessary. This thinking can, and usually is, flawed. A proposal to someone not ready would save them the guilt of saying no, and knowing of their grandparent's dark ideas would keep them from seeming sympathetic. The secrets kept out of necessity will always involve someone else, usually directly.

Ask yourself:

Who is the Protagonist trying to protect? Why?

Is there something in Protagonist's career that requires them to keep quiet (like HIPAA)?

Would it destroy the perception of another character?

Would the information be used to hurt someone?

The way a Protagonist's secret is revealed should reflect a 'worst case scenario' in order to make the secret more enticing — especially if you don't plan on letting the reader in on the little bit of gossip, either. Secrets of necessity being brought to light are most impactful when they end up hurting that one person Protagonist was hiding it from; Secrets of shame should be brought to light against Protagonists will to keep them from being able to consent to sharing the secret in their own time. Secrets of guilt can be laid with getting caught in an immoral act, either in-time or long after the fact, usually with evidence.

#Arkwright Academics #writeblr #writing #writing advice #story writing #writing tips

[sophieinwonderland]

With ableism so prominent in the world, do you think it's worth getting a diagnosis for a dissociative disorder if able? On one hand, it can be good for getting distressing symptoms treated and getting the help you need, but on the other hand, a lot of people might treat you horribly, and you might be stopped from doing a lot of stuff, like working certain jobs, drive a car, or even move to another country. Really want a diagnosis for help but can't decide if it's worth it or not :( sorry if ur not the person to ask for this

A diagnosis is private. Nobody can stop you from doing something because of a diagnosis. And it's technically illegal to if they did find out. That doesn't mean they won't do something to you for having a disability. But it does mean they have find a reason to justify it.

If you're concerned, you're allowed to keep your diagnosis as private, or make it as public, as you'd like.

There isn't generally a downside to getting a diagnosis as long as you're careful with who you reveal it to.

And if a medical provider does reveal or threaten to reveal your private medical information without your consent, remember that this is a violation of your medical rights. I believe most countries have some sort of protection for this. In the United States, this would be protected under HIPAA.

#psychiatry #psychology #mental health

[night-wyld-system]

The thing is he should absolutely have his license revoked or at least get in major trouble because it’s a huge HIPPA violation

EXACTLY. Additionally it is scary to know somebody who is capable of violating the consent of others to that magnitude would be a doctor of any kind. Who's to say he would further violate the consent of his patients? I would be terrified if he was my therapist. Somebody who fails to recognize boundaries has no business in medicine and should not be involved with it. That man is actively a danger and I doubt any of his patients are getting proper treatment given he SHAMES signs of fucking healing.

- Blaize

Edit: Not HIPAA violation, but still fucking rebrehensible and disgusting and we wouldn't touch that creature with a ten foot pole. People like him and especially those who defend him are literally what caused me to split. Slanderers and those who support the slander and side with the slander. We will not budge, stop trying to fucking change our morals.

Nyx.

#syscourse #mclean hospital controversy

[kayhi808]

More Than Our Scars - Part 9

You wake up with Billy beside you, he's still sound asleep. Neither one of you suffered from nightmares, probably because you wore each other out. You stretch, the muscles in your body are beautifully aching due to Mr Russo. Slipping out of his bed, you return to your room to shower and dress. You head to the living room to turn on your Christmas tree lights. You still can't believe Billy did that for you. It's not the nicest looking, but you absolutely love it. You start coffee & breakfast when there's a knock at the door. You quietly go over to the peephole to check to see who's out there & its Frank. You know he's Billy's best friend, but you aren't comfortable around him at all. Since the first time you met him & thought he was going to use you to get back at Kingpin. You didn't want to wake Billy since he's finally had a uninterrupted sleep, so you open the door. "Hi, Frank."

"G'morning Y/N. Is Bill here? He hasn't been answering his phone." He walks on in, as he usually does, you're guessing. You couldn't very well have shoved him out.

"He's still sleeping. He may have his phone on silent." You move to the kitchen, behind the island. You feel safer with something between you and Frank. "Can I make you some coffee?"

"Yea, great. So, what happened yesterday? I had a message that Dr. Dumont was looking for Bill and that a woman he was with interrupted their session. He wasn't answering her calls either. Why would you do that?"

"Why does she call you regarding what happens at Bill's appointments? That must be a violation of HIPAA Privacy Rule." You see a look of surprise on Frank's face. "I may have been Fisk's whore, but I'm not stupid." He walks towards you & you step back from the island & him, but all he does is take a seat. You get a hold of yourself and pour Frank his coffee, trying to control your shaking hands.

"Maybe because Curtis & I were the only ones visiting Bill when he was in the hospital. Maybe because he's like a brother to me. He's my family."

"You should be concerned with how many rules this lady is willing to break because it benefits her. Not her patient." You slide his coffee to him.

"Because you know what's best for Bill. You, who's known him, for what? A little over a month? Frank forces out a humorless laugh, "Gotta admit, I'm surprised how fast you got Bill to set you up in here. You got a good thing going." He takes a sip of coffee but his eyes never leave you.

Your cheeks flame with embarassment at his insinuation. Its not something you can deny. "Bill saved my life. I'll never be able to repay him for that. I owe him...everything."

"Kingpin's whore? Is that how you got all that inside information?"

Confused, "Bill, didn't tell you?"

"Darling, you are top secret. Bill hasn't told me anything about you other than Fisk is after you and Bill is not letting him take you back."

Your heart swells that Billy has kept your confidence even to his best friend. You also understand Frank's skepticism. "My father was indebted to Wilson & he couldn't pay him back, so he...he gave me up to work off his debt. I was with him for 3 years. I was never told how long it would be for. Bill said that once my looks fade, he would have sold me off or killed me. I was his...slave. Whore. I did whatever he wanted me to do. He'd send me to his associates as a...gift. I had to keep my ears & eyes open & report back to him." You start unconciously scratching at the scars on your wrist. "He had a new guy guarding me. He's suppose to collect me at the door but he was waiting for me out front with the car. It was my chance to escape, so i took it. Wilson ended up killing the new guy. I was able to hide for 3wks until he found me again & sent someone to bring me back. That's when Bill saved me. He thought I was a kid getting beaten."

Frank understood now. Billy saw himself in a young kid and wanted to save him. Unlike how no one saved him.

"I don't expect you to believe me or trust me, but I only want the best for Bill. Dr. Dumont is not it. You're not here with him every day & every night. You can't see the changes in him. You guys do security & background checks here. You should look into her."

You see Billy enter the living room, "Frankie? What's going on here?"

With a sigh of relief, you circle around Frank giving him a wide berth. "You were sleeping & I didn't want to wake you. You normally get up at around this time anyways. I have coffee ready & I made muffins. They're cooling."

You walk past him to go to your room & he holds your arm, "You ok?" You give a small smile & nod. Bill continues on to the kitchen to get his coffee. "So, what's up?"

"Your girl. She doesn't like me much."

"You did want to use her as bait for Fisk. She's not going to be your biggest fan."

"I didn't know what he did to her or I wouldn't have suggested it."

Billy tenses,"What do you mean?"

"We talked. She told me." Billy goes to your room, "I'll be right back", he calls over his shoulder. He knocks when he gets to your door, "Y/N?" You open the door. "Hey, Frank said you talked."

"He asked how I came up with all the info on Wilson & his men...I told him."

Pulls her in to hug & kisses you, "You're ok with that?"

You nod into his chest. "He would have found out eventually."

"I wasn't going to say anything to him."

Squeezes him tighter, "I know. Thank you. If you're going after Fisk, him or his men would have said something. I'd rather Frank heard it from me."

"My brave girl." You laugh. "Lemme go talk to Frank. You don't have to stay in here."

"He's going to ask you about your session yesterday. Dumont called him." You feel Billy's body tense under your hug. "I thought you may want some privacy."

"I didn't tell you about it last night, you might as well join us." Billy brings you back to Frank at the kitchen bar. "Dumont called you?"

"She said you left in the middle of the session. You weren't answering our calls...what's going on?"

"I can fulfill the insurance requirements with another therapist. I ain't going back to her. She hasn't helped me remember shit. She just insinuates that I fucked the mission & jeopardize my people. They depended on me & I nearly got them killed." Lily slips her hand in his.

"You got our men outta there. None of them were seriously injured, besides you."

"But what if its true?? Huh? I...I don't fucking know! I can't remember shit! Was Homeland setting us up? Did I miss something? I'm the CEO of this company. Why was I on a mission?! Why didn't I leave it up to a team? Was that normal for me? HOW THE FUCK DO I KNOW?!"

"Babe," you squeeze his hand.

"Jesus, Bill! There's no doubt in my mind that you had thought the attack through to the second. Zero doubt! You got your men out of there. If it weren't for you, they'd all be dead."

"How do you fucking know? I DON'T EVEN KNOW!" Bill hangs his head, trying to control the tears he feel coming on.

"Brother, I know you. I know how you think, how you work. You may not remember, but I KNOW YOU. If that's what's tearing you up inside, stop." Frank looks at you & you give him an i-told-you-so look. Frank comes around the counter & you release Billy's hand & Frank pulls him into a hug. Bill emotionally shuts down. You recognize the look. You've seen it in him. You've seen it in yourself. Frank is busy whispering something to Bill, but you see his eyes glaze over. He's not paying attention any more.

Your heart breaks for Bill. That's the cause of his nightmares, trying to save his men. Thinking he did something wrong to jeopardize his team. And that bitch fed into his fears, tearing him down piece by piece. A vulnerable person gets placed in your care & to betray them...to betray Bill. You are overwhelmed with rage. If you ever see that woman again, Lord help her! You want to kill her.

Frank had to leave & get back to the Training Center & Billy is still standing alone in the middle of the kitchen, fists clenched at his sides. "Babe?" He turns his head to you, eyes bright with unshed tears. You go to him reaching up to clasp his neck, brushing his jaw with your thumb. He takes your hand and places it on his scarred cheek, closing his eyes & letting his tears escape. Your heart is destroyed by this man's pain. You'd give everything that's in you to take his pain away. He nuzzles into your palm craving your touch. You gently cradle his face, lowering him down for you to kiss. You've never touched his scars, fearing that you'd hurt him. Sometimes in the healing process, the nerves become super sensative. Your gentle kisses soon become over taken by Bill's hungry ones. What ever comfort he's trying to find in you, whatever it is that he's seeking, you'll give. To lose himself in your arms, your body; just for a little while. To escape the pain he's suffering. He picks you up & carries you back to his room.

@idaofinfinity @e-dubbc11

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