TMI TMI TMI

[way_parasitical]

my therapist told me i had to start paying $10 co-pays per each visit and at 4 visits a week and 4 weeks in a month comes out to $160 a month. so obviously i had to call my parents. and they said what i was thinking, that $160 would be financially feasible for them should my mental health necessitate it, but they don't think that my mental health

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[beaudarling]

he has no sense of smell? That's kind of cool.

very nice to see you on sunday sabrina carina, when do you leave for camp again?

[way_parasitical]

mid-june, baby!! how long are you in the states for again??

[beaudarling]

until early early september!
we should run into each other sometimeee and depending on what job I end up getting mebeh I'll come up to camp for a weekend :D

[way_parasitical]

that would be fab :)

[vita_night]

there's herbal/natural alternatives to hormonal birth control.
one of which is for boys and it lowers their sperm count to the point that pregnancy is basically impossible

just sayin', you got options lady!

[way_parasitical]

this is news to my ears!

[vita_night]

thats because our society has horribly rejected natural medicine, especially when it empowers women! there are herbal alternatives to birth control and you can also do the fertility awareness cycle thing if you want to get super up-close, personal, and intimate with your fertility cycle!

my friend wrote a pretty intense paper on it that gives a really good overview of it, you want i e-mail it to you?

[guabili]

i've heard great things about yaz from some pretty fucked-up people and am trying to find out if it's available here in colombia; my current pill isn't affecting my emotions that i'm aware of, but my breasts are so sore all the time i can barely stand for my boyfriend to touch them. which defeats a lot of the purpose.

i completely agree with gordo about having a new therapist lined up before you stop seeing this one, and it sounds like you do need to stop seeing this one. sometimes therapists need to be pushy, especially with maybe obstinate girl ladies like maybe us, but it sounds like this was an inappropriate situation for that approach. & i personally don't think anything can be accomplished with a therapist who you consider subpar. it's why i dumped all of mine. it's hard starting over but if you find someone you mesh with it makes all the difference (i saw one amazing woman a few times and loved her).

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[way_parasitical]

yeah, it's the starting over thing that i'm really not looking forward to... i feel like i should just keep a record of all relevant facts to print out and give to my mental health practitioners to save us some time and me the energy.

[guabili]

haha, i actually almost suggested you do that, but i figured my comment was already too epic. seriously though, i think next time i make it into therapy i'm going to have a sheet printed out; basic timeline/family history, traumatic events, previous diagnoses, defense mechanisms and other unhealthy behaviors that you're well aware of, and want you want to get out of therapy (do your therapists always ask you that? mine always do. how do you answer that? "plz fix me asap").

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[polarisdib]

BAD Sabrabbit!

Stop stressing!

(Yes I know it's more complicated than that. I have my fair share of emotional problem friends, and have almost gotten into relationships with a fair share of emotional problem girls. But:

"or rather, doesn't care to deal with me when i have emotional issues?"

is not appropriate thinking. I'd rather have the balls to stand up for what's right for you than to hide my worry behind cutesy language and ignoring the problem. Your current therapist may not be for you, but he's right--at least line up another one if this one isn't working out for you.)

--DiBout

[way_parasitical]

yeah yeah i know it's not the best thinking, but damn to i sympathize with the people in my life who have to deal with my depression... and sometimes it's tough just trying to sort out which of my feelings are legitimate and deserve consideration and which are just totally bogus and the result of hormonal bullshit.

[prokaryotes]

http://berlex.bayerhealthcare.com/html/products/pi/mirena_patient_insert.pdf

my sister used to get really awful around her periods when she was on the pill, but she switched to this mirena implant thing & she says her periods are really easy and last like two days now. she says the only downsides for her are that she spots sometimes in between periods and if you have sex with someone with any kind of STD you have a super high chance of getting that STD, so you just can't be real promiscuous. but that doesn't seem like it would be an issue with you :)

[way_parasitical]

yeah, i've definitely looked into IUDs, but they kinda weird me out, although i suppose it's worth a shot to ask my doctor about it. anything to avoid getting my hormones fucked with, right? and yeah promiscuity ain't an issue but DAMN it would suck getting the herp!

[guabili]

technically you're not supposed to get iud's unless you've already had a kid, but loads of women here get them done anyway. i refuse to get one because i'm fairly prone to yeast infections and they make menstrual cramps worse (mine already leave me curled up in bed and vomiting, so eff that shiz). but if your doctor gives you the go-ahead do it, i've heard great things about it from people who aren't broken like me!

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[prokaryotes]

yeah my sister's doctor said that a few years ago they wouldn't have advised younger women getting iuds, but nowadays they're a-ok