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Amazon created an “about you” that uses AI to guess stuff about you based on your shopping and mine says I “likely” live in the town where my shipping address is. Real strong detective work happening there.
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mastodon 4.7.2Psychologist, writer, author, speaker. I’m licensed in a few states and living in South Dakota. Or 12 pigeons in a trench coat. I hope you like memes and cat pictures. #ActuallyAutistic, #ActuallyADHD. She/her
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I just need to get this out of my brain
For the past several days, “COVID conscious lesbian bar in western Massachusetts” has been playing on a loop in my head to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Maybe it’s like The Ring where I can pass the curse on to someone else and free myself
Just saw an add for Dominos saying they have released their "first ever personal pizza" but like. I've been eating personal pizzas from Dominos for 20 years. Every pizza is a personal pizza when you aren't a quitter.
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My Office meme groups remain unmatched
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PS - when I went to find this article I searched “Did the Beatles refuse to play to a segregated audience” Google very nicely asked if I want to know “Did the Beatles circle jerk” and I’m ok not knowing the answer to that one thanks
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“What’s he supposed to do, just say NO to his tour director?” I mean it worked for the Beatles
https://www.thebeatles.com/when-beatles-refused-play-segregated-audiences
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We got our cat’s ashes yesterday and the vet labeled them aggressive 🤣🤣🤣
The tech who helped us was like I’m so sorry we were supposed to take that off
I was like no I know what he was like, this is a perfect way to honor him. Spicy to the end 💜
Very excited for #Halloween - we ordered giant (5” diameter) lollipops, king size Reese’s, and movie theater boxes of sour patch kids. Also infinity cubes and transformer fidget spinners. Every kid gets a candy and a toy, and if a child has a dietary issue that they can’t have any of the candy, they get two toys. But we have a nut free option and a gluten free option so most kids should have a candy option.
🎶In the showroom the mattress showroom the lion sleeps toniiiiiiiight🎶
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I am forever torn between a desire to live in a cave 100% off the grid and the inability to log off for even one second
In our house, you can eat whatever you want as long as you pay the cat tax.
Not pictured: my pizza
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I really like that I can post to followers only here. Sometimes I need to scream into the void but not, like, the ENTIRE void, you know?
Ok look who showed up at our house this afternoon!!
No microchip.
Animal Control is going to pick her up and try to find her humans because she seems friendly, but if they can't find her home she might be coming back here.
One of my toxic traits is giving people the benefit of the doubt when they don’t deserve it. Probably because of the times I felt I deserved some grace but didn’t get any.
Shout out to the people who try to warn others! Even when we don’t listen 💜
Pet death
If you google Jimothy, he scurries across the screen
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye
Content warning: This post talks about the death of a pet. Please take care of yourself and only engage if you are in the right headspace....
https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/07/14/its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye/
I just saw an interview with Kelsey Pfendler and the interviewer was like "What's your next goal"
GIVE THE GIRL A BREAK!! She just rowed BY HERSELF across an ENTIRE OCEAN and broke MULTIPLE WORLD RECORDS in the process. What have you ever done??
Hustle culture is a scourge.
Me @ my laundry: Try to stay clean this time please
Vet says as long as Armani’s sugars don’t crash, she thinks he’s just still recovering from the constipation. His levels are high and we can monitor at home so he’s just resting and getting pets 💜
2026 is a very spiky year. I've had some of the best things ever happen, and also some of the worst days of my life. So I guess if we're talking statistics, 2026 has been about average.
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I got a random email from TalkSpace asking me to interview their CEO about their new AI bot. I’m open to it but not for the reasons they assume.
Don’t trust any of your data to TalkSpace. They just handed over someone’s entire therapy transcripts to their boss. It’s a privacy nightmare and I don’t understand why they’re still in business, or what kind of therapist would work for them.
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@whitneymcn@mastodon.xyz Multiple techs at our vet have scars from Armani, and we call them his tattoos 🤣
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@ldottxt@kind.social (Sorry, autistic over-thinking clarifying question, possibly being pedantic but sincerely asking so I can understand and not trying to be a jerk) If I am disabled but not physically disabled, does that make me "able-bodied" since the disability isn't my body? Most of my body is able, it's my brain (which I guess is part of my body. But.)
Continuing Education Course: Differential Diagnoses: ADHD and Autism
I have gotten good feedback from my CE courses on assessing for and diagnosing ADHD and autism, and one area for improvement that was identified was to talk more about differentials—when a client does not end up meeting the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for what they initially suspected, or when their traits…
https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/07/28/continuing-education-course-differential-diagnoses-adhd-and-autism/
So on the one hand House Hunt is a fun app, I like the renovations and making the number go up, but on the other hand it’s radicalizing me even harder because what the hell do you mean a starter home is $900,000
Dear Body: Could you please give me a break? 😩
Maybe I just don’t get it because I’m a buzzkill who hates fireworks anyway but what’s the point of shooting them off when the sun is still up? You can’t even see them. It’s just noise. Awful, horrible, sensory hell noise
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I went to put him in the carrier. He squatted down, dropped one HUGE poop, and went and stole his sister’s breakfast. Idk what’s happening but we will watch him today.
I have an absurdly sensitive startle response so my husband does this adorable thing when he walks around the house where he claps his hands an chants “I live here, I live here.” It does not always work.
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Parrot: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'M PICKLE!
Me: YES YOU ARE BABY YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB
CE idea: Animal Assisted Therapy, as a retreat, partnering with the Steve Irwin Zoo in Australia.
What would it take to make this happen??
Give Yourself Filler Episodes
The other day, I saw a reel of someone lamenting about how television shows these days have such short seasons, so everything has to be plot-heavy, advancing the full story....
https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/07/16/give-yourself-filler-episodes/
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LinkedIn used to be my most hated app until I put in my profile that I won’t answer your message unless you tell me your favorite animal and now it’s the best because I just taught someone that cheetahs purr and it made their day
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@farah@beige.party I wish there was a third option in between trusting everyone all the time and never trusting anyone ever (only partially kidding)
Setting Boundaries on LinkedIn
A few years ago, I rage-quit LinkedIn because a dozen times a day I was getting unsolicited private messages either trying to sell me stuff or get me to work for free (T-Mobile, you still owe me for the "interview" you tried to turn into a consultation and then never actually hired me)....
https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/06/30/setting-boundaries-on-linkedin/
Telehealth Activity: Ghost Wiper
Do you like Ghostbusters and also cooperative games with therapeutic benefit? Of course you do! Ghost Wiper is another weapon to put in your telehealth arsenal. In order to use this activity in a remote session, you and your client need to both be on devices with an external keyboard and use a telehealth platform that allows for screen share with remote control.
https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/05/14/telehealth-activity-ghost-wiper/
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The only thing I love more than learning is poop jokes so it’s a really good day for me
I just learned that there’s a local triathlon event called Siouxperman and I’m so mad I didn’t think of that pun first
This might actually get me to exercise. I need to earn that T shirt.
Haven’t done a #ThreeGoodThings in a bit!
- I had to call AT&T about an upcoming trip and they were like oh by the way the plan you’re on doesn’t exist anymore, we can offer you a better plan that’s $20 cheaper 💸
- Vera has been making muffins on my leg for about a half hour 💜
- I got my renewal from APA and I’m all set to keep doing CEs for another five years! 🎉
Why am I so cranky??
I met someone today who had an amazing, badass skull necklace and in my infinite social awkwardness told them, “I love your SKULL”