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Topic: What Drives Each Sign To The Shrink?
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Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 68942 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 07:29 AM
Would someone take pity on an earth void and help me collate the great responses I got to this thread so I can write an article  ------------------ Want to Read Simple, Fun,Sexy Articles on Astrology? Check Me Out, DUDE. http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Faith Knowflake Posts: 19822 From: Bella's Hair Salon Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 08:59 AM
Thanks very much to those who said nice things about me. The feeling's mutual.  IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 68942 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 09:57 AM
FaithIf you have any quotes, why don't you add them. Yours are really good! ------------------ Want to Read Simple, Fun,Sexy Articles on Astrology? Check Me Out, DUDE. http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Faith Knowflake Posts: 19822 From: Bella's Hair Salon Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 10:23 AM
This is not the kind of article I would write, Ami.IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 68942 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 10:26 AM
quote: Originally posted by Faith: This is not the kind of article I would write, Ami.
I have seen many of them on here, but that is OK, Faith. I hope we have both learned from Voix because we both respect her. Take care and blessings to you.  ------------------ Want to Read Simple, Fun,Sexy Articles on Astrology? Check Me Out, DUDE. http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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DopGang Knowflake Posts: 3069 From: MBTI - INTJ -- Enneagram - 5w6 Registered: Jun 2015
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posted September 11, 2016 10:30 AM
quote: Originally posted by Faith: This is not the kind of article I would write, Ami.
Agree. Some had a little fun being silly but I wouldn't actually write an article on it. IP: Logged |
Voix_de_la_Mer Knowflake Posts: 2016 From: Sound Registered: Aug 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 10:33 AM
quote: Originally posted by Ami Anne: I have seen many of them on here, but that is OK, Faith.I hope we have both learned from Voix because we both respect her. Take care and blessings to you. 
I'm not sure there is anything to learn from me Ami, I believe you and I are still trying to reach an understanding on the appropriateness of the article/thread in question on the discussion thread in Sweet Peas.
Whether we do or not, will be down to *both* of us. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 68942 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 10:34 AM
Let's get back to Astrology! xxox------------------ Want to Read Simple, Fun,Sexy Articles on Astrology? Check Me Out, DUDE. http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Faith Knowflake Posts: 19822 From: Bella's Hair Salon Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 10:37 AM
quote: Originally posted by Ami Anne: I have seen many of them on here, but that is OK, Faith.
Many of what? I don't write articles, I make posts. And I wouldn't make a post about going to the shrink, it's just not how my mind works. I have a positive view of therapy, and I wish everyone had someone to listen to them with acceptance and wisdom. So I wouldn't call a therapist a "shrink"....I think we don't shrink, if we have the right therapist...we expand.  However, when it comes to emotional and mental health, the first solutions that come to mind, for me, are spiritual and physical solutions, more than talk-therapy, maybe because I have very dear friends who will listen to my Pisces moon whining and therefore, I don't feel like I need a therapist. Though I'm sure, one could probably help. IP: Logged |
Faith Knowflake Posts: 19822 From: Bella's Hair Salon Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 10:38 AM
quote: Originally posted by DopGang: Agree. Some had a little fun being silly but I wouldn't actually write an article on it.
Yeah, to each his/her own. IP: Logged |
Ceridwen Moderator Posts: 29668 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 10:45 AM
quote: Originally posted by Faith: Many of what?I don't write articles, I make posts. And I wouldn't make a post about going to the shrink, it's just not how my mind works. I have a positive view of therapy, and I wish everyone had someone to listen to them with acceptance and wisdom. So I wouldn't call a therapist a "shrink"....I think we don't shrink, if we have the right therapist...we expand.  However, when it comes to emotional and mental health, the first solutions that come to mind, for me, are spiritual and physical solutions, more than talk-therapy,.
Interestingly exactly that topic came up in the phoneconversation with my friend yesterday. we both came to the same conclusion as you. (just speaking subjectively of course) IP: Logged |
Voix_de_la_Mer Knowflake Posts: 2016 From: Sound Registered: Aug 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 11:04 AM
I have just had a realisation that may have contributed to this gulf between my feelings on this article and others.In the US it seems that people go to therapy for many reasons, unrelated to actual mental health conditions. Probably because it is widely available should you have the money to pay for it. Here in the UK it is mainly through the national health service, so resources are limited to those whose ability to function is at high risk of being compromised. We would not go to the therapist for a moan or self-actualisation, we would go because we are at serious risk of becoming non-functional. The vast majority of clients I work with are unable to socialise, work, study, travel, or just generally have a very low quality of life. Many are at a moderate to high risk of completing suicide. So when I see threads of this premise, I think of these clients and how there is no way on earth they can laugh about their mental health issues, as they have lost, or are at risk of losing *everything*. I think in US also, there seems to be over-prescribing and over-diagnosing. We seem to be more reluctant to over-medicate and to slap on a diagnosis here in the UK. There is in fact a movement away from "labelling" in psychology at the moment, so that we can focus more on the solution, than the problem, and also to avoid pathologising everything, which, lets face it, has only ever served to validate the field of psychiatry and the prescribing of medication. For example, a veteran who was traumatised at war, can either be regarded as "ill" with PTSD or as someone whose psyche has reacted to overwhelming stress in the most natural and self-preserving way possible. This veteran's PTSD is not a sickness, it is a perfectly logical and helpful survival mechanism, but he comes to therapy because this mechanism does not serve him any longer, now that he is not at war and is safe at home with his family. But his psyche still thinks he is at war when he is triggered by something now perfectly normal and benign, like a slamming door. IP: Logged |
CosmiqPhuz Knowflake Posts: 682 From: INFP Registered: Jan 2014
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posted September 11, 2016 12:07 PM
Some may feel this isn't the most tasteful thread, and I can understand why, but I do enjoy making fun of the signs in any capacity/context/environment - all in innocent fun. Not making fun of people with PTSD or depression or social anxiety, but making fun of the signs. I made sure to be fair and not give any of the signs mercy. But like some have said earlier: to each his own, agree to disagree. IP: Logged |
violet7887 Knowflake Posts: 1742 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 12:43 PM
quote: Originally posted by headintheclouds91: Just wait and see one day you`ll be out of breath and guess where you`ll be the sec that happens? in my claws, hihihihihi
Loll. Keep yourself in check libra, nobody's ever caught a Gemini * blows you a kiss ...disappears into the wind *
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violet7887 Knowflake Posts: 1742 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 01:04 PM
@ electro dgx  Hi Faith ( hugg)
as usual the basis of your thought process is sweet . Topics like this are always on a very thin line. But in the end I think , to each their own is all that can be practiced here. much love to you faith  IP: Logged |
theunknown Knowflake Posts: 3089 From: Registered: Dec 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 01:36 PM
VoixYes, in the US healthcare and education are considered industries. Astrologically speaking the US has an Aquarius moon. This whole concept of yo each their own is an American concept. In other countries, there are etiquettes and traditions that one mday st follow and hence there's a due respect to pay for those less fortunate or older. Such perspective is lost in the US. IP: Logged |
DopGang Knowflake Posts: 3069 From: MBTI - INTJ -- Enneagram - 5w6 Registered: Jun 2015
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posted September 11, 2016 01:45 PM
quote: Originally posted by theunknown: VoixYes, in the US healthcare and education are considered industries. Astrologically speaking the US has an Aquarius moon. This whole concept of yo each their own is an American concept. In other countries, there are etiquettes and traditions that one mday st follow and hence there's a due respect to pay for those less fortunate or older. Such perspective is lost in the US.
Yeah I can agree with that. I think there's a whole lot of things on social levels and attitudes such as that (to each their own which can leave people feeding like no one cares about them on a deep level), among many, many things that strongly contribute to why there is so much mental health issue in the first place. It's an incredibly complex and lengthy topic in my view. Almost too much for an online forum, though I'm not making the suggestion that no one discuss it of course. I'm glad that we do here. IP: Logged |
hypatia238 Moderator Posts: 4984 From: Colorado Registered: Sep 2014
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posted September 11, 2016 01:48 PM
quote: Originally posted by CosmiqPhuz: Voix summed up what I've been trying to say this whole time. Everyone's taking jabs at Ami like it's open "Ami Season". Then Ami fights back. Then everyone complains about her fighting back. It's just a viscous circle. This witch hunt method isn't working. If you have a problem with someone, open a separate discussion or privately discuss it to try to resolve. Taking jabs in public for everyone to see isn't exactly productive conflict resolution, IMO.
That is exactly how I feel, if your intentions are good and kind and coming from a real place of wanting to help you would send her a private message or email and talk to her privately about the issues you are having with her and tell her "Ami it hurts my feelings when...ECT" "I like this and that about you but don't like how it makes me feel when...ECT" This does feel like a witch hunt.
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headintheclouds91 Knowflake Posts: 471 From: Registered: Mar 2016
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posted September 11, 2016 01:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by violet7887: Loll.Keep yourself in check libra, nobody's ever caught a Gemini * blows you a kiss ...disappears into the wind *
My uranian side might be quick enough to catch you when you least expect it So watch out. IP: Logged |
headintheclouds91 Knowflake Posts: 471 From: Registered: Mar 2016
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posted September 11, 2016 01:59 PM
quote: Originally posted by CosmiqPhuz: Some may feel this isn't the most tasteful thread, and I can understand why, but I do enjoy making fun of the signs in any capacity/context/environment - all in innocent fun. Not making fun of people with PTSD or depression or social anxiety, but making fun of the signs. I made sure to be fair and not give any of the signs mercy. But like some have said earlier: to each his own, agree to disagree.
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violet7887 Knowflake Posts: 1742 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted September 11, 2016 02:01 PM
quote: Originally posted by theunknown: Voix In other countries, there are etiquettes and traditions that one mday st follow and hence there's a due respect to pay for those less fortunate or older. Such perspective is lost in the US.
to each their own:
being able to practice your own being to help others or not to help others. traditions : following a set of ways to help others or not to help others. it is all there. We have to determine what we want to stand up for. 
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headintheclouds91 Knowflake Posts: 471 From: Registered: Mar 2016
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posted September 11, 2016 02:15 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by hypatia238: [b] That is exactly how I feel, if your intentions are good and kind and coming from a real place of wanting to help you would send her a private message or email and talk to her privately about the issues you are having with her and tell her "Ami it hurts my feelings when...ECT" "I like this and that about you but don't like how it makes me feel when...ECT"^Agreed. I think she might have been less defensive and more responsive too if it was dealt in this way. I was very surprised this thread had a lot of arguing going on bc i don`t think she had bad intentions with this.at all. And it does seem like she is getting bullied sometimes too:/ IP: Logged |
theunknown Knowflake Posts: 3089 From: Registered: Dec 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 02:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by violet7887: to each their own:being able to practice your own being to help others or not to help others. traditions : following a set of ways to help others or not to help others. it is all there. We have to determine what we want to stand up for. 
It's there but there are too many groups of people in the US that all traditions are considered and the end result is this bland franchising culture. I don't know where you're from it ppl who are from outside of the US would notice the same thing and I have been to many different parts of the states.
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hypatia238 Moderator Posts: 4984 From: Colorado Registered: Sep 2014
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posted September 11, 2016 02:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by CosmiqPhuz: Some may feel this isn't the most tasteful thread, and I can understand why, but I do enjoy making fun of the signs in any capacity/context/environment - all in innocent fun. Not making fun of people with PTSD or depression or social anxiety, but making fun of the signs. I made sure to be fair and not give any of the signs mercy. But like some have said earlier: to each his own, agree to disagree.
I never thought at any moment you were making fun at mental illness in an inappropriate way and my post was serious and did not have a joking undertone and based on personal observation and not intended in a bad way at all, we had different styles and posted around the same time yet I did not misinterpret the intentions behind your post. This thread was suppose to be astrological and light and was turned into something else, everyone has brought their own agenda into this thread, projecting their own stuff and interpreting the intention of the thread through that projection not towards what it was actually intended imo. ---- I work with the poor and have worked extensively with severely mentally ill folks and some of my clients now are severely mentally ill. I work very hard for them often going over my time allotted for each session. I see some for free and many for just $5 or $10 so let's be clear just bc I see this thread differently from Voix and am not a big liberal obsessed with political correctness doesn't mean I don't care deeply for the poor and people with mental illness. I am the one that is always unpopular bc I see things differently and I never go with the majority or popular opinion. IP: Logged |
theunknown Knowflake Posts: 3089 From: Registered: Dec 2010
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posted September 11, 2016 02:25 PM
quote: Originally posted by hypatia238: That is exactly how I feel, if your intentions are good and kind and coming from a real place of wanting to help you would send her a private message or email and talk to her privately about the issues you are having with her and tell her "Ami it hurts my feelings when...ECT" "I like this and that about you but don't like how it makes me feel when...ECT"This does feel like a witch hunt.
Maybe you don't realize we have tried this before. None of us came onto this forum and say:" I dislike xyz" And in all honesty I don't think we have time for hate or witch hunt.
She's not my best friend. I'm not really interested in messaging anyone privately. If A person makes a public list claiming certain signs and placements are this and that, then such person should be ready for the feedback. You can't just post on a forum and expect private messages. And that's what comes with writing anything to a broader audience and not to your two best friends. Feedback may vary. IP: Logged |