New to the community
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the community. I'm a clinical psychologist by the way and a listener as well on 7 Cups. I wanted to share that I got a good experience from listening to people here which added to my career as a therapist.
I write articles about mental health and arts as well. Looking forward to sharing them soon with you.
Have a nice day!
@Love220 That's awesome, what got you started down the path of psychology? I just like listening and supporting and I dream about Freud on occasion. Is it a fixation? Idk.
@competentTruth3079 I started when I was in high school by reading about psychology (typically brain and behavioral sciences as well). I enrolled in a clinical psychology major in college and graduated. Now I work in a psychiatric ward. Having sessions with patients and talking about their problems with a strategic approach using kinds of therapy like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and so on.
@Love220 Amazing! That's a really fascinating progression. Those are powerful skillsets. I hope you're taking care of yourself as well, easy to forget ourselves in the process. The only burn out I like is at a car show.
@competentTruth3079 of course. I'm trying to differentiate between work and self care.
@Love220 I sound like a concerned mother. 😹💯 Sending you all the positive energy I can. And an emotional forcefield to protect your own. Playing pretend is as real as the mind itself.
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@Love220
Hey. I have just signed up for this as I'm struggling with social anxiety and loneliness as the social services have taken two of my three children away from me when all I needed was support. My boy who's 8 found it hard to get to sleep without his Nintendo but when I took it off him he banged the walls and threw stuff which upset the neighbours and nearly cost me my home but I asked numerous times for help but never got it. Now he's in foster until he's 18. Life is so unfair. They even made my partner move out, now he's got his own flat but says I'm not allowed there for three weeks as they need to see he's a good tenant first!! And he never wants to meet up much. I am so lonely. Even the few friends I have don't bother, they only reply if I text first. I don't know that I've done wrong. I've had past emotional abusive relationships which is always in the back of my mind and I do think too much. My partner is a chatterbox, wish I was like him but with all the trauma I have been through over the years with my ex's, I struggle with conversation.
@Angelcake74 I'm so sorry that you have been through all of these traumas and anxiety. Past traumas can bring a lot of stress when we face new challenges especially if they were related to the traumas. I hope you overcome all this and I encourage you to be diligent in fighting stress and your past traumas. And remember, everything can be solved :)
Can we please have a chat
@matshidiey08
Sorry but members can only chat with other members in the forums or in discussions and open chats or other events but not message each other. If a member has a listener account they can talk to you on that account though.
Hi 😊 👋🏻 welcome. Thank you for being a listener on this app and I'm glad you help people who need it via the listening option on this app. Hopefully we can chat sometime as I'd love to set up something somewhat consistent with a psychologist. Even if I were about once every 3 months.
Have a great day 😊
@Love220
Welcome! That's great to learn that you are having a positive experience here. Have a good time here, all the best.
