Apytele

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[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

Oh yeah I thought I was a sure winner until I saw the fluffs.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A couple. I had thought about making sure there was a video for every skill but I didn't get that far. I definitely wanted to include "inner fucking peace" under mindfulness.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Although I'm thinking about making a separate account and making a read-only sublemmy with all of it. I'd have to pick an instance though. Maybe .sh but maybe something different idk. I'm wondering if the US is just going to cut off internet access at some point and I won't be able to get on .sh anymore. Although at that point they might try getting rid of lemmy altogether anyway.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

darn. idw share it from my personal drive. Not sure how I wanna host it. edit: also it works when i try to download it so idk

 

I've posted it a couple times in various states of completeness and idk that it's really done now but... I distilled my 300 hours of therapy into an educational course you can just download / follow along with at your own pace. It's kind of like a free "class" on coping skills. Let me know what you think! It's in two formats, one you can open as an html in your browser, and one you can open as an editable notebook / vault in obsidian that you can type your own notes into. The biggest thing I've done in these last few iterations is drop the reading level. I have a tendency to ramble / stream of consciousness things so I tried to make it a little more digestible. Hope it helps somebody, and let me know what you think!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Valerian root. It's GABA active. Smells like either manure or freshly rained on soil though depending on your nose in a similar way to how cilantro taste varies between people. It's what's in sleepytime extra.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

tbh most psych units I've worked don't even do that kind of ED. We'll do BED in a pinch but anorexia nervosa or bulimia with significant weight loss is either stable enough to be managed outpatient or unstable enough that it needs either medical hospitalization or a specialized unit. I've worked one psych unit that could handle telemetry and they wouldn't have liked having to.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

imma have to steal a cuff from peds to measure that bp

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

The Horus Guard's beak glistens!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Guilty as minted.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I've noticed in codes I just have to step into the middle of the room put some bass out from my chest and point at people and give simple instructions (and these are psych codes so it's usually "ALICE -> THAT ARM. BOB -> THE OTHER ARM. CAROL -> LEGS. DAVE -> GO GET THE RESTRAINTS."

But then sometimes something very unexpected comes up like a very large patient dropping their weight into a weird position. So the important thing there is to hopefully come up with an idea quickly and give the simplest way possible to explain to everyone to move as a team. But sometimes someone else comes up with a good idea before me and then you go "CAROL'S RIGHT. ON THREE WE'RE GONNA ___."

So. 0. Know what the fuck you're doing enough that you're respected as an authority figure.

  1. Confidence in posture and voice.
  2. Point and use simple instructions.
  3. Confidence doesn't mean ego. Recognize a good idea when you hear it and use it.

Probably not what you were asking but I hope it helps.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Every once in a while a guy will know something about women's bodies that makes me go "ooooh OK that one's actually really like kinsey 0 straight" instead of some other weird combination of interests that are approximately straight in a mostly possessive way. Sometimes I'll hear "straight" guys talk about how gross vaginas are but then you hear a guy talking about pH balances and lactobacilli and it's just really obvious which guy actually wants to be in one.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Well. Emotional swings like that can occur as part of a manic episode specifically. Mania just means the emotions come faster than usual, not that they're good. Ppl w mania are actually frequently extremely angry, usually because they're going a million miles an hour and don't understand why everyone else won't just keep. tf. up.

But yeah if op has always just been like that consistently without any ebb and flow over month's / years then yes it points more towards a thought disorder. I used to have a really cool infographic from a textbook on the differential dx between borderline, bipolar, and adhd since they can all have very similar presentations or even just be comorbid in certain patients.

I've actually seen a good few patients who we all swore up and down were borderline then the meds would click into place and oh. Look at that you really were just bipolar. huh. (I say all of this having a childhood dx of ADHD, an adult dx of borderline, and a current psychiatrist who thinks I'm bipolar so...)

 

When I was younger and got an ADHD diagnosis they kept trying to sit me in the front of the room so that I could pay attention better. It always made everything so much worse and as a child I could never articulate why. Turns out some things that were going on at home had already given me mild PTSD by the time I entered middle school. What was actually most distracting to me was the feeling of people behind me and not being able to see the door. When I was in college and could pick my own seating arrangements sitting in the back of the room away from everyone and where I could see the door made a huuuge difference.

Was just reflecting on this and wanted to share.

 
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A rule... and a warning. (sh.itjust.works)
 
 

Imagine you're at the salon just chillin' getting your hair washed and trimmed and your nails done and two chairs over they're holding a guy down while he screams to do it by force like wtf is up with THAT guy?

 
 

my hobby is posting in new communities, you're welcome to remove if this is too far out of your community guidelines.

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my hobby is posting in new communities, you're welcome to remove if this is too far out of your community guidelines.

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(I’m sorting communities by new and adding to any I have decent content for)

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