Both sides are allowed to suck, here. I get what you’re saying- everyone seems to have made decisions without allowing the child, who would be incapable of making such life altering decisions, to have any kind of agency. Being concerned for his welfare is empathetic.
The other posters are concerned that the CCP has a terrible human rights record, and are notorious for being untruthful. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
I mean, did you source your parents? I expect in-text citations and inclusion of your birth certificate within the bibliography.
I appreciate the thoughtful context. Having experienced things that were later reported on in the news, though, sometimes it feels like the writers just latch on to odd details or have a word count to hit.
What do you believe the root cause of depression in men to be?
Hello, I’ve seen you post a few times using the same format, so I believe this is a stylistic choice you’ve made. I’m not sure I should be engaging, but in case you’re not trolling, pointing out that communication you’ve provided is difficult to understand, and then pointing out a stylistic choice you use to communicate is not an ad hominem, it’s pointing out that your communication was difficult to parse and the ellipses (part of the communication) did not help.
I know people are doubting this happened but I’m pretty sure it’s a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia to think that one’s electronics are trying to speak to you.
I think this is also a reflection on self awareness.
Fair enough. I’m sorry those weren’t helpful for you, I also found CBT to be less helpful than DBT and family model therapy.
I know a lot of trauma-exposed professionals that EMDR has been life-changing for, so I was really curious where that opinion came from. I think it has a lot of merit- like that one study that demonstrated the Tetris effect is helpful for reducing PTSD after a critical incident. A good professional won’t move to EMDR until the client is ready to tackle the memories, I know for some it’s been 6 months before talking about the original issue that caused them to seek out therapy. Every time you recount the traumatizing event it can retraumatize, so tackling it too soon (or needing to go through it over and over so workers comp can pay for the therapy you need after getting traumatized at work) is dangerous.
I fully understand the boundaries and limitations side. There are a lot of people who label themselves “not a cat person” or “not a pet person” and don’t interact with animals, based on this preconceived notion, and then are surprised when they enjoy it.
Not being able to take responsibility for another soul is reasonable.
My favourite too. Looking forward to the yearly rewatch of Hogfather.
GNU, Sir Terry.
I’m very curious, what makes you call CBT and EMDR trash?
The themes he explores are very much adult, and challenging, and human.
Some of his books are young adult and the writing is a little… more straightforward? Is how I would put it? Fewer footnotes and footnotes in footnotes. I read all of them as an adult, and the Tiffany Aching series is among my top favourite books of all time.
What I mean to say is, just because you read it as a teen doesn’t make it children’s books. I read the entire Lord of the Rings including the Simallarion at 12 but that doesn’t make it children’s books. And the actual teen fiction he writes is fantastic.
Edit: sorry I came in hot. I thought you were downplaying Sir Terry Pratchett’s talent and came in swinging without thinking.
Is he trying to claim he’s Alethi?
The court documents with extracted text are linked in this thread. It talked him out of seeking help and encouraged him not to leave signs of his suicidality out for his family to see when he said he hoped they would stop him.
Didn’t she have cancer?
Up there with Genghis Khan’s on the Mount Rushmore of world altering penises.
Although, I don’t really see what’s impeachable about this, but I also know that the right doesn’t seem happy and the rules don’t matter anyway so hey.
What did the puppy do to deserve that?
Look at the size of her face overall on the left, and the size on the right. Now look at where her eyebrows are on the left and where they are on the right. The camera on the left is slightly closer, her makeup is different, and her eyes are open wider. I don’t think it’s a filter.