Washedupcynic

First, call your insurance carrier to find out who is in network, and get an idea about the costs.

Second, depending on your situation and how resilient you are, it can take years to undo learned behaviors that were used to survive or cope in your current abusive conditions. A good therapist will help you see that there are other ways to think about the things bothering you and help you develop tools to manage your emotions, set boundaries, and care for your emotional well being.

Third, it can take a while to find a provider you like. Don't be afraid to find a new therapist if you feel like the one you have isn't being helpful.

With respect to your insurance company, the only thing that's going to be on file is the claim from the provider, which will list the diagnosis, and they type of service they provided, (30 minute visit, 60 minute visit.) Your claims, and explanations of benefits are protected by HIPAA law, which means only you, the insurance company, and the provider have a right to have access to those records on file with the insurance company. If your parents attempt to get those records without your permission, (a signed form,) the insurance company and provider will tell them to go fuck themselves, but in a more polite manner.

Your provider might take notes about your sessions, those are protected by HIPAA privacy law. You can expect the things you discuss with your therapist to remain private; HOWEVER, a therapist is a mandated reporter. Laws in all 50 states require a therapist to contact authorities if a patient is a danger to themselves, to others, and/or if the therapist suspects that a known child is being abused.

If your therapist is recommending medication, find a psychiatrist, do not do that shit through a primary care doctor.

My shitty state pension would come out to $1600 a month, (assuming I work at least 20 years,) and I'd have to wait to age 63 to take it without a reduction. Based on inflation that wouldn't even pay my rent in retirement. (My retiree health insurance premiums would also come out of my pension.) I have no choice but to keep working when I start collecting my pension.

If social security is still there when I reach retirement, I plan to take it as soon as I can. The amount of stress, and shit healthcare here will absolutely send me to an early grave, so fuck it.

The correct answer was thalidomide.

Makes me think of the neutral zone between romulans and federation.

Russia and USA can get fucked, and I say this as a US citizen. Trump didn't just suck Clinton's dick, he's still sucking Putin's dick.

Steam deck. I already spend my 1 hour lunches playing on it.

Yes. Reddit is now beholden to corporate interest, and posts comments that go against those interest get deleted and users get banned. Once you're banned, there's no creating a new account because they IP block. Fuck reddit, long live lemmy.

My PC. I built it and spend so many enjoyable hours gaming with it. If my apartment was on fire, it would be first on my list of rescue, followed by my g/f's cat, then my g/f.

As an American, I beg the ICC not to capitulate and investigate the fuck out of the entire trump administration.

I down vote things that are factually wrong. If it's a matter of opinion and I don't agree, I take no action. If someone is being an asshole, or if their comment/post has absolutely nothing to do with the post/community, I will down vote. I can't always tell what is AI generated, so I might end up voting some of those, but my preference is to down vote AI generated content and bots.

It's less than 6 months old and she's already had to major electrical problems with it, which were thankfully covered under warranty. The malibu she had before this one was amazing though.

She used you to make the band guy jealous maybe?