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Vardoger Report | 10/05/2012 4:11 pm

Thank you! And, well.. If you don't want to vote Mitt, don't. xP
You don't have to follow a quiz. It's just there for undecided voters.

Nawty_Nazi Report | 09/30/2012 8:12 pm

*the person can move on.

((Comment got cut off at the end, go figure.))

Nawty_Nazi Report | 09/30/2012 8:10 pm

I currently have three jobs right now. One is a freelance artist (everything from portraits to wall murals to book illustrations to business cards to logo designs etc.) The art is basically part time. I don't get a lot of work in that area so most of the revenue I earn from that is simply for "free spending" or, saved for extras, or emergency fund.





The main job is actually retail. I work at a Convenience Store / Gas Station. It naturally isn't the kind of job most people consider impressive, but it's convenient, it pays the bills, and it gives me the time and opportunity to do the things in my life that I want to focus on.





Which is my third job. A volunteer Mediation Practitioner. I used to be much more involved in the other fields (education system/law enforcement/CPS etc.)... but I didn't like the way the operations were conducted, hence I got out of it. Being a volunteer Mediation Practitioner lets me better do what I basically went into all this for. You don't have the government and the law pushing their way in and keeping your hands tied and making all sides suffer. You don't have to deal with any financial conflicts since it's volunteer, it's open to [i]everyone[/i], not just those who can afford it and not just those who fall into the goverment aided poverty lines. I can't tell you how many times I've witnessed the "working poor" be turned away from countless services because they make just enough that the goverment turns them away, or they don't [i]exactly[/i] fit the criteria and are turned away etc. 





The whole reason you go into the therapy field is to help people and understand them etc.... and when you have to constantly turn people away who come to you for help, usually the people who need it most, and you either can't do anything for them, or the little you can do for them isn't enough or isn't what they need... it just defeats the whole purpose. Plus being a mediator tends to reach a broader range of people. Some people hear the word Psychologist and want no part of it. They might have personal experience that formed the disinterest or they simply just not feel that's practical--- Unlike a Psychologist, who's job is to naturally listen and analyze then form an opinion and tell the patient what to do... a Mediator listens, analyzes and does NOT take sides, does not judge, and does not [i]tell[/i] the patient what to do. A mediators job is to be neutral, give the person (or involved parties) different perspectives on the pressing issues so that they can figure out for themselves how to reach what they feel would be the best resolution. You give guidence and all, but, the difference is mostly just, less pushy, less arrogant... 





Again, this is my experience, and I've dealt with plenty... but in my personal opinion, Psychologists tend to be hit or miss, and the good ones, lean more towards mediation. The other ones, they either have a high and mighty arrogant attitude that leaves the patient feeling like their wasting their time on someone who doesn't listen and never offers them the sound advice they came for... or they get the wishy washy pushover types who basically just sit there listen and offer the same "advice" they could get from a friend and ultimately are paying to see a "friend" every week which never resolves anything... but gives them someone to vent to. 





Patients are paychecks to Psychologists (and I'm not even going get started on Psychiatrists), which probably why this is such a consistent issue, again from what I've witnessed. The main goal is to help the person resolve their issues and recover. There are some people who will always need help and who have chronic syndromes, but that's different and usually, those people know who they are and are in specific specialised treatment for their particular disorders. But a lot of people just have "normal" issues in their lives be it internally caused, situational, or combination, that can be addressed, analyzed and ultimately treated so that

Nawty_Nazi Report | 09/30/2012 1:14 pm

Thank you for the comment, it's nice to be appreciated. And thoughtfulness is one thing, definitely nice to know people out there care... But I actually have a lot of experience dealing with a lot of these topics. I work first hand with law enforcement, I've been employed with the public school systems and have witnessed and dealt with countless cases that involve CPS (both inside schools and out)... I work directly with Psychologits and Therapists who have patients that come from various backgrounds (each usually specialises in a certain area, but some of us branch out).

One of the most important things in any case, is not taking it for surface value. This is probably stating the obvious, but without anyalising every possible aspect of the given situation... there's no way of successfully resolving the issue(s). And in order to have full understanding (or close) depending on the circumstances and the individual you're working with... depends how much "thought" really needs to go into each case.

Valtiel the Watcher Report | 09/12/2012 10:28 am

We often had a whole Cemetary in our front yard and all sorts of scary things. My dad works in the film industry and this is his hobby

Valtiel the Watcher Report | 09/12/2012 10:14 am

It's all gotten pretty strange. I have a book on cemetery iconography mostly because my dad and I made all the gravestones we put out for Halloween.

Valtiel the Watcher Report | 09/12/2012 9:51 am

Mostly grew up with a morbid sense of humor and a love for b-horror films. It more an aesthetic preference than anything but I have always been fascinated by how obsessed people seem to be with death. It is that thing that people are most afraid of and people go at great lengths to "leave a mark" or something. It's strange because grave often have numerous signs and symbols that advertise who that person was when they were alive which is something people often do these days with their clothes and their homes.