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13 Jul 19
@very-rusty saidThe Ghost moves in mysterious ways.
O for Christs sake goad, get off you high horse and give her a cyber hug at least! 😉
-VR
13 Jul 19
@torunn saidI tend to work mostly with people struggling with depression and social anxiety, so 'treatment' invariably occurs in a community setting. (Including coffee shops).
With some people, depressions come and go. If we can understand the reasons why they occur, sometimes we can learn to live with them because we know they will pass. A friend of mine, she too a psychiatrist, has explained this to me, and I remind myself every time I have to - this too shall pass.
13 Jul 19
George was never depressed he was a realist who figured out you are better off dead then forced on bs medications under the mental health act. In fact mental health took over a lot of things in recent years and suicides have almost doubled but the belief of well-being big pharma medications still exist even though they are dead.
13 Jul 19
@ghost-of-a-duke saidOr you end up giving them more depression & anxiety? That is a question not accusation! 😉
I tend to work mostly with people struggling with depression and social anxiety, so 'treatment' invariably occurs in a community setting. (Including coffee shops).
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13 Jul 19
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThat is my preference as well. I'm still getting used to all the gratuitous hugging that has become popular over here.
When I left my last job (after 13 years of service) I still only shook the hands of my colleagues. Some of them I think were angling for hugs.
Must be a British thing. 😏
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13 Jul 19
@ghost-of-a-duke saidQuite so. I actually prefer a nice granite slab with leather restraints and a black chrome finish on the hardware if available.
The 'couch' is a bit of a cliche to be honest old chap.
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@caesar-salad saidLess germ contact from hugging than shaking hands, at least according to Howie Mandel who is a self proclaimed germophobic. He also has been known to bump fists, but rarely to actually hug someone himself!
That is my preference as well. I'm still getting used to all the gratuitous hugging that has become popular over here.
-VR
13 Jul 19
@executioner-brand saidYour Psychiatrist seems like someone who enjoys spreading germs! 😉
my psychiatrist who keeps me under the mental health act used to try to shake my hand. what person did you shake hands with before me. gross.
-VR
13 Jul 19
@very-rusty saidgerms and lies.
Your Psychiatrist seems like someone who enjoys spreading germs! 😉
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13 Jul 19
@very-rusty saidBut with hugs one might have to deal with psychic vampirism or at least a discordant EM field, pickpockets, the unintended encouragement of an unsavory one-sided sexual obsession, etc.
Less germ contact from hugging than shaking hands, at least according to Howie Mandel who is a self proclaimed germophobic. He also has been known to bump fists, but rarely to actually hug someone himself!
-VR
@caesar-salad saidLOL....Hey cross that bridge when you come to it!!! 😉
But with hugs one might have to deal with psychic vampirism or at least a discordant EM field, pickpockets, the unintended encouragement of an unsavory one-sided sexual obsession, etc.
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@executioner-brand saidYeah -- how about greeting each other with a bow?
my psychiatrist who keeps me under the mental health act used to try to shake my hand. what person did you shake hands with before me. gross.
The other problem with handshakes is the guys who treat it as a bone-crushing contest rather than a greeting.
13 Jul 19
@caesar-salad saidI use to enjoy those handshakes back in my younger years!!! 😉
The other problem with handshakes is the guys who treat it as a bone-crushing contest rather than a greeting.
-VR
13 Jul 19
@very-rusty saidA handshake was a sign of honesty and trust.
I use to enjoy those handshakes back in my younger years!!! 😉
-VR