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I know I’m late to the conversation, but a couple days ago and on quite a few occasions Wubby has talked about how we don’t do enough for the people we see in all these body cam videos that are getting thrown in jail for a little while then released only to end up right back in jail again. I 100% agree, and it pisses me off so much because the problem isn’t that we don’t have a solution to this dilemma, it’s that our current system doesn’t care enough to rehabilitate these people who have the potential to become fully functional and productive members of society.

This brings me to the photos: the greatest example of a “how to be an adult” class is DBT, or Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. It’s a special kind of therapy that sort of combines the classic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that people generally think of when talking about therapy and a more academic approach to therapy. The barebones mapping is once a week you do a one on one session with your therapist to talk about your own personal difficulties with life and how you’re handling things and then you do a group session with other people doing DBT who may also be seeing your therapist or another therapist who is also present for this group session where you have a class of sorts to discuss behavior and emotion through four main concepts: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation, and Distress Tolerance.

I have personally gone through DBT as a means to help me through the extremely stunted setbacks I’d developed from a childhood with undiagnosed ADHD, and it helped IMMENSELY with stabilizing my mood and allowing me to understand that my emotions and reactions are something I control not something that controls me. I am now a much better person than I was, and I am able to navigate difficult situations without losing my mind to my emotions — something that the people in these body cam vids cannot seem to do. I know the photos of the workbook look a little silly, and the classes sometimes felt like “duh” common sense, but it really was so helpful to have every little thing spelled out to get the whole picture.

Of course this is only one example that I have had personal experience with, and I’ve rambled long enough, but I hope this shows how it is SO possible to rehab these people if we could just get the system to fucking work for people.

Say hello to my baby Xóchitl!! Pronounced soh-cheel, it means flower in Nahuatl which is the language of many indigenous peoples of Mexico, my mother country ❤️🇲🇽

I’ve had her for about two weeks, and I am absolutely besotted with her. She’s two years old, doesn’t much like other cats, and mostly likes to be pet for hours - she will literally wake me up in the middle of the night by sitting on my chest and purring loudly just so she can get some loving.

I grew up with dogs, so I’m not really familiar with what taking care of a cat entails and thought I’d ask this wonderful cat loving community for any advice y’all have. I know they need some minimum amount of stimulating play time, and I especially wanted to hear what kind of tips and tricks people might have for making sure she’s exerting a healthy amount of energy both physically and mentally! I decided on a cat because I work a lot and I knew I’d be able to leave her home alone most days with little worry, but I really don’t want to fall into that mindset of cats are just low maintenance pets. Any ideas on how to make sure she’s having a good time while home alone would be immensely helpful!! I have been doing some research on my own, but human advice based on experience is usually best.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!! Peace and brother ❤️