u/HarmsWayChad

To the newer therapists who are quietly wondering if they made the wrong choice:

Maybe a session did not go the way you wanted.
Maybe you keep replaying something you said.
Maybe imposter syndrome is hitting hard.
Maybe your own diagnosis, your own history, your own stress, or your own burnout has you wondering if you are getting in the way of being the therapist you want to be.

Maybe you are sitting there thinking, what if I am actually not built for this?

I just want to say, that thought does not automatically mean you chose wrong.

It might just mean you are human.

We ask our clients all the time to keep showing up even when it is hard.
We ask them to learn patterns, build coping skills, sit with discomfort, and not let one hard moment define everything.
We ask them to try again when they stumble.

Why do we act like we are supposed to be above that?

We are not robots. We are not supposed to do this work perfectly.
We are people trying to help people.
Sometimes we are going to get it right.
Sometimes we are going to miss things.
Sometimes we are going to grow right alongside the people we are trying to help.

That does not make you a bad therapist.
That makes you a therapist who is still learning.

And honestly, there are not enough of us for the amount of need that is out there.
That is not me telling anyone to martyr themselves for this work.
It is me saying that if you are showing up, trying, learning, reflecting, and caring, that matters.

To the newer therapists who are struggling right now, I really want you to hear this:
you are not the only one.
You are not broken.
And one hard session, one rough week, or one season of doubt does not mean you are not meant for this.

And to the licensed therapists who are burned out, I see you too.
Some of you have been carrying more than people realize for a long time.

We teach people that change is possible.
We teach people that they can learn new ways of coping, responding, and being.
We should be allowed to believe that for ourselves too.

So if you are doubting yourself right now, take a breath.

You are still learning.
You are still becoming.
And that does not disqualify you.

It makes you human.

(Written by me cleaned up with Grammerly)

What do you think it should be if they decided to change it?

My partner is a huge My Chemical Romance and emo fan, so that music has been playing a lot more around me lately.

I come more from the punk/ska side of things, so naturally my brain went, “what if we blended these together?”

So now I have this ridiculous band idea called Pick It Up, Emo Kid.

It could either be a ska cover band doing emo songs, or maybe even an original ska/emo thing. Upstrokes, horns, walking bass, sad dramatic lyrics, but still fun and danceable.

Is this cursed, funny, secretly good, or all three?

What songs would actually work as ska covers?

And if it was original music, what would you want a ska/emo band to sound like?