Pilot
@thatpilotdog.bsky.social
Emotional support dog,
Shelter dog sans charisma
Probably a herding dog irl. Maybe a coyote.
Definitely not a pilot.
Shelter dog sans charisma
Probably a herding dog irl. Maybe a coyote.
Definitely not a pilot.
Back in the saddle with my therapy group. Made massive headway. Still feeling like I can do better, but definitely not feeling like I'm failing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Back in the saddle with my therapy group. Made massive headway. Still feeling like I can do better, but definitely not feeling like I'm failing.
Rebounded from my hell week. Now to repeat again and again for the next month.
September 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Rebounded from my hell week. Now to repeat again and again for the next month.
Creating a thread of my day to day was supposed to be fun.
Instead I now have a written log of me burning out in a week.
Cool, but ugh.
Instead I now have a written log of me burning out in a week.
Cool, but ugh.
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Creating a thread of my day to day was supposed to be fun.
Instead I now have a written log of me burning out in a week.
Cool, but ugh.
Instead I now have a written log of me burning out in a week.
Cool, but ugh.
Practice therapy
Watch others practice therapy
Have someone practice therapy
Write about therapy
Go to sleep
...
Listen to therapy podcast on personality
My life is therapy. It's great, but I am so tired.
Watch others practice therapy
Have someone practice therapy
Write about therapy
Go to sleep
...
Listen to therapy podcast on personality
My life is therapy. It's great, but I am so tired.
September 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Practice therapy
Watch others practice therapy
Have someone practice therapy
Write about therapy
Go to sleep
...
Listen to therapy podcast on personality
My life is therapy. It's great, but I am so tired.
Watch others practice therapy
Have someone practice therapy
Write about therapy
Go to sleep
...
Listen to therapy podcast on personality
My life is therapy. It's great, but I am so tired.
I am super excited to report that while my peer reviews of my therapy process is coming back as "not horrible" I feel I have so much room for improvement.
I'm not perfect, and it's great.
I can only improve in my eyes, and I'm super excited to do just that.
I'm not perfect, and it's great.
I can only improve in my eyes, and I'm super excited to do just that.
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I am super excited to report that while my peer reviews of my therapy process is coming back as "not horrible" I feel I have so much room for improvement.
I'm not perfect, and it's great.
I can only improve in my eyes, and I'm super excited to do just that.
I'm not perfect, and it's great.
I can only improve in my eyes, and I'm super excited to do just that.
Getting to reference "Tell someone you love them today because life is short but scream it at them in German because life is also scary and confusing." in grad school is a thing I didn't expect.
September 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Getting to reference "Tell someone you love them today because life is short but scream it at them in German because life is also scary and confusing." in grad school is a thing I didn't expect.
*Panics about a class where b- final grade is failing*
*Also so far has a 4.0 since starting the program*
*Emotionally still panicking*
*Also so far has a 4.0 since starting the program*
*Emotionally still panicking*
September 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
*Panics about a class where b- final grade is failing*
*Also so far has a 4.0 since starting the program*
*Emotionally still panicking*
*Also so far has a 4.0 since starting the program*
*Emotionally still panicking*
I've become my dad
I'm looking at project sailboats, and estimating what they would cost to fix up
and
I'm taking up a new odd artistic hobby (I think this is the 5th one so far)
Next up? Adopting the right dog at "the wrong time" if I'm following the pattern
I'm looking at project sailboats, and estimating what they would cost to fix up
and
I'm taking up a new odd artistic hobby (I think this is the 5th one so far)
Next up? Adopting the right dog at "the wrong time" if I'm following the pattern
September 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I've become my dad
I'm looking at project sailboats, and estimating what they would cost to fix up
and
I'm taking up a new odd artistic hobby (I think this is the 5th one so far)
Next up? Adopting the right dog at "the wrong time" if I'm following the pattern
I'm looking at project sailboats, and estimating what they would cost to fix up
and
I'm taking up a new odd artistic hobby (I think this is the 5th one so far)
Next up? Adopting the right dog at "the wrong time" if I'm following the pattern
"Why am I depressed? Why do I feel life is hopeless? What's happening? I'm done with my ptsd-fueled crisis.... Why? Why? Why?"
*3 minutes later*
Oh right.... We're trialing me off my anxiety meds.
*3 minutes later*
Oh right.... We're trialing me off my anxiety meds.
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Why am I depressed? Why do I feel life is hopeless? What's happening? I'm done with my ptsd-fueled crisis.... Why? Why? Why?"
*3 minutes later*
Oh right.... We're trialing me off my anxiety meds.
*3 minutes later*
Oh right.... We're trialing me off my anxiety meds.
Midnight o' clock phone calls from coworkers that involve me walking them through grounding exercises because of how fucked work is now is
1.) Really cool to see that I'm able to provide those techniques and tools
2.) Really depressing that I now have to provide those techniques and tools
1.) Really cool to see that I'm able to provide those techniques and tools
2.) Really depressing that I now have to provide those techniques and tools
August 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Midnight o' clock phone calls from coworkers that involve me walking them through grounding exercises because of how fucked work is now is
1.) Really cool to see that I'm able to provide those techniques and tools
2.) Really depressing that I now have to provide those techniques and tools
1.) Really cool to see that I'm able to provide those techniques and tools
2.) Really depressing that I now have to provide those techniques and tools
Started my collection of theory specific books by grabbing an assortment of reality therapy & choice theory books.
Also a fuckton of books on sexuality
I now understand how professionals end up with huge libraries.
Also a fuckton of books on sexuality
I now understand how professionals end up with huge libraries.
August 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Started my collection of theory specific books by grabbing an assortment of reality therapy & choice theory books.
Also a fuckton of books on sexuality
I now understand how professionals end up with huge libraries.
Also a fuckton of books on sexuality
I now understand how professionals end up with huge libraries.
I love how I'll forget why I'm reading a textbook at late o' clock, or writing papers, or doing all this stuff.
Not as in "why did I get into this program?"
but instead "Oh that's right... I'm in grad school."
I feel like I need to internalize that as part of myself more.
Not as in "why did I get into this program?"
but instead "Oh that's right... I'm in grad school."
I feel like I need to internalize that as part of myself more.
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I love how I'll forget why I'm reading a textbook at late o' clock, or writing papers, or doing all this stuff.
Not as in "why did I get into this program?"
but instead "Oh that's right... I'm in grad school."
I feel like I need to internalize that as part of myself more.
Not as in "why did I get into this program?"
but instead "Oh that's right... I'm in grad school."
I feel like I need to internalize that as part of myself more.
First weekend off on adhd meds and I cleaned all the trash I've been looking at for 2 weeks, got clothes out of my car that have lived there for 3+ months, and started taking action on hobby projects.
Better living through pharmacology, I guess.
Better living through pharmacology, I guess.
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
First weekend off on adhd meds and I cleaned all the trash I've been looking at for 2 weeks, got clothes out of my car that have lived there for 3+ months, and started taking action on hobby projects.
Better living through pharmacology, I guess.
Better living through pharmacology, I guess.
My therapist got to see me on adhd meds for the first time. Tangents were easier to get off of, my world was clearer, and most obvious of all? I didn't fidget once the entire appointment.
Better living through modern medicine.
Also it sounds like the countdown is here for terminating therapy...
Better living through modern medicine.
Also it sounds like the countdown is here for terminating therapy...
July 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
My therapist got to see me on adhd meds for the first time. Tangents were easier to get off of, my world was clearer, and most obvious of all? I didn't fidget once the entire appointment.
Better living through modern medicine.
Also it sounds like the countdown is here for terminating therapy...
Better living through modern medicine.
Also it sounds like the countdown is here for terminating therapy...
It is very relieving to have a professor tell you that you're doing great with the material after sitting and going "I don't know wtf I'm doing" all week.
Gives me hope.
Gives me hope.
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It is very relieving to have a professor tell you that you're doing great with the material after sitting and going "I don't know wtf I'm doing" all week.
Gives me hope.
Gives me hope.
My new psychiatrist both checked me for ADHD today (I have it) and upon hearing that I was in a counseling program took time to help teach me a bit about psychology and diagnostics from the perspective of psychiatrists vs counselors.
Really cool to run into a doc who wants to be engaged in that way.
Really cool to run into a doc who wants to be engaged in that way.
July 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My new psychiatrist both checked me for ADHD today (I have it) and upon hearing that I was in a counseling program took time to help teach me a bit about psychology and diagnostics from the perspective of psychiatrists vs counselors.
Really cool to run into a doc who wants to be engaged in that way.
Really cool to run into a doc who wants to be engaged in that way.
Prof's comments on my final this term included, "I think you are in the right program and are on your way to becoming a great therapist!"
And lemme tell you...
After spending the entire course panicking over if I'm able to fulfill the role effectively it's a relief to have that note.
And lemme tell you...
After spending the entire course panicking over if I'm able to fulfill the role effectively it's a relief to have that note.
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Prof's comments on my final this term included, "I think you are in the right program and are on your way to becoming a great therapist!"
And lemme tell you...
After spending the entire course panicking over if I'm able to fulfill the role effectively it's a relief to have that note.
And lemme tell you...
After spending the entire course panicking over if I'm able to fulfill the role effectively it's a relief to have that note.
Today's the first day in like 5 months that I just don't have anything.
No classes, no work.
No emergencies, no plans.
Just nothing.
And I dunno how to handle that.
No classes, no work.
No emergencies, no plans.
Just nothing.
And I dunno how to handle that.
July 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today's the first day in like 5 months that I just don't have anything.
No classes, no work.
No emergencies, no plans.
Just nothing.
And I dunno how to handle that.
No classes, no work.
No emergencies, no plans.
Just nothing.
And I dunno how to handle that.
Had heat exhaustion
Then did finals
Now having pizza
And then tomorrow doing OT so I can have more time off next week.
Then did finals
Now having pizza
And then tomorrow doing OT so I can have more time off next week.
July 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Had heat exhaustion
Then did finals
Now having pizza
And then tomorrow doing OT so I can have more time off next week.
Then did finals
Now having pizza
And then tomorrow doing OT so I can have more time off next week.
Every time I put new strings on my guitar I feel I "broke it" until I play it for like 2 hours and they don't sound nearly as aggressively metallic.
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Every time I put new strings on my guitar I feel I "broke it" until I play it for like 2 hours and they don't sound nearly as aggressively metallic.
Always a good day when a regulatory agency shows up unannounced at my office on my day off asking for documents.
Everything is and was fine, but I picked a bad day to be off and an even worse day to run out of anxiety meds.
Everything is and was fine, but I picked a bad day to be off and an even worse day to run out of anxiety meds.
June 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Always a good day when a regulatory agency shows up unannounced at my office on my day off asking for documents.
Everything is and was fine, but I picked a bad day to be off and an even worse day to run out of anxiety meds.
Everything is and was fine, but I picked a bad day to be off and an even worse day to run out of anxiety meds.
Get called into work for a maintenance issue.
Flight crew denies maintenance like a patient refusing an ambulance ride.
I shrug, do paperwork, order parts for my equipment, then go home.
Now I understand why EMTs and paramedics love those sorts of calls.
Flight crew denies maintenance like a patient refusing an ambulance ride.
I shrug, do paperwork, order parts for my equipment, then go home.
Now I understand why EMTs and paramedics love those sorts of calls.
June 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Get called into work for a maintenance issue.
Flight crew denies maintenance like a patient refusing an ambulance ride.
I shrug, do paperwork, order parts for my equipment, then go home.
Now I understand why EMTs and paramedics love those sorts of calls.
Flight crew denies maintenance like a patient refusing an ambulance ride.
I shrug, do paperwork, order parts for my equipment, then go home.
Now I understand why EMTs and paramedics love those sorts of calls.
I am the keeper of the last pride flag to fly over my county's government buildings.
I think about that every pride month.
It will fly, even for a short while, again this year.
I think about that every pride month.
It will fly, even for a short while, again this year.
June 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I am the keeper of the last pride flag to fly over my county's government buildings.
I think about that every pride month.
It will fly, even for a short while, again this year.
I think about that every pride month.
It will fly, even for a short while, again this year.
Today management at work found out I'm smart after I laid out the logistics for entering a new area of our market in roughly 2 hours.
An area that I specialized in.
An area I'm good at working in.
An area I don't want to work in.
I fucked up.
An area that I specialized in.
An area I'm good at working in.
An area I don't want to work in.
I fucked up.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Today management at work found out I'm smart after I laid out the logistics for entering a new area of our market in roughly 2 hours.
An area that I specialized in.
An area I'm good at working in.
An area I don't want to work in.
I fucked up.
An area that I specialized in.
An area I'm good at working in.
An area I don't want to work in.
I fucked up.
Look out
Functionally gay bisexual rockin' the ace flag comin' through.
Don't mind my demi ass.
Or do
Y'know
*Insert glitter here*
Real talk tho?
Can't wait to wear a rainbow belt to work.
Functionally gay bisexual rockin' the ace flag comin' through.
Don't mind my demi ass.
Or do
Y'know
*Insert glitter here*
Real talk tho?
Can't wait to wear a rainbow belt to work.
June 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Look out
Functionally gay bisexual rockin' the ace flag comin' through.
Don't mind my demi ass.
Or do
Y'know
*Insert glitter here*
Real talk tho?
Can't wait to wear a rainbow belt to work.
Functionally gay bisexual rockin' the ace flag comin' through.
Don't mind my demi ass.
Or do
Y'know
*Insert glitter here*
Real talk tho?
Can't wait to wear a rainbow belt to work.