Thread by @kateneuropsych

@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC Me too and I have a very jaded view , (rightfully so) of most psychologists (primarily White), the @APA and psychology's role in the system and systemic White Supremacy regardless of what is said. Diversity training is insulting (2 classes and you are and "proficient" GIVE ME
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA A BREAK) and the word diversity itself pisses me off. Diverse compared to what and who normal ..ahh yeah WP who are so not normal they think White Supremacy covers their sadistic Cultural and legal constructs that specifically oppress Af-Am for their benefit but see nothing
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA wrong with that and get pissed off when my equality infringes on their entittled a-s-s! Right THATS NOT NORMAL
So yeah 2nd year clinical and forensic Neuropsych resident now but I don't work for the system and you better believe when I go up against it I've got all the facts
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA and research tied up such that I haven't lost when fighting legally, correcting diagnostics, treatment or getting patients the services they need and which are fully warranted yet. I take all that anger and make steam out of it. I'll be damned if I went through all that just
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA (and all them WP) just to come out with DR letters after my name and not use them & what they afford me in every way against the very system that put me and all shades of my skin folk through hell and back on a daily basis. All that anger & truama has to be worth something &
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA only I can make it a worthy cause. I've got a great private practice Neuropsych supervisor now who specializes in forensic legal, TBI rehab and serves predominantly those on Medicare/Medicaid (UN-F-CKING HEARD OF IN THIS SPECIALTY and excatly why I picked him), does
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA pro-bono and cuts his rates for those without ins AND HES GOOD AT THIS. He reminds me why I love what I do and has been so patient and encouraging at every turn over the year that it's taken me just to work up the nerve to write reports again. Am I healed? Who heals from
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA ongoing White Supremacist racism which is so prevelant in psych and psych training there's just no way to put that into words. & I am as we all are living it in a gut punch every hour. You can't even call that PTSD cause it's ongoing. But there are lights.... And I walk
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@aka_lady_dr @pghgurl68 @ElieNYC @APA towards them as fast as I can. I stand my ground as long as I can & effing crawl out from under the couch to saftey where I recoup when I need to no different than anyone of us. I thank God every day I have the ability to contribute which brings me back to life every time
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