German, I guess

Julian Reichelt doesn’t give a shit about personal rights.

Julian Reichelt steals lolipops from children.

Julian Reichelt started World War I.

Even chimpanzees think BILD is mediocre.

Daß ißt ein ßkandal!

10.2015, Hamburg

Angela Merkel

Und ihr geheimer Zwilling

Angela Vergessl

✨ Hey German learners! ✨

Since Youtube is pretty much my main study tool and I’m always looking for channels in my target languages, I thought I’d compile my favourite youtube channels in German. (These are not channels about studying German, they’re just channels I as a native speaker like to watch.)

HYPERBOLE they’re best known for their “frag eine/n…” series where they interview all kinds of people from different walks of life

KARAKAYA TALK political and social issues, specifically aimed at german poc

reporter 10-15 min documentaries

maiLAb science!

Sommers Weltliteratur to go summary of world literature feat. playmobil

datteltäter comedy!

Pocket Money anything to do with saving and making money

Wailam random dude narrates his life through animation

Game Two video games!

Lisa Sophie Laurent lots of different topics but i mostly follow because of embarrassing period stories

Hello guys! Our idiom of the day is ”Be the spitting image of somebody”, which means “to look extremely similar to someone.”

The phrase in this form was first seen in print in 1901. It is believed that the phrase originated from the idea of a person being so similar to another as if he was spit out of the mouth of the other. This idea was around since the 1600s, and had been used in different phrase forms since the 1800s.

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Can you call up a therapist and be like “hi, I’m therapist shopping”? Can you schedule an appointment with a therapist and then be like “actually I have some questions and I want to spend part of this appointment talking about your practice and whether or not it is garbage?”? Are you expected to phone interview/screen your therapists if you are shopping around for a therapist?

1) When you call them up (or email them, which I prefer, because PHONE, EW), you ask if they’re taking new patients.

2) If they say yes, say something along the lines of “Great! I’m looking for a new therapist. Would it be possible for me to schedule an appointment so we can see whether we’d be a good fit for one another?”

IF THEY SAY NO, THEY DON’T DO ‘INTERVIEWS’: they’re a dick, you don’t want them anyway, don’t bother to make an appointment

3) Assuming everything is a go, head over to the appointment. Bring your notebook, pen, and questions. Also, if possible, have a very brief rundown prepared of what you’d like to accomplish with your therapy (or even what you think your biggest issues are).

4) Introduce yourself. Reiterate that you want to see if the two of you would be a good fit, so [a nice little social laugh or smile here, while holding up your notebook] you brought questions.

IF THEY DON’T LIKE THAT: they’re a dick, you don’t want them anyway, cut the meeting short

5) Give the rundown of what you want, what your issues are, whatever. See how they react.

IF YOU FEEL WEIRD AT ALL ABOUT THEM: they may not be a dick, but if you don’t feel comfortable with them, then it’s going to be a shit therapeutic relationship

6) Ask your questions — about their therapeutic approach, why they entered the field, whether they feel comfortable working with *your* needs (I, for instance, specifically told my awesome therapist that I needed her to tell me absolutely nothing about her personal life or experiences — as much as possible, I needed a blank wall to bounce things off of. It’s been years now, and I THINK she’s seen at least a couple of episodes of Doctor Who. I THINK. That’s all I’ve got. It’s amazing).

AGAIN, IF YOU FEEL WEIRD ABOUT THEM: go with your gut — your therapy is not the time or place to try and soldier through

7) By this point, you’ve probably hit the 45 minute mark, and you’ll know if you want to see this person again.

IF YES, say that this was a really great meeting, and you’d like to set up a regular appointment.

IF NO, say “Thanks for meeting with me.” If it wasn’t too terrible, feel free to add in whatever social niceties you want to lessen the blow (“I have appointments with a few other people, still, but thank you again!”), or you could just skedaddle as soon as possible.

IF YOU’RE NOT SURE, go a bit heavier with the social nicety: “I still have appointments with a few other people, but I really enjoyed our meeting. I’ll let you know as soon as possible if I’d like to schedule another one. Thanks again!”

Regarding current therapists: If they’re toxic, get rid of ‘em before you even start interviewing others. Nobody needs that kind of garbage. Otherwise, you could keep seeing them while you interview others, and then the second you find one you like (and you schedule your next appointment), get rid of your current one. You don’t have to say why — just say that you’d like to cancel future appointments. Do it over email, if you want. If you like them, you can tell them that you just need something different now, but that you “really appreciate all the work we’ve done together” or something. If you don’t like them, just cancel. They don’t need to know jack.

IF YOUR CURRENT THERAPIST SAYS SHIT ABOUT YOUR LEAVING — and I mean anything other than a positive hope for you in the future — then they were a dick and you were right to find someone else. Who needs passive-aggressive bullshit from a therapist? Nobody, that’s who.

Falls manche das lesen, die in Deutschland leben und sich vllt Sorgen machen, wie viele Wechsel denn von der Krankenkasse übernommen werden: Ich glaube die ersten ein bis drei Sitzungen sind sowieso dafür da, einander kennenzulernen. Du kannst sehen, ob dir dein Gegenüber gefällt und der_die Therapeut_in kann einschätzen, ob seine_ihre Art der Therapie dir hilft, ob er_sie sich zutraut mit dir zu arbeiten usw

In dieser Zeit kannst du auch mehrere Therapeutis sehen, weil da noch keine Anfrage für Übernahme an die Krankenkasse gesendet wurde.

Wenn dieser Antrag abgeschickt und akzeptiert wurde und du offiziell bei dieser Person in Therapie bist, hast du bis zu dreimal die Möglichkeit, den_die Therapeut_in noch zu wechseln, ohne dass es da Nachfragen geben darf, weil auch die Krankenkassen davon ausgehen, dass man erstmal die richtige Person finden muss.

{3 Days of luck}

FERNEN

Aug in Aug, in der Kühle, laß uns auch solches beginnen: gemeinsam laß uns atmen den Schleier, der uns voreinander verbirgt, wenn der Abend sich anschickt zu messen, wie weit es noch ist von jeder Gestalt, die er annimmt, zu jeder Gestalt, die er uns beiden geliehen. (Paul Celan)

Deine Freunde, deine Frau, dein Beruf— Ich wär’ gern mehr so wie du.