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Being 'to negative' (midwest.social)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/autism
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So I'm a shut-in with a ton of problems and no money. My life revolves around World of Warcraft and Destiny 2 which is sad in its own right I'm sure. Anyway every single time I try to find a community (guild or clan) it goes to hell within a month or so. They always say I'm too negative about the game or my performance. No matter what I do/say it apparently always comes across as 'negative' and they see it as hurting their community. Funny enough these communities are always dead and I'm talking into a void trying to engage people.

Sorry I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Just had another group tell me I was getting kicked due to negativity and I'm so tired of it. I don't have any friends, I'm always starting over from scratch and even if I try my hardest it still ends the same way. Don't even feel that I'm being negative since I just say bugs me. Sorry. Feel like I could cry, because of everything, and I can't even do that.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

First off, relax.

Second off:

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/03/ftc-says-online-counseling-service-betterhelp-pushed-people-handing-over-health-information-broke

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131881/ftc-fine-cerebral-telehealth

And so on. Go in person. You’re trusting your personal and medical data with companies that have proven to time in and time out be untrustworthy.

Do you have a service you would suggest that’s reputable instead? That would be constructive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, you can't pin the whole field down based on the actions of Better Health. Therapy apps are notoriously predatory. The message cannot be "Don't use Telehealth". The message is "Do not use therapy apps like Better Health and Cerebral".

If you reach out to a proper outpatient therapy clinic and request telehealth appointments, you will meet with a therapist on specific HIPAA compliant software that medical practitioners use throughout the country. The industry is highly regulated on these things. Part of why those predatory apps are such a problem is not just in how they underpay clinicians, give poor service to clients, or charge extortionary rates, but also because of how they use sleazy practices to undermine confidentiality and telemedicine as a whole.

So in short, if you go to a licensed clinician with a proper practice, you will have confidentiality as long as they have a license.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Fair enough, I’ll put in an edit

EDIT: Edited the original comment, thanks for keeping things more levelheaded and civil, makes it easier for us to discuss stuff

It can be hard to change opinions if you’re being yelled at, so to speak, so I appreciate it