Seconded. Or piefed needs to add microblogging.

I mean, yeah.

Excellent question. There are some foundational skills the dog needs to be able to participate safely and effectively in the process. This process was also accelerated by the cat being a ho for human attention, making it easier to transfer some of that affection / prosocial behavior.

Cat train the puppy for safety

1. leave cat claws untrimmed for a month before getting the puppy and at least 6 months in
2. Dog was crate trained so unsupervised interaction was a non issue
3. Distract puppy every time her gaze locks onto the cat for more than a few seconds (message: cat = not interesting)
4. When dog learns belly, teach her to do it whenever the cat is <3ft or so away

Habituation

1. Use treats to slowly lure them closer to each other (note: dog must have a solid grasp of "leave it" / be able to understand when a treat is not hers
2. Alternate petting them including alternating which hands are petting them respectively during the same interaction. Specifically try to rub their respective scents on each other near their faces / snouts. The cats scent is best obtained from the cheekbones, while the dog's scent is usually easy to obtain anywhere on them. I did find the dog liked to lick my hands, so I would rub her saliva on the cats cheeks (it helps to know and leverage exactly what your cat considers a "high value petting.")
3. Group cuddles: what you see here. Everybody keeps getting treats as long as you're willing to sit in the cuddle pile. Never ignore or discourage spontaneous attention seeking behavior from either animal in this context.

One of the interesting things I've found while reading through is that while there's a lot of minor sins mentioned once each in the old testament (like mixed fiber clothing) the one commandment that is mentioned more than any other, like almost word for word with every repeat is keeping the Sabbath. And many of those repeat mentions also specify that it applies to your workers / servants as well. Even if they're not also Jewish, it's a sin for you as the Jewish person to not give them their rest day. Idk I just found that super interesting especially in this modern context of modern US Christianity flavored capitalism.

Unless it's a private practice, it's probably not the psychiatrist that wants to use that tool, it's probably an initiative on the part of the larger organization. There's good odds that the practitioner themselves is even against it themselves. That said, this sounds like one of the lower risk use-cases; what you're describing is more of a souped up dictation software more than it is truly generative AI.

TLDR; don't let this stress you. Do what feels right for your own care. And, ultimately, keep your own records and notes about your own symptoms day to day vs what treatments you're trying at any given time. Also do your best to educate yourself on what the meds are supposed to be doing, especially what symptoms (not disorders) they're supposed to be treating. Taking the initiative to track your own care in detail is what's really going to get you the best results anyway.

I’ve seen it before. Never seen it work out, but I have seen it.

It's also almost universally something that the people involved cannot take outside advice on. It seems to be one of those things that must be experienced personally.

Yeah the industry has just kinda accepted that surgeons are just like that lol. A lot of hospitals are settling for just getting them to stop shanking the circulating nurses with spare scalpels. Honestly I used to work with criminally insane men so I could probably grapple a surgeon. My issue with OR was that it's too cold and I couldn't scratch my nose when it itches. Also ortho surgeries in particular are a sensory nightmare it was like a soundbyte of a dwarven mine from a fantasy movie on loop for eight hours just –ding ding ding CLANG ding ding ding CLANG ding ding– I could not.

I forgot to buy a tiny dollhouse stool this year anyway (to put in a specimen cup and send down to the lab). No one has time for the old traditions in this economy...

It refers to a preference for "natural" things. The kind of people who make their own peanut butter and grow their own veggies etc.

Like most things it's a personality trait that's cute and sweet when they're putting in the extra effort as a gift to another human–"I recently aged my own cheese and it came out really good; here's a sample to try!"

vs the nuisance of people those who use it as a measure of puritanical superiority–"you can't even keep a sourdough starter alive? It's not even hard! It's like you don't even care about the chemicals in store bread!"

Honestly I'm even over "people don't realize that having the time to keep a sourdough starter is a privilege because–" you don't even need to think that much about it. Literally anything can be harder or easier or a privilege due to the infinite complexity of the universe. Just stop assigning moral value to random behaviors by default. Eats the soul on both ends when you could be plotting the downfall of wealthy pedophiles.

It's not uncomfy. I find most pressure on that area is largely interpreted by my senses through a strong contextual filter and I perceive the context as neutral-beneficial so it doesn't really bother me.

Hubs just alternates what he calls me regardless of which one of us is domming at the time. Not all who wander are lost ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I finally grasped the concept by internally translating it as his/her Highness as in–"does her Highness want more tuna? Her Highness seems like she wants more tuna."