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Karrie

@karriehiggins.bsky.social

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Writer, Artist, Ink-Maker, Psychogeographer. Two Best American Essays notables; Schiff Award; NEA/Iowa Arts Council grantee. http://www.karriehiggins.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · Aug 23

I ran Redact again last night. It's automated so it deletes vast swaths of posts in a certain date range, but it's not consistent. So if it looks like I have not posted about XYZ issue, I probably actually have but for my IRL safety, I tend to scrub my feed frequently.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 3h

Turns out that therapist insta-terminated the second I had left the zoom. I had not even decided yet if I would terminate ... that's not someone interested in your care. That's someone interested in your COMPLIANCE.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you! I hope she has openings soon. She also does somatic and walk-and-talk and I think walk & talk could be good for me. Walks always help me and I know they do the contralateral stimulation ...

Also just knowing she trained with Jamie Marich so she understands systems/dissociation--yay!

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 18h

Therapist responses attempting to minimize, explain away, pretend this isn't real, gaslight, blame etc will result in 1. detaching from thread and 2. a block.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 18h

Believing you can't cause harm, coupled with power, is a dangerous combination. Now combine that with how many therapists have not worked through their own shit ... and even attempt to work it out ON their clients. Yikes.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 18h

In fact, I would argue that a therapist making such claims is a huge red flag and you should be cautious. The two who were pretty harmful for me recently both went on & on about they were just uniquely safe/non harmful/ethical etc.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 18h

In my experience, it is a red flag when a therapist goes on about how they are different -- more ethical or somehow uniquely able to avoid causing harm (ugh no). This resource by Natalie Russ at the Therapy Harm Resistance Project explains why SO well:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Developing Therapy Harm Awareness: A Proposed Model

Developing Therapy Harm Awareness: A Proposed Model Tasha Chemel The purpose of this document is to provide orientation to therapists as they become involved in the process of dismantling the “good he...

docs.google.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 22h

Wanna know what he HAS done? He has RE-activated portal access, which he previously revoked instantly and without any communication when he blew up at me in there ... This guy is worse than I thought. This is not what ethical therapists do. This is not even mature, adult behavior.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 22h

Not even a reply from that therapist confirming appointments canceled, apologizing for plowing over my consent, violating an agreement about something, gaslighting me etc. Like I asked how to revoke an ROI and he can't even reply to that.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 1d

love a caption that's like "the actual country you live in against something that is an unequivocal good in the world"

5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s episode is Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, where the Court butchered a statute in order to let Trump keep blocking foreign aid.

Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 10/14/2025 · 39m

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate the person who reached out to me and said they had been holding back for a long that this therapist was causing me harm. I did not realize in some stories I had shared, that they saw red flags. Interesting.

I don't know what to make of it but it's sad.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

I started therapy with that therapist the day after David Lynch died ... and the therapist wrecked the relationship with rage and gaslighting right after Diane Keaton died. Weird end caps.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.

She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”

She had to return to the hospital.

These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.

They must be held accountable.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. I did find an EMDR and somatic therapist the other day who trained with Jamie Marich (!!!), so she will know how to handle dissociation. I had wanted to add a second modality (insurance allows it), but ... I guess I will see her & see if that could work as a sole modality for now.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

Please do not let it be true that D’Angelo has died. That cannot be possible.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

The DNC legit sent me two copies of an email with the subject line "You are not an ATM"

but guess what the email was about

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

and then Greg (brother) etc etc had a lot of death in my life. First love died from heroin in 2000 (we were 25) over and over rinse repeat

in the ND & disability communities so much early death, too, sigh

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

I hope instead it ends up encouraging more reclaimed type of stuff and more community orgs where people can get help doing repairs etc.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

another reason we tried so hard to raise for the disaster & other damage ... it just keeps getting more expensive ... we are at risk of not having running water but the pipe issue went from $2000 to over $8000 (exact same repair) in just a few years. Also many other issues ...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump ushered in new tariffs on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets and lumber on Tuesday, adding a new levies as he threatened to expand his trade war with China. Critics say the tariffs will raise prices for U.S. consumers and slow industries including home building. nyti.ms/478eaH6

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Last two days before checking in at the surgery center that I can eat a normal diet. I have to taper off everything delicious and healthy for about 5 days ... That is gonna be hard, but I can do it.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

I did not say all that, btw, to jump on the question. I was trying to explain why I don't know, but I truly have wondered about it ... I know having that constant presence has set me apart in some ways from others my age so I get curious about their experiences and things like this.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

A really interesting question ... unfortunately death was a constant presence in my life starting very young because of the cancer mutation, Jimmy (my brother), then friends early on in 20s and disability community so I don't know,

BUT regardless, I have often wondered about this for others.

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1d

Middle-aged people (that's all of you lol): do you think you'd be better or worse off now if people had firmly explained to you when you were young that once you're past 40 death is just a constant presence in your life?

(Don't worry, no new bereavements here, just mulling)

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Oh thank you! I am gonna aim for that Halloween one cause it's not past my bedtime ha ha ha ha! These all look sooo fun!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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