This brief highlights a mechanism by which memory is organized, suggesting distinct neural groups encode object-specific details and contextual factors. Understanding this division can inform how memory processes manifest in clinical observations, particularly when clients describe experiences that blend item recognition with situational context. The report points to a transient reconnection of these networks during accurate recall, offering a framework for interpreting memory distortions or context-specific recall in practice.

Article Title: Scientists just solved a major mystery about how your brain stores memories

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://www dot sciencedaily dot com/releases/2026/03/260324024247 dot htm

#memory #neuroscience #clinicalpractice #mentalhealth #therapist

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On the Eve of My Independence

Tomorrow is Monday, March 16. Tomorrow, I officially walk into the clinic and start my new job as a Licensed Professional Counselor.

After four months, eight relocations, and surviving a system rigidly designed to make disabled people fail, I have finally reached the starting line. I survived.

This week was kinda quiet on the mutual aid front. I was able to get groceries and pay some necessary bills (like my phone), though, and amazing person dropped $100 into the GFM, bringing our final rent gap down to exactly $723.

I am literally 24 hours away from stepping into my first full-time job in six years. I just need to hold onto this apartment until my first paycheck arrives.

If you have been waiting for the right moment to help, today is the day. Let's close this final $723 gap so I can go to work tomorrow knowing that Riko and my sanctuary are completely secure. 💜

Venmo: https://venmo.com/ellisarcwolf
CashApp: https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc
Chime: $EllisArcwolf
GFM (For Rent): https://gofund.me/85c9fb79e

And truly, to those who have shown support, shared, or donated, thank you for believing in me when I struggled to. Thank you for seeing me to this moment.

I'll keep reporting on the growing good news. 😸

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Pittsburgh #ActuallyAutistic #DisabilityJustice #HousingSecurity #LPC #Therapist #CommunityCare

Teacher ‘refusing to pay $175/hour’ for therapy shares the no-cost mental health resources they use instead

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/teacher-refusing-to-pay-175-hour-for-therapy-shares-the-no-cost-mental-health-resources-they-use-instead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teacher-refusing-to-pay-175-hour-for-therapy-shares-the-no-cost-mental-health-resources-they-use-instead

Asking for help is one of the hardest things in the world, and society often makes us feel like we're failing just for trying to survive a broken system.

Because we missed the March 2 GFM goal, I had to move again. I'm now in a new, less comfortable space (very cool bedroom though!), but I am refusing to give up. I am literally only weeks away from starting my new clinical job as an LPC on March 16, and shortly after that, achieving total financial independence.

But right now, the systemic "poverty tax" is draining my very last resources.

This week, bureaucratic delays at my onboarding drug test made me late to leave for my mandated fingerprinting appointment. I was forced to spend $60-ish on a Lyft, and STILL I made it one minute late for my appointment. Because of that single minute, they refused to see me and tried to push my appointment back weeks—which would have destroyed my March 16 start date. To save my job, I was forced to spend another $50 on an emergency Lyft to race to a second location just to get my prints run that same day.

The system rigidly punishes those of us trying to survive, especially when navigating it with agoraphobia, PTSD, and autism. I know that the only reason I'm still functioning is sheer force of will born entirely of the belief that this community has in me and the investment that you've put in to my getting to this point.

Here is exactly where things stand financially right now:

• Groceries (Secured): EBT kicks in tomorrow, March 9. We are safe on food! Riko too!
• Priority 1 - Rent (Urgent): Hitting our GFM goal covers the rent in its entirety through April 1. This is the absolute priority so I don't lose this space and get displaced again.
• Priority 2 - Internet ($100): I currently have no home internet and am burning through expensive mobile hotspot data. I need a $100 deposit to get it installed, but I must secure the rent first.

I am so close to the finish line. Please, if you can invest in my survival today, you are securing the roof over my head until my first paycheck arrives. Thank you for not letting me fall at the final hurdle.

GFM: https://gofund.me/85c9fb79e
Venmo: https://venmo.com/ellisarcwolf
CashApp: https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc
Chime: $EllisArcwolf

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Pittsburgh #PovertyTax #ActuallyAutistic #PTSD #DisabilityJustice #HousingSecurity #LPC #Therapist #CommunityCare #SiberianHusky

When you should—and shouldn't—use ChatGPT as a therapist, from experts

https://misryoum.com/us/markets/when-you-should-and-shouldnt-use-chatgpt-as/

As Americans get lonelier and lonelier, a growing number of people are getting some emotional support from artificial intelligence chatbots — and some mental health experts are concerned."The topic of AI for therapy [and] emotional support companionship is coming up...

#When #you #shouldand #shouldntuse #ChatGPT #therapist #from #experts #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Update: Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Housing stressors. 😭 But....

🚨 THE SANCTUARY IS FOUND – ONLY $873 TO GO! 🚨

I have officially found a 1-bedroom apartment right on the bus route to my new job! It's tiny but it's quiet, and I can work and rest in peace here, which is an absolute blessing.

Over the last 4 months, I have been forced to move at least 8 different times. The constant displacement has been horrible for my ability to function. I can't do it again. I need to secure this space so Riko and I can finally stop running and just rest.

The beautiful truth is that my new salary easily covers the $1,100 rent and the monthly internet cost (all other bills are paid). I am entirely capable of sustaining this!

We are currently 66% of the way to my original GoFundMe goal. I desperately need to raise the final $873 to cover the upfront rent and initial setup fees so I can lock this in and never have to move again.

We have the job. We have the apartment. Please help us cross this final finish line! 💜

GFM: https://gofund.me/85c9fb79e
Venmo: https://venmo.com/ellisarcwolf
CashApp: https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc
Chime: $EllisArcwolf

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Pittsburgh #HousingCrisis #LPC #Therapist #SuccessStory #EmergencyFund #SiberianHusky #DisabilityJustice #CommunityCare #MentalHealthMatters

Talking to my #therapist late in the day yesterday and I was his *first* client to mention the #IranWar ... granted I don't know how many appointments he has on Monday but that's some American privilege shit right there. And I'm quite confident that most of his clients are left-leaning.

Of course, so many of us are just too damn tired of the nightmare hellscape to keep track of it all. What's that phrase? We don't need therapy, we need REVOLUTION!

#NoWarWithIran #Resist