Hi, my name is Mike. I recently graduated from Rutgers University, where I majored in Psychology and English. I’m not going to be doing much with the English side, but I love psych, and am currently beginning the process of applying to different Psy.D programs. I’m really looking forward to beginning that stage of my life, but it’s probably still a couple years away, so I’m just trying to enjoy what I’m doing in the meantime.

Working takes up a lot of my time, and I enjoy my job, but apparently there’s a whole other section where I’m supposed talk about that, so I’ll get to it later. When I’m not doing that, I like exercising (not in gyms when I can avoid it, I’m not really a fan of them), and I love exploring new places whenever I can. I definitely gravitate more towards nature stuff I guess, but I’m open to other things too. I really just like a peaceful atmosphere and connecting with good people.

I like talking to people, but I’m pretty quiet a lot of the time too. I can be comfortable with either. I really like listening to other people’s stories, and I admire anyone who can be open and self-aware of themselves. I try my best to do that too.

I wasn't active on this site for a long while, but I think I'm going to give it another shot. If you message me and don't get an answer back right away, please don't take it personally, I tend to fall really behind when things are busy!

Like I mentioned before, my long-term plans include completing a Psy. D program, with a concentration in crisis management or maybe family therapy. For now though, I work as a specialist at school for children with severe behavioral problems and mental illnesses. I've seen really beautiful things happen there and really terrible things, and I’m glad I can be there either way.

I also work part-time in an inpatient unit at the same hospital. Not as much to say about that, but I learn a lot from it.

Though it’s more of a volunteer thing than a job thing, I also do a lot of work on a couple different counseling and crisis hotlines. That’s been a huge part of my life for years now, and has really influenced who I am and my direction in life.

I think that even the worst job or experience is worth it if you get good stories out of it, and I’m lucky that all of these things have given me a ton of funny and/or utterly bizarre stories. I really like hearing other people’s too, and would love to trade some.

I don’t get to read nearly as much as I used to, but my favorite is probably Bringing Out the Dead by Joe Connolly.

I really enjoy good movies. Some that come to mind are Fight Club, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Oldboy, A Clockwork Orange, and the most recent Batman films. I really enjoy horror movies too, but mostly the classic ones and not too much from more recent years.

I go through a lot of phases with music, but some artists that I always come back to are The Beatles, The Replacements, Husker Du, Elliot Smith, Iggy Pop, The Pixies, and Anneke van Giersbergen. I really enjoy classical and piano music too, though I don’t know much about it.

I don’t really watch TV, but I do like Breaking Bad, Community, and the Twilight Zone. I can get into other stuff too, but only if it has a really good story.

I'm really working on concentrating on just being in the present, and being a person that I would like to be.

I took filling out this profile way too seriously.

You want to know more about me or want me to know about you.