Emily Brabec MA

@CatholicUniv and @WheatonCollege alum | suicide cognitions & prevention | opinions do not reflect those of my employer

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

so happy to announce here that it appears i will be moving to wisconsin at the end of the summer for some news I will share once finalized. pumped to be moving back to the midwest, my home!

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

@McJuggerNuggets Calling your emotional experience 'grief' is an insult to those who lost their children in ways beyond their control as parents. An abortion is no way comparable to the miscarriage my mom experienced, to the death of our family friend's daughter to cancer, etc. It is not grief.

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

@McJuggerNuggets I am at a lost for words. This is my first impression of you, and it is not a good one. All I can say is that I am glad my parents did not terminate my own special needs sister and that I will pray for you and your family.

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

participated in a session for a feasibility study a colleague is doing. he gave me a purple pen to sign the consent form. at my compliment of color choice, he said "ah yes, a little bit of whimsy."

a well-considered choice given i was role-playing a suicidal patient for him ;)

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

@TheCatholicEngr honestly i don't put that information on my hinge profile simply for that reason. i do have catholic on my profile and "moderate" as a political stance to filter out extremes from both sides. still no luck, but honestly i feel like there is more control over who likes me ya know?

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

Tomorrow is my last presentation for graduate school (for the foreseeable future) and I have never been more pumped in my life

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

@helloreilly whats the current tea on the man? i've been so out of catholic politics in recent months

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

@TheCatholicEngr the way this kind of reminds me of how my boyfriend and i got set up. only it was his mom that put us together and it was a bit of a blind date for us both! However! 3 months in, and 2 months official. pray it keeps going well!

[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

A girl came in to try on dresses. She was a size 18. She looked at the rack of tiny sample sizes and her shoulders slumped. "I probably won't fit in anything," she whispered to her mom. Another consultant rolled her eyes. "We have the plus-size section in the back," she said loudly. The girl flinched. I stepped in. "
Actually," I said, "I just got a new shipment of gowns that would look stunning on you. They're front and center." I grabbed three dresses I knew would fit. I spent two hours with her. I jacked her up with veils and jewelry. When she came out in the second dress, she started crying. "I look... beautiful," she said. "You are beautiful," I told her. "The dress is just the accessory." She bought it.
Her mom pulled me aside and said "She's been bullied her whole life about her weight. Thank you for making her feel like a princess." Kindness is the best accessory. It fits everyone.

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

"And I'm finally aware of how shitty and unfair
It was to stare ahead like everything was fine"

wow, such a powerful line. Thank you, Noah, again, for making me sob at 3:19 pm on a Monday afternoon

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

2025 Reads Awards https://t.co/qj6ZkfoCs8

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

it has been decided that the reddit threads on 2026 graduate school applications are NOT for the faint of heart. will not be logging back in there for the remainder of this cycle. not worth my peace.

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

i am beginning to understand the older generation's annoyance with Gen-Z (yes my generation) and Alpha's reliance on Tiktok for the news without fact checking.....

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

adhd hack: schedule a meeting with your research advisor on your survey, work on the survey day of, and give yourself a day deadline to get a final draft to him post meeting. only way anything gets done in my brain

[Rebecca 📖 @Avonleebythesea]

The greatest dystopian author could not have written something more chilling

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

talking about our family ancestors' and their cultures with my roommate and her cousin. i mention having Swedish ancestry, and he goes:

"Oh I love IKEA!"

😂

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

still think about the time my team lead asked me what my phone case meant in a unit meeting and i absolutely fumbled the moment to evangelize in a meaningful and appropriate way. (case included for reference)

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen 2/2

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

As her relics begins to tour the states, here is the Rose Novena for St. Therese below. Cannot wait to venerate her once she is in DC

[Emily Brabec MA @psychedlit]

O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands. (mention in silence here) 1/2