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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had to fire another therapist today |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2025, 9:47 am
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| When first started therapy , long ago ...Did not know could ask to change them ,put up with the first one for a year. Seemed more interested in me listening to his life. Then went through 2 nd to 3rd quickly ...But kept the third for about 3 yrs. Good Mental Health to you on your mental health jour... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attachment to people |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2025, 9:45 am
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| I can also get exceptionally attached to people. I think it's definitely an Autism thing for me. Because I feel so deeply, that includes the feelings that I have for people. It's scary how we were pathologized for so long as unfeeling when, in fact, many of us feel everything so much more powerfully... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had to fire another therapist today |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 11:33 pm
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ASPartOfMe wrote: Hopefully your next therapist is better, Thank you. I do too. I have had to fire several of them. It's really hard to find a good one. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had to fire another therapist today |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2025, 11:05 pm
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| I wish more people would have the courage to put these "professionals" in their places. So many of them are getting away with damaging and destroying vulnerable people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had to fire another therapist today |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2025, 10:19 pm
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| Good to see that somebody's fired a health professional. Too many people see them as some kind of authority. I can't judge the merits of this case because I don't know what was said. But ultimately I think the customer is always right. She basically asked me if I had incestuous feelings for my brot... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had to fire another therapist today |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2025, 2:22 pm
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| She said one something to me that was incredibly offensive, inappropriate and triggering. I responded by telling her that what she said to me was traumatic and I will now have to deal with that trauma. She told me that the way that I responded sounded angry and that I have to take responsibility for... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2025, 5:18 pm
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| I can definitely see both points of view. I have been encountering this kind of lazy incompetence all the time now in all areas of life and it really irritates me to no end. I had not thought about the sexist angle though but there was a time when that kind of thinking that you mentioned was very c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2025, 5:14 pm
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| Jakki, I totally understand what you are saying and it makes a lot of sense, it's a good insight. But my insurance company does not farm out jobs so that doesn't apply in this case. All of the employees in my health insurance company are state employees. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2025, 1:33 pm
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| Yes. It's a shame that that is how it works but that is the reality of the situation. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2025, 11:06 am
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| This is not necessarily an either or situation. Laziness can be a cause of those ideas about women. What you described in your last post is classical gaslighting. Which makes me think sexism might be too mild a word. Maybe misogyny is the correct term. Or it could be ableism or both. Oh wow, thank ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 10:41 pm
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| ^ Well, the "gal" thing was 40 years ago, and the "India" thing could have been misconstrued. Many companies are notorious for outsourcing their "support" to India because it's cheap, and cheap services are usually poor services. I think timf may have worded his post a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 10:38 pm
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| This is not necessarily an either or situation. Laziness can be a cause of those ideas about women. What you described in your last post is classical gaslighting. Which makes me think sexism might be too mild a word. Maybe misogyny is the correct term. Or it could be ableism or both. Oh wow, thank ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 2:50 pm
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| I used to call an airline reservation number about 3 in the morning. Based on how the person sounded who answered, I would just hang up. What I was looking for was an older gal who had worked there over ten years and was likely working third shift to avoid dealing with their own management on day s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 2:45 pm
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| He makes an assertion, you ask why he thinks it's so, and he won't answer. My guess is that he was lying in the first place and your probing caught him out. In my experience it's very common for service "providers" to use lame excuses to palm people off with nothing. Well done for going o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 2:43 pm
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| I can definitely see both points of view. I have been encountering this kind of lazy incompetence all the time now in all areas of life and it really irritates me to no end. I had not thought about the sexist angle though but there was a time when that kind of thinking that you mentioned was very c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 2:36 pm
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| I don't think they were necessarily being insulting. I think they were being incompetent. I hope the manager can correct that problem. And I also hope you find a specialist that can address your needs. Thank you so much. I definitely agree with you and I told the supervisor the same thing. Even tho... |
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