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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Therapy is going in Circles |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2022, 11:27 am
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Replies: 32
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| Yeah I feel somewhat manipulated to follow the therapeutic narrative even the therapist is kind and invites me to speak openly. Its like cutting steak with a butter knife. Therapy always comes with a hidden narrative/expectation, even though you're not actually told what it is. "Speaking openl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Therapy is going in Circles |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2022, 7:42 pm
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| Nah, you're still the one paying and they are the ones earning. Doubt they care and cry themselves to sleep because you were very assertive or something. You sound a bit narcissistic. I'm as "a bit narcissistic" as George Soros is "a bit poor". There were many therapy sessions w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Therapy is going in Circles |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2022, 3:36 pm
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| You can't "fix" what's hard-wired. That's why autistic people are a convenient long-term money-making tool for money-hungry "therapists". This is only partially true. You can't fix hard-wired, but therapy is really just gloified social skills. You can attain the skills needed to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Therapy is going in Circles |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2022, 1:18 pm
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| I think therapy is more useful for neurotypical people with neurosis like anxiety and depression or some other trauma. Underneath the "mental health" image, success in therapy is a social skill like any other. Like making friends in school, finding dates, meeting people as an adult, inter... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Therapy is going in Circles |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2022, 5:40 am
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| Therapy is MEANT to keep you going in circles. Think about it: how would therapist make a profit if they cured patients in one or just a few sessions. They'd all go out of business! That's why they want to retain long-term patients who never stop coming, each time "sharing their feelings" ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Would you date a criminal (a person having a record)? |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 11:26 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 3,635
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Mona Pereth wrote: Does this include holding illegal social gatherings during the COVID crisis?
I wasn't convicted, let alone caught. 
Besides, scamdemic lockdowns aren't laws. They were never presented as bills, voted on, or signed. No law = no crime. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Would you date a criminal (a person having a record)? |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 7:54 pm
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| Plain and simple: No, hell no! A criminal is a criminal. If they get caught eating a corpse or smoking a joint, it's still a crime. And once a criminal, always a criminal. Besides, all pot smokers I once knew were garbage! They'd get high and start treating me like I'm subhuman, mocking me and getti... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 67
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| I don't think it's weird. Although I think we generally eschew attention, it's nice to receive attention sometimes and at the hospital, you are told what to do and are asked questions that don't require chit-chat. Now, wanting to stay in the hospital, that's questionable. Hospital beds are horrific... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Questions about upcoming assessment |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 9:08 am
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| You don't need to bring anything. Just be prepared to answer questions the best you can. If you can't answer some questions, don't worry. The doctor won't ask you trick questions , so if you don't have an answer, that's OK too. I very strongly disagree with this part. I had a battery of tests done ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2022, 9:25 pm
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Replies: 67
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| It's just the parking, the waiting, and the sensory that drives me mad. Waiting rooms are my version of personal hell. Parking isn't an issue for me, since both my home and my hospital are near a train station. Public waiting rooms are meh and boring, but I like gowned waiting rooms. It's where I m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2022, 7:44 pm
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| Although I haven't been hospitalized very many times, I don't mind the idea of going at all. I see it as a time to relax and let things take their course, as people take care of me and I have no control over things that I normally might worry about. So I don't see it as weird at all. I think my com... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Why are pediatricians so bad compared to adults' doctors? |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2022, 6:44 pm
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| I think the worst thing about pediatricians is that they always find an opportunity to out/narc on the patient's fears to his/her parents, thus getting him/her in trouble at home, no matter how good the patient is otherwise. Case in point. At my pediatric appointments... * When I came and left, I wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2022, 8:47 am
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| @OP: Depends what country you're in and whether you're paying for it out of pocket I'd guess. It depends on whether or not you have good insurance. That's very true. I have great insurance through my city government job. There's a major hospital my insurance company works closely with, along with i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 9:26 pm
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| Be glad you didn’t grow up with Old-Order Amish/Old Order Mennonite parents. You would be quite familiar with the leather belt across your backside. Damn! No wonder I think children should be discharged from hospitals to foster homes, rather than to their parents. It seems like strangers or foster ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 67
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| I've been an in-patient twice, both times for surgery. Yes, no eating before going in. After going in, groan. ... Outpatient is the way to go! I was outpatient too, but they gave me a snack afterwards: croissant, butter, and pineapple juice. It was enough; I didn't have much of an appetite. Even so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it weird to enjoy going to a hospital? |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 4:21 pm
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| adoylelb90815 , We hope you do well and do so quickly. And enjoy the food after surgery! Very true. Fasting before surgery is extremely important; otherwise, there's a high risk of choking while under. (I was allowed to have small sips of plain water until an hour before mine.) Just remember that y... |
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