#actuallyautistic people, do you think Autistic adults use idiomatic expressions more often than NT people? They are handy mini-scripts, after all. E.g. "a stitch in time saves nine" "here's a little something for your trouble"
It's something I think I've noticed about myself, and I'm wondering
First thing on the list ☺️
It's so tough! And it's self-reinforcing 😔
Some cases are really really black and white, very clear, absolutely textbook. Some are much more tricky and I'm confident the GPs know well they can refer when they're unsure. This is a great move
Another, more inside the box hypothesis, was the dose was wrong and what you experienced was the kind of zombification that comes with a dose that's too high or low, or a person for whom any dose at all as too high
I agree you can jump in and out and pick up what you missed. It's intense in its subject matter and has really good practical effects, it's like watching a surgery documentary sometimes
It's happened again!
Let's say, I have one client who has a hive of bees and can't find anyone to take them 🐝 and another client who really needs bees and can't find them anywhere 🐝(details changed in every way)
And of course I can't introduce them because it's unethical #therapistsconnect
What if I feel 100% safe and I still can't focus
Thanks! It often means doing nothing here, or a years-long wait-list, and in UK studies also.
That's why I like them to be explicit about what the control was in the situation, especially when mindfulness has potential side effects just like anything else (I'm not anti-mindfulness!)
I checked the original study, it just says outpatient "treatment as usual" which usually means nothing, no care.
It looks like there wasn't an active control? "Regular care" often means a wait list.
13 years ago almost no one spoke and it was next to impossible to get assessed, even privately
I've found an electric toothbrush really helpful. Dentist much happier!
Also, before Trump warned about Autism and Tylenol, researchers investigated and found no link.
Misphonia isn't necessarily painful, but, somewhat counterintuitively, even when something is painful we can reduce that pain by finding ways to direct our attention away from it. The thing is, a lot of us literally aren't wired to ignore things
I wrote a post about misphonia!
Has anyone with #misphonia found something that helps which I might have missed?
#sensoryissues #adhd #autistic
(My chemistry teacher, who I'm sure has heard about this and is delighted because he was big into his science... Did get this one wrong though)
Take that, Mr. Neeves!
Enjoy! Vibrating alarms that no one can hear are a great ADHD accommodation for a smart watch 😊
Well that's great!
So when you get to say " maybe it doesn't mean I'm a ___ and that's my anxiety talking" you get some more freedom
The i-CBT training is blowing my mind. Not just for OCD!
E.g. Doing things that don't line up with our goals because of the spectre of a feared possible self. "If I don't do this I'm a ______, which is worse than not meeting my goals or not living in line with other values"
I did not get it, but I'll try again next time and I'll have done extra training in ACT by then!
The thing is, nobody can stop thoughts. The classic example is don't think of a white bear! Whatever you to, don't think of a white bear!
We also know the trying to stop thoughts is often a precursor for OCD and that you increase a child's chances of developing OCD in the future if you teach them that some thoughts are sinful or bad and to be avoided
When I have an unwanted thought "I think ha! look at that! that was a strange one!", because I don't have OCD.
There is no reason to try to stop a thought
This is interesting but doesn't really explain why people who never tried to stop unwanted thoughts are the ones who don't have many unwanted thoughts?
The conscious part of the filter is where we check our senses, including our sense of logic and we believe what they tell us.
The person with OCD usually knows that it is not logical: their logic sense is working, but the filter that allows them to use that logic sense to stop worry is not working
The unconscious part is the reason why it doesn't even occur to the not anxious person without OCD that there might be a fire, or a virus etc. even though that's always technically possible
Okay let me try it this way...
We've got the "what do I need to worry about" filter, which is half subconscious and half conscious.
Does this make sense?
I'm finding it hard to frame it in this way, went to bed feeling confused and woke up thinking "I got it! To Bluesky!" (Explaining things is a great way to remember them... and it's Saturday so everyone is asleep)
#icbt