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[opisasodomite]

For once I’m doing a project way ahead of time. Turns out that means you can put it down for a week then open it up with fresh eyes rather than beating your head against the same wall for 8+ hours the night before it’s due. Good thing I’m done with grad school in a month so I never have to apply this lesson again.

[malewifesband]

EDIT: if this post has made you think about whether or not you are autistic, im really glad! i hope you get some better understanding of yourself and are able to find community and support

however before you go and tell a therapist and seek an official diagnosis please read this thread and consider the points made therein:

autism is highly stigmatized. be fully informed about what you gain and what you lose from having an official diagnosis before seeking one.

EDIT OVER ENJOY THE POST

people do correctly identify that laios is autistic fairly often but a lot of the reasoning begins and ends with his special interest and social difficulties, but honestly it goes far deeper into the build of his character than just those two things

his pain tolerance is wildly inconsistent, unable to tolerate a drop of hot oil (or any heat) but able to shrug off both his leg being bitten off and it being reattached

hes sensory seeking in the extreme. he rubs the bat bones against his face, pets and fluffs the shapeshifter tail.

his desire to eat monsters comes from three very autistic places. 1) the rules for why monsters are not okay to eat but animals are are arbitrary to him so he cannot follow them easily: he cannot understand the 'feelings' argument others make. 2) this too is a sensory seeking behavior. he wants to experience these new things, new flavors and new textures. 3) it completes his knowledge of the monster in question to also have data on its edibility. because he cannot draw that arbitrary line around all monsters, he wants to evaluate them case-by-case and see if real patterns emerge. butchering and eating the monsters improves his knowledge of them greatly and highlights their importance in their ecosystem, as well as making him a part of that same ecosystem

he cannot emote the way others expect him to. he compartmentalizes his feelings (to an unhealthy degree) because he needs a pragmatic solution. so as long as there is a problem to solve, that matters far more than evaluating his emotions and allowing himself to experience them. while this is also a coping mechanism for ptsd, it is a trait found in many autistic people regardless of trauma, as we have trouble sorting the feelings we have and often need time to think about what we feel, so it becomes easier to simply not do it and pretend we dont need to. laios emotions certainly affect him, with or without his processing them, but others do not see what they expect to see and thus dismiss that he is feeling what they would feel

he is incredibly gifted with pattern recognition, observation, and analysis within realms he understands. to understand subjects that dont come easily to him, he must filter them through his established schema (his special interest--this is why they are so special! they help us sort the world). when he isnt sure about the social cues and details hes observed in the shapeshifter arc, he filters it through the lens he understands best: monsters. he was making correct observations about his friends all along, but he could not be confident in that the way he was about their behavior when it came to his interest (chilchucks caution, senshis passions, and marcilles carelessness)

[postcardsfromheapside]

I'm going to put a video here where a published author and content creator is talking about the way readers frequently interact with the book world, and specifically Sarah J Maas readers and their ilk. The video isn't hating on readers, or Maas or the types of books Maas & clones write. I am not posting it in relation to the topic of plagiarism. The reason I'm posting it is because of the way people have responded to Veilguard. It's not very long, and I'm sharing it because he summarizes and briefly discusses the following points:

anchoring bias

schema theory

cultural myopia/commenting on things when you have limited cultural exposure

other people dealing with the consequences of a critical poster getting 15 minutes of attention

I thought the video was a good poke into problems coinciding with people criticizing (not critiquing, there's a difference) Veilguard, where anything from themes, plot points, characterization or even costume elements in the game are being torn apart...and the people doing the tearing are approaching the topics with often *self-admitted* lack of experience on what they're criticizing, and zero curiosity.

A concrete example: there was a discussion swirling recently in which there was an attempt to criticize Veilguard for the funerary practices Rook and Bellara go through. This in spite of the fact that a Dalish Rook and Bellara can have an in-the-moment discussion about the differences between their clan practices, and in DA:I Solas can mention how clans are different from each other, and there have been many, many posts on this site discussing from a lore perspective how the elves are not a monolith. I don't have to tell you that the posters criticizing the scene were myopic on both a cultural and personal preference level in their criticisms of the scene.

Critical posters have also frequently spoken over users who attempt to explain the diverse cultural, political, or queer experiences and influences which align with Veilguard's portrayals.

I thought it was great that this creator brought up how authors are affected for a considerable amount of time by shitty online takes. Recently there were screenshots where Trick mentioned that making Veilguard was traumatic, and folks passed them around with bioware/EA/Veilguard critical tags, but didn't include that maybe the fans themselves continue to bear some of the blame for this experience.

I don't think Bioware/EA are blameless as companies, or that Veilguard is a perfect game, but there's been a distinct trend where 'fans' claim to be critiquing things and are really only whining (and sometimes harassing creators) that they didn't get what they personally wanted. And if pressed about what they wanted, the examples they give aren't coherent narratives meant for published or produced media - if they were, those fans would already be working in those fields making art. Social media has made it very easy to 1) get access to and attention from creators, and 2) get validation (and very little pushback) from other fans for pithy remarks. In other words, it's easy to feel undeservedly "right" for shitposting.

[charseraph]

question: would nosciocircus (i Will spell it right one day) Kinger be rehabbable or would the shock of being disconnected effectively just euthanize him

“Nosciocircus��� is a valid spelling, it’s more phonetic!

Kinger is in an incredibly difficult spot for rehabilitation, but he carries some unexpected aces.

He has been sieved for years and his body’s receptiveness to a middleman is weak. Despite this, he has unintentionally prepared himself for blindness by covering his avatar’s “eyes” in the latter years of insertion. His flashes of sharp consciousness continue into his new life, but it takes a year of nootic remapping therapy to grip tight enough to a communication schema to prove it.

While in the circus, Kinger’s whiteroom (mental immune system) channeled one of the mulekicks into his clockspeed (cognitive rate) as a desperate measure against boredom, grief, and unpredictable damage to mental architecture. As a result, the long hours in silence may pass calmly and with less cognitive activity than expected. This unfortunately also impacts his reaction speeds.

Once he can express yes-or-no, he is given the option of euthanasia. He chooses against it, but not lightly.

[informedconsenter]

I fear I'm not as good at analyzing text as i used to be. What do you mean the friction is lost? Why is there friction from feeling good with the antagonism of the captions, but not with the pursuit of validity (thru captions i think)?

Speaking about trans men in particular here, in relation to the captions and transitioning in general. Being trans creates friction, regardless of whether you are supported or not. Some people seek to ameliorate that through affirmative words, and though there's an audience for that, I don't get off on it.

Because the question is not "what is a man?", but instead "what to do about being a man?" The friction comes from choosing to live, not trying to wrestle the gender goal posts from the establishment. I question the point of seeking validation for my transgressive existence within a framework that excludes me by design. So when I say "friction", I mean the friction that comes from knowing there is no place for you in the larger schema, even if somebody offers you that abstract validation.

In terms of the captions, I'm not interested in telling somebody that he is a man despite X, Y, and/or Z. It seems beside the point. And personally, if I focus too much on validating myself as I am now, I lose out on who I could be. It distracts me from the very thing that drew me to becoming, as an eternal action, in the first place—which is to live fully with an unstable sense of self.

Does becoming frighten you? 'Man' is a mirage of a destination. As you seemingly approach, it distorts and changes shape, until at close examination it reveals itself to be nothing more than an ever-shifting assemblage of granular particles.

Does becoming excite you in equal proportion? Pushing yourself to become more and more of who you are, until there is nothing else left but you? Journey into the undertaking that cannot be prepared for in advance. This is the nature of force: you must go forward knowing that nothing will grant you the comfort of certainty.

[citizen-erazed]

So... I didn't really want to make this post, but since nobody here knows who I am (except for one person) and this is a secret account, I want to ask something, hoping that someone with NPD might respond.

This is honestly so embarrassing (especially because one person who knows me follows me here), but I'm trying to figure some things out about myself.

I'm not writing this to make assumptions about myself — I know I'm not a therapist — but I've been suspecting for years that I might have NPD and ADHD or some type of anxiety disorder (and I know that NPD and ADHD can also be comorbid and that would explain many things, but I can't be sure unless stated by a professional). However, that's not the main point.

I've been in therapy for one year now, and my therapist often says or hints at things that seem to align with NPD, even though she's never directly told me I might have it.

For example, she’s mentioned many times that in my mind there’s an ongoing "fight" between two opposite self-images, with no in-between. She’s also hinted that I have black and white thinking (my inner monologue is always focused on who's best/worst, with, again no in between, even if thanks to therapy sometimes I rationally know that people are not best or worst, it's just my perception), a grandiose self-image, and that even my obsession with becoming a famous writer is more about needing validation and admiration than simply loving writing itself.

She constantly points out that my thought patterns revolve around external validation and admiration, that I have an unstable sense of self, and that I tend to think hierarchically — even over tiny things.

She says I often view love and even sometimes friendships in a "military-like" way, and that I struggle with axiety, anger issues and with empathy (I won't list examples here because I’m not comfortable sharing personal details right now, plus there are so many examples in my daily life that I can’t even keep track).

She also says that these thought patterns are leading me to sabotage myself and destroy my life but they're also self-defense because I was always treated as and inferior.

Even though she’s never said explicitly that I may have a disorder, she often points out that these "schemas" of mine deeply impact my everyday life — basically hinting at a pathological pattern. She keeps telling me that these mechanisms show up in almost everything I think, do, or say.

There’s way more I could say, but it would take hours to explain everything.

The point is: every day my suspicions grow stronger, and that's why I'm asking here.

Now, I know that asking online is risky and can trigger paranoia, but I'm not easily influenced.

MOST importantly, I'm not here asking if what I experience are "symptoms" — because objectively, according to the DSM, they are.

I'm more curious if these kinds of issues are common in other disorders too.

If you're a psychologist or someone officially diagnosed (not self-diagnosed), I would love to hear something from you.

If you’re neurotypical — and by that, I mean truly neurotypical (confirmed by a therapist, like normal to the point that even your therapist told you that you're perfectly fine and others are the problem, not just a self-claimed normal person who doesn't go to therapy 👹) — I’d appreciate if you could describe how you experience love, emotional empathy, relationships, emotions and morals because sometimes I think that what I do is normal and I'm just obsessing over nothing, so I want a real comparison.

Another thing: I never asked my therapist if I might be a narcissist because I'm scared it would influence her judgment .

And if she told me it's unlikely that I have a disorder, I would feel ashamed for even asking as it would make me appear to her eyes as I'm easily influenced by other people's experiences, or like I’m inventing a problem.

Also, if she said "there's nothing wrong with you," I would have an identity crisis, because then why has my life always been like this?

So, I'd like to ask people with NPD (expecially the self-aware/high functioning ones):

1. What kinds of things did your therapist tell you before diagnosing you?

2. Were they similar to the things my therapist says to me?

3. How many years did it take for you to be diagnosed?

4. How did you find out?

5. What led to your diagnosis?

6. Did you ever directly ask your therapist if you might have NPD?

7. Have you been diagnosed by a therapist/psychologist or by a psychiatrist?

Lastly, I don’t know if I should bring it up with my therapist. I’m almost 19 and maybe she’s waiting to see if my symptoms will "settle down" as I get older.

Also, I’ve read that sometimes therapists don’t tell patients they have NPD because of recent studies pointing out that the DSM-5 criteria are too broad or flawed, and now I’m getting even more paranoid.

Honestly, knowing if I have something would at least solve part of the confusion I feel.

I know I should ask It on Reddit or smth but I don't have It for now, I'll try once! And don't worry, I won't self-diagnose just because of the things you'll tell me and I know that I listed the things my therapist told me in a generic way, but the main point of this was to ask these questions, not telling you all of what I experience for now?

And if there's someone out there with OCD, tell me about if and how you experience the obsession of being a narcissist, because I know that some of y'all had this problem before being diagnosed and I don't think mine Is an obsession, I'd just like to know!

And lastly, It would be cool to know if people with ADHD or anxiety disorder experience symptoms like this!

[kyatra]

last night, as i often do, i dreamt that my family had backed me into a corner and was being homophobic towards me. but you know what was different this time? you know who my unconscious mind decided was the most valid figure in my life to step in and defend me? that’s right. Gojo. so maybe take a second to contemplate that, to ponder where exactly you fall next to him in my subconscious schema of who i find supportive in my life, the next time you set out to make fun of me.

[the-perfect-wagnerite-again]

Any specific offender on the folk thing? Just curious

I got into a casual argument with an acquaintance about the topic. My basic stance was that modern peer-review is dubious at best as a validation vector for research, and I brought up the replication crisis, the cross-polination of political activism with federal research grants, etc. His response was that he'd need to see some peer-reviewed papers and citations on the subject before he could make an opinion.

My contention isn't that peer-review is automatically bad, my issue is that there are people who treat it as the sole arbiter of what constitutes "Truth." The very existence of both fraudulent research and legitimate usurpations of paradigms throws this entire standard of epistemology into question, because it demands a transcendent arbiter for the arbiter. If peer-review is indeed faulty, then there's no way out, because only peer-review is allowed to define what is and what isn't factually true.

More than anything, I think it's sloppy and lazy thinking. Though they would never put it in these terms, midwits are quick to conceptualize science and the scientific method as foolproof and impervious to external pressures, an obviously false assumption. More than that, it's a stance that falls apart the moment you consider how much of everyday life is absolutely immune to quantification and truth-values. When you hear music, say Beethoven's 9th for example, you experience a melody as a matter of fact, but that melody is not a fact about the world. It's not in the notes, which are isolated facts of pitch, and it's not merely in the mind, which requires the pitched sounds for the experience in the first place. So where is it? Musical experience, like much of the aesthetic, is a tactile, sensory phenomenon of the world that cannot be reduced to a scientific schema. A more mature epistemology is necessary to account for such truths, and that's something that scientific research cannot provide.

[asurei-nisshoku]

reading about identified schemas modes and:

child modes

vulnerable child - rei

she seems self-centered and distant. both asuka and shinji are a little surprised at her attitude at the begining, with asuka firmly believing she must hate her or have an immense ego. but rei actually hates herself and feels alone. she also believes that there's something wrong inside her. and, about her relationships, she understand others deeply and cares about them at some level. she presents depressive symptoms and, even though she doesn't want to be alone, she isolates herself most of the time because she has been abandoned and emotionally neglected all her life.

angry child - shinji

he damages others, especially asuka, because of his repressed rage. he screams "be nice to me!" and demands answers for others about himself and his feelings. he believes he has been wronged and betrayed but the world. that's quite the reason he initially choses instrumentality. he is bitter and feels like a victim. he always doubts himself and feels vulnerable, so he ends up reacting violently when he feels his needs are not being satisfied. but I would argue that he only displays his rage when he feels it's safe enough to do it. for example, again, with asuka. he wouldn't treat gendo that way. with misato, it's more a passive-aggressive response.

impulsive child (but also vulnerable child) - asuka

this is mainly because of her reactive formation, as she is also a vulnerable child, but she does present some impulsive qualities. her own battle with azrael is prove of that. she fights recklessly and ends up putting herself in danger because of her need to validate herself through piloting. she gets aggressive when she feels intimidated or surpassed in areas that give her self validation in general. she also adopts an entitled persona, as part of her vulnerable child schema, to hide her true insecure self from others. she won't admit how much she craves others affection, so she pushes them away.

I also want to talk about dysfunctional coping schemas and everything I just need a rest lol

[numberonevirginiansimp]

Reblogged a post the other day and realized after the fact that the poster was anti-DSM? Probably should have been a little obvious, as the post started along the lines of “Fuck the DSM-5 and its cultists”, but Tumblr reading comprehension and whatever. Not trying to make a call-out, or vaguepost, or anything. We still agree with the main body of said post. But we wanted to clarify our personal beliefs.

Diagnoses are cool actually? If you have a disorder and have the time and money to pursue a diagnosis , we recommend you do so, especially if said disorder comes up in psychiatric and medical contexts. Just a fun little baseline to give medical professionals some context with what you experience. A diagnosis does NOT describe your WHOLE experience, but it’s a starting point, from which you work to build a schema. “Oh, you know this medically recognized phenomenon? Well my case is similar, but also <additional clarification>, except <however your case varies from the ‘norm’>.” Diagnoses underline a core tenet of linguistics: That language evolves and creates new terms so that we don’t have to build from the bare bricks every time.

Diagnoses also do NOT define or validate your disorder. What you experience is valid, paper or no paper.

We are not saying there are no problems with the current American diagnostic process. Requiring an individual to prove they are autistic/ADHD/dissociative/dysphoric enough to get the treatment that helps them function on a basic level inherently makes our system a Bad System.

Overall, however, we think diagnoses are cool, and helpful and that people and people& that have or pursue them are valid for doing so. I swear, Tumblr makes us write essays on the most neutral of opinions.

[selfhealingsweetheart]

a lot of people like to begin and end their research into the possibility of endogenic systems existing by merely aggressively pointing to the DSM5 definition of dissociative identity disorder and using this to make some complex claims like:

"dissociative identity disorder is only ever formed by early childhood severe trauma, and so if you don't experience disordered symptoms of plurality, you don't have dissociative identity disorder, therefore you can't be a system."

however, if you ever bothered to look more into psychological literature, as you should before making grandiose sweeping opinionated claims with insufficient research backing, you'd know that the experience of plurality is actually, within the psychiatric community, discussed heavily.

there are plenty of paradigms where you can find things analogous in description to nondisordered, therapist-endorsed plurality, including therapeutic methods of engaging with oneself as plural as a means of Improving oneself: for example, Schema Therapy (often utilized with borderline patients and people with personality disorders), and Internal Family Systems (often utilized in general types of patients, whether or not they were severely traumatized as a child or even as an adult or adolescent)

as a side note, it's very anti-intellectual to have rabidly-held opinions that you bully people online about without even bothering to do a ton of research, especially into perspectives from academics that disagree with your personal very online opinions. any serious practicioner of psychology would be one who is open-minded and seeking to not Confirm a Theory but to learn and form new ideas based on what their clients can teach them.

it's also quite offensive towards survivors of psychiatric abuse to insist upon the psychiatric system of diagnostics as the end-all-be-all of one's existence, and it smells like major bootlicking to only ever allow oneself and others to be ~valid~ If an authority confirms it. it's not like the DSMs are these perfect encapsulations of everything ever that could happen psychologically, things are added and removed all the time, and those actions often accrue significant behind-the-scenes debate in the academic sphere, where people with write papers on why they think something should or shouldn't be there. remember, the DSM is simply supposed to be a Tool that Guides clinicians in order to help them distinguish certain phenomena from others, but at the end of the day not only is it Not supposed to focus on nondisordered manifestations of behaviors, but it's also not made to reductively simplify any active debate in psychiatry merely because one thing is canonized a certain way, just so you can be Right Online™

anyway. in schema therapy, schemas are said to be parts of people that hold certain typified negative self-belief systems, and patients are encouraged to both label them and speak to or as them, in order to convince their parts of new and more healthy or productive modes of thinking, rather than getting triggered into letting the schema take over and give them negative thoughts and emotional issues.

these parts are understood within the literature to be natural to everybody, because everyone compartmentalizes into belief + emotional structures like these; what makes them 'not dissociative identity disorder' is merely the fact that these parts do not cause amnesia when taking over the core self, and that they are often identified as 'parts' of the primary person, rather than fully separated other people with distinct consciousnesses. nonetheless, this is one of many examples of the parts work methodology wherein the self is casually understood to be multiple or have subpersonalities or parts within psychological literature, and that fact is then taken towards the conclusion of using this experience in a healing-oriented way.

here is an example of schema therapy, an excerpt of A Client’s Guide to Schema Therapy by David C. Bricker, Ph.D. and Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D. who are from the Schema Therapy Institute;

moving on, there is my other example: internal family systems. in IFS, clients are encouraged by their practitioner to personify and then actively dialogue with their various emotional states and common modes, and also to look for particular styles of parts already well-known by the IFS paradigm such as 'firefighters' and 'managers,' which are two different kinds of protector parts. with IFS becoming popularized nowadays, more and more laypeople are now becoming comfortable with the idea that they have psychological parts, which can be parts of their personal Self or parts that exist within them and hold certain emotional functions, despite perhaps not experiencing the typical heavy dissociative states definitive of disordered types of multiplicity like DID.

here are some excerpts from a book called The Others Within Us, by Robert Falconer, with a foreword by Dick Schwartz, the founder of IFS, as well as many high praise reviews from members of the psychiatric community for his writing, which breaks new grounds and is very in-depth and thorough.

here he discusses needing to have an open mind towards phenomena that are not well-studied yet, and learning to humble himself in order to do so even as a trained clinical trauma counselor in his 60s and 70s at the time of studying and eventually writing this book.

first of all, take note of his discussion of the contestation of even PTSD when they were trying to get it canonized in the DSM. an entire movement including political pressure had to be formed just to get ptsd into the literature. nowadays nobody on this website would (hopefully) contest the validity of ptsd as an experience people could have, but back then, people had to hold their ground against the psychiatric system and even the government just to prove that their experiences deserved to be taken seriously. don't think that this was the olden days either, because the academic world still tends to hold tight to its current state and not be welcoming towards experiences outside its own paradigms, so its good to keep in mind that there are histories and politics going into the making of all this psychological literature, with more room yet for even further and more uncommon experiences to be discussed.

second of all, note that he says that to clinicians working even with people with MPD/DID, it became apparent that the parts structure could be normal for people, beneficial, and even healthy, and that it was simply the severely dissociative aspects of it that they would work to heal, rather than viewing the entire experience of plurality as inherently disordered or solely a product of trauma.

i hope its clear by now that there's a lot of discussion surrounding this issue, but that plenty of it involves the normalization of nondisordered plurality, that plurality can be even healthy and a good, therapist-approved means of self-exploration for people, and that you should not cherry-pick literature while using intellectually dishonest argument techniques online.

endos are valid imho. i myself am a dissociative system, but at least i don't claim that my opinion is the standard opinion based on just that, i actually try to do my research. hopefully this was interesting to you, and please don't discourse on my post. kthxbai

[good-to-drive]

Hi! I swear I don't mean to be annoying but genuinely curious what's the difference between Paul fans praising Paul in a post vs say, fans of any other beatle. Is it the overt defensiveness? Also, isn't reiterating Paul's sins every time kind of being like the 'John beet wif' meme everytime there's positive discussion re the band/John ?

Hi!

Don't worry, you're not annoying, but I was planning on deleting this (frankly I delete most of the asks I get from Paul girls) until I realized you're (perhaps unintentionally) coming very close to a legitimate point. Also, I get the feeling that you're genuinely interested in an answer, which is always nice.

That being said, I do want to point out that I never said I have a problem with people praising Paul. If you follow this blog, I praise him a lot. I very specifically said I have a problem with people being "delusional and defensive about celebrities," and the fact that you translated this to "praising Paul" honestly raises an interesting point, but also imho seems like a very harsh perspective on him. There are so many wonderful things to say about Paul that are not remotely unreasonable, because there are many wonderful things about him as a human being.

Also, "bringing up Paul's sins" was actually a comment from a reblog, and while I think they also make a good point it's separate from what I originally said. What I said is that it's frustrating that delusional and defensive behavior from stans brings out negativity towards the celebrity when the celebrity themselves did nothing wrong, and that this is really prevalent in discussion around Paul because in the mainstream Beatles narrative he's usually the hero to John's villain.

All that aside, where I think you're very nearly making a good point is where you compare this to discussing John's history of violence.

The tendency to black-and-white people is present in every conversation, it's just part of how we speak as a culture (or possibly as a species). I like to call it the AITA mentality – the tendency to approach situations from the perspective of “who's the bad guy?” rather than actually trying to draw insight and understand the motivations, emotions, schemas, and experiences involved. (Not that r/AITA invented this mentality, but they did crystallize it into an acronym.) In this fandom that's usually Paul as a kind of heroic victim and John as pitifully evil, which is itself arguably (partly) a delayed reaction to unfair criticism of Paul in the past. It does both men a terrible disservice, converting them into one-dimensional caricatures rather than real, fascinating people.

Reversing this mentality to “Paul was the real villain actually” would very much be unreasonable, which is ironically the exact point of my original post, but the larger point is that the way stan culture poisons any meaningful discussion of a major historical figure by calling it “bashing” to acknowledge actions/beliefs/experiences that conflict with a black-and-white narrative is genuinely sad and frustrating. It makes it hard for people who are legitimately interested in them to have a conversation, and is in my experience a much more prevalent issue than people pushing back by bringing up things that shatter the one-dimensional image.

In regards to John specifically, it would indeed be impossible to understand him without taking into account the predilection to violence that defined so much of his early life and helped develop his belief system, and that's a point that he himself made multiple times. I don't really care for the condescending "John beet wif" characterization of people who acknowledge this, or even people who are disturbed by it. I've said many times that there are valid reasons to condemn everyone in this story. When I say there's a lack of nuance, I don't mean we need to ignore the real harm that John, Paul, George, and Ringo all caused. That's not nuance. Nuance is acknowledging how and why they came to that point, that it was one facet of a larger and more complex character, and trying to develop insight into their social roles and perspectives without trying to snap them into preset hero or villain roles.

And your bringing up John's history of violence was (ironically) a very illustrative example, because he himself was so insistent on it being acknowledged. He did not want to be spoken about in black-and-white terms, not even if it meant being heroized, so it's unnecessary and counterproductive to demand that he should be. Positivity about the band can -- and indeed must -- coexist with knowledge of who they were as full, complete human beings. It's sometimes hard and disillusioning, I get that, but it's just so fucking essential.

[theautisticdoctor]

Entry #008

Flashcards

To deal with all the information that I find out on this journey of unmasking, I create flashcards. They help me remember what triggers I’ve got, how I get overwhelmed and what I can do to make it better. I have several structures.

Trigger flashcard

These flashcards are based on creating specific distressing behavioural plans (in advance) for certain situations, not as much for acknowledging and challenging the feelings and thoughts that accompany those triggers. Because sometimes it’s easier to acknowledge that you got triggered, than the emotions or thoughts that accompany these moments. The focus is therefore solely on calming your nervous system down. These trigger flashcards can change a bit per situation, they are really personally designed for each situation.

Right now I got triggered by (trigger / situation), which makes me feel (uncomfortable emotion).

It’s okay I got triggered by (trigger / situation) and feel (uncomfortable emotion). Because my ((list of) sensory system) gets also (overstimulated/understimulated) by the (trigger/situation).

To help me feel (comfortable emotion), I could ((list of) distressing behaviour). This has supported me in the past to feel (comfortable emotion).

Mode flashcard

They help identify the mode involved, how it was originated and how it distorted my experience or understanding of the world. When the schemata are too abstract for the moment I can use these. They test the reality and help follow the alternative behaviour through. I made two types, because sometimes I can recognise the mode more easier than the emotion that lead to the mode and one emotion is not exclusive to one mode.

Right now I feel (emotions / feelings), because (trigger / situation).

However, I know that this is my (mode). Which I learned through (origin). This leads me to exaggerate the degree to which (behaviour distortion).

So, even though I believe (negative core-believe). The reality is that (healthy view). This is supported by (life examples).

Therefore, even though I feel like (negative behaviour). Instead I could (alternative healthy behaviour).

Or

Right now I am in (mode), which makes me feel (emotion / feelings).

However, this (mode), which I learned through (origin). Got triggered by (trigger / situation) and leads me to exaggerate the degree to which (behaviour / cognitive distortion).

So, even though I believe (negative core-believe). The reality is that (healthy view). This is supported by (life examples).

Therefore, even though I feel like (negative behaviour). Instead I could (alternative healthy behaviour).

Schema Flashcards

They are based on validation and acknowledgement of the current feelings and trigger / situation, they help identify the main schema involved, how it was originated and how it distorted my experience or understanding of the world. They test the reality and help follow the alternative behaviour through.

Right now I feel (emotions / feelings), because (trigger / situation).

However, I know that this is my (early maladaptive schema). Which I learned through (origin). This leads me to exaggerate the degree to which (schema distortion).

So, even though I believe (negative core-believe). The reality is that (healthy view). This is supported by (life examples).

Therefore, even though I feel like (negative behaviour). Instead I could (alternative healthy behaviour).

Or

Right now my (early maladaptive schema) got triggered by (trigger / situation). This makes me feel (emotions / feelings).

However, I know that I learned this schema through (origin). This leads me to exaggerate the degree to which (schema distortion).

So, even though I believe (negative core-believe). The reality is that (healthy view). This is supported by (life examples).

Therefore, even though I feel like (negative behaviour). Instead I could (alternative healthy behaviour).

Integration

In another post I will create an example of how I use the trigger schema and the flashcards. I will also probably edit this post sometime later on, but for now it is just a start. Because I have also combined a few flashcards with a mode flashcard structure and a trigger flashcard structure, as well as a schema flashcard structure with trigger flashcard structure. It’s just not one clear structure for both combinations yet. So as soon as I’ve figured that out I’ll include it as well.

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What I dislike about this community is that she can go around kissing 🚜 all weekend, but a week later she’ll wear something vaguely gay ( at this point what does that even mean?!?!?) and we’ll think that “ we’re so back”. They’ll immediately return to their delulu theories about performance art/ mass coming out.

As a POC swiftie im disgusted. I am sick of watching other white swifities on here either completely ignore her choices or excuse them.

That’s a 100% valid statement and it happens all the time—hell I know I’ve done it too! People have to get to a breaking point in their mental schemas of who Taylor Swift actually is in reality not in our fantasy of her to break free of the cycle IMO