Posted by alexandra_k on October 9, 2013, at 16:31:02
In reply to Re: p-doc said... » alexandra_k, posted by Twinleaf on October 9, 2013, at 6:34:06
thanks. i'm not sure about the inter-personal trauma thing. i mean... i was traumatised, for sure, but a lot of other people suffer worse without it affecting them. and i guess that people with asperger's etc can get traumatised, too.
i think more particularly... he read like a couple pages from file notes and met with me for half an hour. that doesn't exactly position him for specific insights. he told me he specializes in autism / aspergers. which of course primes him for seeing it everywhere. he said that there is no treatment for it in nz. i did say on the way out 'so, uh, how do you get to specialize in something you don't even get to treat' (JOKE - I'M JUST MESSING WITH YA) except i wasn't joking, particularly.
i think... this is more about the possibility of benefits. assistance with earphones. with accommodation. people taking seriously how much the noises affect me. a diagnosis of trauma or DID or borderline or anxiety or depression etc etc etc won't enable the same level / degree of support. neither will railing about the poor fit with my current sh*tty environment and how i fit right on in to certain other environments that i can't presently manuouver myself into...
in a way... i feel that he could perhaps have helped me additionally with the ADHD thing and the provison of medication which is clinically proven to improve *everyone's* ability to concentrate. i suppose it might be that such meds are addictive... in which case i would prefer to avoid them. ADHD isn't his pet... i think it is more about that.
i think... community mental health will look at me / view me / treat me / interact with me very different in virtue of thinking of me as aspergers than thinking of me as borderline. i mean... if i tell them i'm overwhelmed and need time out (for example) they are more likely to listen to my particular complaints and less likely to brush me off 'go practice your skills dear'. which is horrible... but perhaps true. they will be more respectful / gentle about my reaching out for help. perhaps. i don't know.
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