Therapists are justâŠ. Common sense filters
Me: yeah so I just donât have the energy to get up and make myself a sandwich or wait for something to cook so I just. Donât
Her: why donât you just eat the sandwich components without putting them together
Me:
Her: you can just eat a handful of cheese and some sandwich meat. You donât have to make a sandwich.
Me:
Me: what
Therapists finding loopholes for mental illness things is one of my favorite things about dealing with mental illness because it really helps me understand that just because a reaction is Common doesnât mean itâs Right. Does doing dishes stress you out a lot? Buy paper plates. Do your obsessive thoughts make you worry about leaving your curling iron on so you drive home from work to check? Just put the curling iron in your purse and bring it to work with you while we work on tackling where this worry comes from. Symptom management doesnât have to look like drudgery.
i used to go days without showering because seeing my body was so upsetting that i would end up spiraling and then i realized i could simply turn the lights out. it took some getting used to but iâve been showering with the lights off for years and itâs now one of my favorite parts of my day.
do whatever you want nothing is real and thereâs no need to inflict unnecessary suffering on yourself just to try to seem ânormalâ
I love this post
Hmmm
These kinds of loopholes make life so. Much. Better.
One of my favorite stories is this lady had extremely bad OCD. Every day sheâd be late to work because she was convinced that her hair dryer was going to burn down the house so would always have to turn around and check it. Multiple times a day even. A bunch of doctors tied to âfixâ her of that fear, until one day she got a doctor that suggested she bring the hair dryer with her. Other doctors were annoyed, saying that wasnât a the correct way to help, but she gave it a go. When she had that fear, sheâd look over and see the hair dryer unplugged in the seat next to her and was able to carry on. I think itâs such a perfect example of actually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standard.
That story helped me stop repeatedly checking if my front door was locked. Instead of checking that the door was locked over and over I would check my security system app. If itâs on it will alert me if the front door opens.
ââŠactually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standardâ should be added to the Hippocratic Oath.
Started reading about the door and I thought they were gonna say they took the door with them
