June 2011
169 posts
it really bothers me when people are rude, mean or...
inebriateofair:
thefistofartemis:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST.
YES.
Yes yes yes. I will admit to being facetious about grammar and spelling in my youth, but I grew up, wised up, and realized that it was oppressive.
“Though I clearly prefer shows of tolerance to shows of intolerance, I...”
– Jacques Derrida
“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is vertical, so...”
– Eduardo Galeano
Anonymous asked: What do you know about PTSD? In particular, late-onset PTSD? So many things I read either make me feel like there's no hope or that it's been too long, and I shouldn't be feeling like this now when for so long I was 'okay.'
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Ok, given that there are now 400+ notes on the beginner’s guide to the brain that I wrote earlier this week, I am now taking suggestions for new areas to write on:
What would you like to read about?
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fantastical-nonsensical-nonsense asked: i was very excited to find your blog (i'm a psych major and have been obsessed with psychology for years now, it's my passion). i definitely appreciate the accuracy of your blog, i've grown quite tired of how much the media and such have skewed studies and the entire concept of psychology. keep up the good work <3
bonesandwhatnot asked: About the post talking about the stereotype that autistic people lack empathy. I have an eleven year old brother who is severely autistic. He is extremely violent, for he knows no other way to express anger, disapproval, or disappointment. I am fifteen years old. Due to his medication, Risperdal (Risperidone), he is overweight. When my brother hits me, it is very painful and I cannot help but to...
On the Matter of Empathy | Journeys with Autism →
In the midst of this lack of true autism awareness, any assertion that autistic people lack empathy is nothing less than a textbook case of the pot calling the kettle black.
sickochick:
Neurodiversity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
back when I was running DA I was really trying to understand the neurodiversity stuff from the autistic pov and the idea of how there shouldn’t really be “low functioning” and “high functioning.”
And then all at one moment it just clicked and my head. I was like duh. Everyone is smart, they just express...
Youtube user KingsNJazz talks about the emotional... →
Neurodiversity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Neurodiversity is an idea which asserts that atypical (neurodivergent) neurological development is a normal human difference that is to be recognized and respected as any other human variation.[1] Differences may arise in ways of processing information, including language, sound, images, light, texture, taste, or movement.
The Best Advocacy is Self Advocacy: The Dangers of... →
youarenotyou:
this ain’t livin’: The Best Advocacy is Self Advocacy: The Dangers of Speaking for Others
People who position themselves as authorities and use that position to speak for others are not exactly breaking down oppressive systems. They are reinforcing them. They are making it…
flowsnake:
Yes, some prescribers play it fast and loose with the scripts. It’s that idea of, ‘oh, you’re shy and get butterflies before a test? You’ve got an anxiety disorder, you need some Zoloft for that’— that’s called anxiety, not an anxiety disorder, but more and more people can’t seem to recognize the distinction. I think some of the...
Medication and mental health (transcript to video... →
gkayy:
So here we go, another rant. (Video here)
A really common rhetoric I see within the “progressive” community is that of people who think that all medication for people with mental health problems is phony and unneeded - merely created my the pharmaceutical company’s to dupe naive people into thinking that their personality traits are medical.
Do you even know how fucking insulting...
"When People Say the Word Retard" →
marthaq:
Gillian Marchenko, mother of two daughters with Down Syndrome, has written a lovely post about why she has to speak up when she hears people use the word “retard”.
chailatteplease:
Here’s a really wonderful introduction to the architecture of the human brain, as it relates to psychiatric disorders. Thank you mindovermatterzine!
Thank you for your kind words!
Given the 100+ likes and reblogs of my beginner’s guide to the brain in the past hour or so (thank you so much!), I will be taking the time to write more of these kind of things from now on. I’m really passionate about making these concepts available to everyone - knowledge is empowering, and neuroscientific concepts shouldn’t be hidden at the top of an ivory tower. I think it can be really...
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llwynogod replied to your post: littlefaerie replied to your post: Just thought…
I’d personally consider it the cause of the death, since without that primary condition then it’s likely the person would survive. They would be healthy. I consider mental illnesses as being potentially fatal in that they can lead to suicide, etc.
I really want to pretend I’m an undergrad again and get...
tri-ingharder asked: In relation to Alzheimer's Disease, technically people do not die from the disease itself, they usually die from complications of the disease such as pneumonia. Accurate diagnosis can't be made until postmortem, using both biochemical tests and general pathological changes. Although it is progressive, therefore if secondary complications aren't encountered theoretically people could...
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littlefaerie replied to your post: Just thought I’d say, you can dee because of alzheimer’s. Basically you brain can whither away until you forget how to eat etc. Trust me, I’ve seen it happen with family (and I’m a student nurse)
Alzheimer’s itself does not cause the death though, its complications relating to Alzheimer’s. In addition the diagnosis cannot be made accurately until postmortem...
suddenpanic asked: In regard to Alzheimers I dare say if you knew someone with it you would say it is killing them. The rate at which someone can deteriorate is shocking, not only mentally but physically.
thatfeministwithglasses asked: Just thought I'd say, you can dee because of alzheimer's. Basically you brain can whither away until you forget how to eat etc.
Trust me, I've seen it happen with family (and I'm a student nurse)
Trust me, I've seen it happen with family (and I'm a student nurse)
Anonymous asked: Why do you refer to the men and women in your image descriptions as people instead of men and women? I hope I'm not coming across as ignorant here, it just reads a little odd.
missemmyloo:
you can’t actually die from alzheimers, just sayin’.
you can die with alzheimers but not because of it.
i get what this is saying, i just think it could have been worded better.
Yeah, I see where you’re coming from. I think what they were perhaps alluding to was the finding that the mean life expectancy following diagnosis is 7 years, due to related complications and...
iragray asked: thanks for adding the trigger warning. i honestly watched the video after adding it to my queue
AC360: "the Sissy Boy" Experiment →
rawkabilly:
Does it bother anyone else that the family are talking about how tragic this was and acting like they’re the victims in all this when they’re the ones that agreed to all this abuse? And even actively took part in it?
To think if his mother wasn’t so damn afraid that her boy would, heaven forbid, grow up liking dolls and feminine clothes and such he’d be still with us, goddamn.
I...
AC360: "the Sissy Boy" Experiment →
[Trigger warning: Theraputic abuse, gender policing, homophobia, suicide]
iragray:
A stunning story about an experiment on a five-year-old boy. His parents thought he had too many feminine traits.
A government funded research program in the 1970’s at UCLA set about trying to change this little boy. The result his family now says was tragic.
Truly horrifying. A classic example of abuse...
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lostgrrrls:
meloukhia:
come on up to the house: Its not long enough to be a manifesta, but it should be: So if “phobia” is considered ableist, then what are the…
cabell:
navigatethestream:
There is something that’s eating away at me within this whole conversation about “phobia” as a suffix being ableist. I don’t have a problem with the language being changed, especially if its...
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Ok, tumblr keeps deleting the ‘submit’ feature on my page, so if you want to submit and the page isn’t working, send it to me in an ‘ask’.
How we handle discomfort →
thisisnotpsychology:
Academic theories about how we handle discomfort.
Cognitive Dissonance: we try to reduce the discomfort of dissonance.
Actor-Observer Difference: others’ behavior caused by disposition, ours by situation.
Confirmation Bias: we seek confirmation that we made a good decision.
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Worst Things to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed
thisisnotpsychology:
Some people trivialize depression (often unintentionally) by dropping a platitude on a depressed person as if that is the one thing they needed to hear. While some of these thoughts have been helpful to some people (for example, some find that praying is very helpful), the context in which they are often said mitigates any intended benefit to the hearer. Platitudes don’t...
Anonymous asked: Why have you started using image descriptions?
