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Update to self advocacy-Mental Health

Hellbell

Well that went down like a lead balloon.

nervous as heck telling the MH coordinator that I don't get feelings or emotions, that I had to be honest with myself that I had been masking as I was scrambling to meet expectations like we do when confronted with NT's and he gets all defensive? Throws it back at me saying well it was led by you, denied saying certain things to me, (I photographic memory me) and he just wouldn't accept the concept of alexithymia or understand neurodiverse processing...so i handed him the new strategy and NAS mental health update booklet, said there's training on the NAS website if there is funding for it, and left.

I feel insulted I think? that i know myself better than anyone else and he wasn't really listening to what I was saying, and started with the same old patter that every session started with...if it was led by me it would be autisticly modified not neurotypical led.

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  • I'm sorry to hear that HB, but I'm not surprised. I almost commented on your last post to warn you against bringing up the issue with them on your own. I've tried a couple of times to let certain so-called professionals know about my condition with the same results. I found the only way to approach them and to get a decent service is to initially involve an autism advocate to support me. It gives them the opportunity to prepare, I guess. Otherwise, they will get very defensive and try to deflect any criticism. 

  • in reply to ☕Tassimo ☕

    Exactly what happened. I wanted a month break to process but he ended just like that…not what I expected from a mental health professional who knows I have issues with abandonment….just proved to me that I can’t trust People with my internal life. It also showed me that if you divert from their expectations and are totally honest they can’t handle it. Makes me feel physically sick, I was honest and got dumped…again.

  • in reply to Hellbell

    I feel the same way with my ex-Landlady from Dublin; who demanded that I take the Vaccinations for Covid - even though I oppose them. (It's not like I'm galavanting about the place)

    This was a well-travelled, and cultured, woman as well. Yet, for her, TV is never wrong. Disappointed

    All I can do is pray for her, to save myself from anger.

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  • in reply to Hellbell

    I feel the same way with my ex-Landlady from Dublin; who demanded that I take the Vaccinations for Covid - even though I oppose them. (It's not like I'm galavanting about the place)

    This was a well-travelled, and cultured, woman as well. Yet, for her, TV is never wrong. Disappointed

    All I can do is pray for her, to save myself from anger.

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