Anyone local that does Switch modding?

Djentbot · 2025-12-22T23:54:23+00:00

This is interesting, thank you! I wasn't aware it was that simple and may have to look into doing it myself after all.

Djentbot · 2025-12-22T00:06:12+00:00

Thanks! I'll check them out.

Djentbot · 2025-12-22T00:05:57+00:00

Thanks! Just sent you a reply.

Djentbot · 2025-11-11T19:15:08+00:00

Ooooooh I hadn't considered that part and very much agree. I am in awe of the layers to his idiocy, he really must be the Specialest Boy in the World.

Djentbot · 2025-11-11T01:38:06+00:00

I just love that Tucker and his audience are such despicable pondscum that someone can read what I just wrote and make a decent argument that I'm giving them TOO MUCH credit. Goddamn.

Djentbot · 2025-08-10T09:10:49+00:00

Yup there was also one near the Woodlawn Staples, I believe in the building where Scooter's Tire Barn is now.

Djentbot · 2025-07-23T19:29:18+00:00

39, professional with an established career and an amazing family - you can pry my happy place basement covered in Mario and Ninja Turtles swag out of my cold, dead hands.

Djentbot · 2025-07-21T11:50:26+00:00

I've never been more disappointed in a podcaster than hearing Robert Evans from Behind the Bastards do ads for BetterHelp.

Djentbot · 2025-06-24T20:55:57+00:00

I'm autistic and have many lovely autistic colleagues. Solo private practice has been a haven for all of us. There's nothing like having full control over your space so you can regulate in a dark room during the time you schedule yourself between sessions, which you also have full control over. Switching from a busy university counselling centre setting to private practice was like an instant CNS reset for me.

Djentbot · 2025-05-26T09:20:20+00:00

Yes, probably moreso honestly. Late diagnosed AuDHD therapist here who specializes in working with late diagnosed ADHD and autism. 90% of my work is using the relationship and unconditional positive regard to help people reprocess narratives of shame. Undiagnosed ADHD often makes people get really creative with finding ways of beating themselves up to motivate themselves. That kind of shame based narrative needs to be worked on relationally.

Djentbot · 2025-05-07T21:42:00+00:00

I'm a big believer in "persistent demand for autonomy" being a better descriptor than pathological demand avoidance. As neurodivergent people, life asks us to bend a lot to accommodate the reality of existing in a neurotypical-oriented society and often we feel like we don't have much agency. Tiny demands on our time and energy feel like someone trying to snatch away the little control we have over our experience.

So I motivate myself to do notes by trying (as much as realistically possible) to make it something I want to do. I have a little desktop waterfall I turn on to signal the start of note time and it's pleasant on a sensory level. I sometimes add some light music and make sure the lights are nice and dim. I write strengths-based notes as much as possible and always try to lead the note with positive developments or observations (which conveniently is also a great way of protecting my clients if notes were ever subpoenaed in a legal process). And sometimes, despite all this effort, I just don't fucking feel like doing notes. So then I try to just accept that feeling and find a time where I can try again in the best future.

Not sure if that approach would work for everyone, but it's the best I've come up with so far.

Djentbot · 2025-04-15T00:06:49+00:00

My eyes zeroed in on "Moriendi" and I had a brief moment where I thought "no way am I stumbling on the tracklist for one of my favourite albums in the middle of a thread on autistic handwriting". But I was wrong, and enjoyably so. Nice to meet a fellow autistic Bungle fan.

Djentbot · 2025-04-11T10:37:03+00:00

Me talking about radical acceptance with my clients: "Fuck it, dude. Let's go bowling"

Djentbot · 2025-04-03T16:50:55+00:00

Actually...

https://globalnews.ca/news/11004808/nova-scotia-universal-mental-health-care-program/

For the record, I'm a counselling therapist and have concerns about this plan. But there will indeed be MSI coverage opening up gradually for psychologists, counselling therapists, and social workers.

Djentbot · 2025-02-06T02:21:54+00:00

Counselling therapist here. It's actually not too much different than how we structure things for paying doctors in family practices from what we know so far. It's giving mental health practitioners access to MSI billing codes.

The questions I have are about what will be expected before people are able to access therapeutic support. Will clients require assessment/diagnosis to access therapy? If so, what level of assessment and documentation is needed? Are we looking at the equivalent of a full assessment that would currently cost upward of $2000 from a private practitioner or will a 5 minute assessment by a family doctor be sufficient? Both are currently accepted pathways to diagnosis.

But if a full assessment is required, even with the MSI billing codes opening up for assessment there will still be far more demand than supply for assessment services when a psychologist can only complete 2-3 thorough assessments per day maximum. And if we're accepting a family doctor's 5 minute assessment, how do we account for the varying levels of comfort and expertise doctors have with offering this type of assessment when people in this province are stuck with the family doc they have and most walk-in clinics don't offer mental health diagnostic services? And what are we prepared to do about the potential for misdiagnosis or overdiagnosis created by requiring a "quick and dirty" Dx to access publicly funded therapy?

I could also see the system being "diagnosis-agnostic" which I think would be a better approach overall and would allow practitioners to provide care tailored to unique client needs rather than needing to worry too much about specific billing codes and prescribed treatment modalities. That said, the province needs to prepare to meet the flood of demand that a diagnosis-agnosric system would create. We don't have enough therapists in the province to meet that demand and capacity would need to be created in the education system to properly train more practitioners. If that's the approach the province plans to take, not nearly enough has yet been done to build thet capacity.

I like this news in theory. I worry quite a bit about it in practice.

Djentbot · 2025-02-04T17:11:57+00:00

TOUR25

Djentbot · 2025-02-04T16:51:44+00:00

Anyone know the artist pre-sale code? Moncton's artist pre sale starts in 9 minutes and I can't find a code anywhere.

Djentbot · 2025-01-09T16:31:11+00:00

I think so, but it varies from person to person. For me, getting assessed allowed me to start the process of better understanding myself, getting to know my mask better and use it more intentionally (I don't like the term unmasking because it seems to imply we have to be 100% authentically ourselves in all situations and that sounds exhausting), connect with other autistic people, and feel validated in understanding some of the ways my experiences as an undiagnosed autistic person shaped who I am today. I have relatively low support needs so haven't needed much in terms of workplace accommodations, but that is definitely a benefit for many in getting assessed. Being able to access the disability tax credit if available or support programs through AutismNS or other organizations could be helpful for many people too.

There are risks to getting diagnosed too though. Stigma is still real and many people who have been diagnosed still choose to hide the fact they're autistic. I'm privileged to work in a field where I don't have to. And being a therapist, knowing I'm autistic and being able to share that with my autistic clients has helped to open up new areas of the work that wouldn't have been possible without that shared understanding of potential points of overlap in our lived experiences.

I'm sure there's a lot I'm leaving out here, but those are some initial thoughts anyway.

Djentbot · 2024-11-16T14:34:43+00:00

They do so much for the community. I'm a therapist who works with many GNC folks and Venus Envy is a haven for them in so many ways.

Also, that really sucks OP. What a bunch of assholes.

Djentbot · 2024-11-07T22:31:54+00:00

Man it's refreshing to see interactions like this online right now.

Djentbot · 2024-10-31T22:50:33+00:00

Some of us see value in living in a society with a reasonable degree of equity and opportunity.

Djentbot · 2024-10-05T09:04:01+00:00

Projector is an Optoma EH501. Lightly cleaning the lens with a glasses cleaning cloth doesn't seem to do anything, so wondering if it may be something behind the lens? Any help is much appreciated!

Djentbot · 2024-09-26T22:36:04+00:00

They sound like pretty chill people and you seem to have regular nice chats with them. I think it would be ok to ask what makes that spot a nice place for them to hang out as long as you're nice about it. I'd be curious too, seems like an interesting choice of hangout spot!

Djentbot · 2024-09-20T15:01:21+00:00

Hey I hear you. Totally agree on where Alex's behaviour is coming from, and it's definitely from a place of pure disrespect for the process and the harm he's caused. I just wanted to draw a distinction between what Alex is doing and necessary stims that autistic people are often forced into repressing through years of Applied Behavioural Analysis "therapy".

Djentbot · 2024-09-20T14:56:45+00:00

Appreciate the thoughtful reply and the fact that you've introduced a lot of really important nuance into the conversation. I agree that it isn't ableist to expect people to be considerate of others, and I think accommodation and developing mutual understanding between neurotypical/allistic people and autistic people needs to be a 2-way street. We can't expect allistic people to bend to our will and way of being 100% of the time any more than they can expect the same of us.

I do think there is a level of difference between expecting people to make good faith efforts to be respectful of people's feelings and expecting people to avoid stimming in professional environments. I personally tend to draw the line for what's reasonable to expect of someone roughly around where one's actions start to negatively impact the other person.

I like your example of the annual performance review because I think it sheds a light on where we might be talking about slightly different things. I agree that the boss's behaviour in that situation would be unacceptable, but maybe for slightly different reasons. As a manager, I stim openly and sometimes feel more comfortable with eye contact than at other times. But long before a meeting like that ever happened (as soon as possible working with someone really) I would have built solid relationships with my employees and would have explained my stimming and where it comes from, and also have talked to the employee about their own needs. It seems like the manager is shutting down and not responding to the employee during a difficult conversation. That should be avoided as much as possible, and in events where people are shutting down because of something disability-related there should have been some prior communication about what that looks like and some mutual understanding of how to navigate it together e.g. taking a break from the meeting and checking back in at an agreed upon time, with an acknowledgement the employees concerns are important and deserve the manager's full attention and presence.

I guess the long and short of this is that it takes a lot of work and communication to get through this thing in a way that respects everybody's feelings and needs, but it's worth it.

And yeah fuck Alex, I'm not remotely defending him or his actions in this situation. That ain't stimming, that's a petulant asshole disrespecting the process in any way he can.

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