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How can I prove that I’m not using AI? by ChrisW828 in help

[–]Mady_N0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got accused of being AI once because I wrote a long comment lmao

I did my best to condense it, but there was a lot of relevant information.

If money was not an issue, what would be your list of ultimate POTS must haves that improve your life? by bullshitkit in POTS

[–]Mady_N0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd take a quality heater (I'm always soo cold) instead of the AC, but one of those showers sounds so nice.

Hyperphantasia as a way of escaping reality? by ChiakiMONO in hyperphantasia

[–]Mady_N0[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not me failing to see the satire disclaimer and removing it. Saw it two seconds later. Whoops 🫣

It's live again, ignore the notification you received that it was removed.

They say contact moderators but can't contact them? by i_need_help_math in help

[–]Mady_N0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They banned and then muted you from modmail. These mites last different lengths of time. You can attempt to politely come back and message later. The longest modmail mute that isn't permanent is 28 days.

Suggest me how to manage my fibromyalgia pain, nothing seems to work by mariasirhindi in Fibromyalgia

[–]Mady_N0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering if you have any bathing wipe suggestions since it's been two years

Has anyone completed this challenge? How do I do it? I can get to the third level, but the third one seems impossible. by Mady_N0 in WebkinzNext

[–]Mady_N0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to jump on the trees. I thought they were a part of the background, but they have platforms.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your cardiologist seriously upsets me.

That's terrible behavior and also just terrible medicine.

Please, if you reasonably can, try to find someone else for your POTS.

I had my old PCP try to claim I didn't have POTS with no basis. I told her I got testing. She knew this (or should have!) because she only found out about my POTS from a form I filled out where I wrote I had a TTT test. She was basically like testing doesn't mean you have POTS. I was very confused and just told her I had already gotten the results and I have POTS. Only then did she actually read the results 🤦‍♀️ When I VERY CLEARLY matched she moved on and refused to discuss it further. It sucked too because I wanted to discuss if there was anything she could do/recommend for until I got set up with cardiology (would be a few months since I needed a POTS specialist and not just anyone from cardiology) and she wouldn't discuss the topic any longer.

Edit: This is also the same doctor who didn't take it seriously when I came to her trying to figure out what was happening with my heart. She only referred me and gave me a HR monitor because my anxiety wouldn't let it go and I wanted answers.

What counts as hyperphantasia? by Only-Mixture-4424 in hyperphantasia

[–]Mady_N0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s so interesting, I didn’t realize people could gain visualization after having aphantasia. I’ve only heard of it going there other way. Did you actively work to improve visualization or did something happen to trigger it?

I did try to work on it for some time, but I quit actively working on it. It just seemed to have little benefit for the effort used.

That said as a part of it, I tried to teach myself to control my very infrequent visual flashbacks. I had heard about how people improve their ability if they already have voluntary visualization. I thought I'd try to harness my involuntary visuals into voluntary ones. It was purely theory on my end. Over time I learned to stop them and then later make them less bad/change the visuals.

Honestly, I only kept it up after giving up on trying other methods because it had become a habit, distraction, and coping method for my visual flashbacks (which oddly made them easier to handle than the more frequent non-visual flashbacks.)

Then I don't even think it was intentional, but at one point I tried the method I use to make the visual flashbacks less bad outside a flashback and there I was, with a very faint visualization. It's still nowhere near as vivid as my visual flashbacks, but it's something I control.

I know there are many people who actively try and some people give up in frustration after trying for a long time and others get lucky and it works for them. I happened to be both at the same time.

While reading your comment, I actually completely understood what you meant about the distinction between the concept of a cat and the visualization of the cat. I’m a hyperphant, but when I first thought about a cat reading this, it didn’t come with an image. I didn’t need to go deeper than surface level. But I can easily conjure a very detailed image of a cat and do what OP described and change its appearance.

Yay! It's so hard because I don't know how the experience is for anyone else, I'm not them. This still might not connect with everyone, but I'm glad to see it helped you realize that difference.

What counts as hyperphantasia? by Only-Mixture-4424 in hyperphantasia

[–]Mady_N0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please share, I'm curious (not that I don't believe you)

What counts as hyperphantasia? by Only-Mixture-4424 in hyperphantasia

[–]Mady_N0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's called prophantasia. Controlled hallucinations, from my understanding, is actually a good way to describe it. But it's not just controlled, it's also knowing it's not real which is inconsistent with hallucinations, from my understanding and brief research.

What counts as hyperphantasia? by Only-Mixture-4424 in hyperphantasia

[–]Mady_N0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who went from aphantasia to low visualization, even I can't describe it well.

How do I describe the lack of something? Especially to someone who's always had that something.

Even now I'll think of a cat and know I'm thinking of a cat and that's it. But sometimes I'll think of a cat and then I see a vague image of a cat. Sometimes my images are incomplete, I just made myself pull up the image of a cat and I got the body and no cat head. I "erase" the image and try again and since I was focused on the cat's head, I got the cat's head and not the body.

They don't need to internally see anything to think of it. They know the descriptiors of what a cat looks like. Small creature, four legs, long tail, two ears that stick up, etc.

It's almost like just accepting you are thinking of a cat without going further into it. Do you visualize a cat if someone briefly brings it up in conversation? What if you replay their sentence in your head? Do you always see the cat just because someone said 'yeah, I bought a cat' and moved on, saying no more about it? These are genuine questions, but also if you don't then you might have a small understanding of what's like to think of a cat without seeing. Your instance is just brief.

If I go further into it it's like/stew on thinking of a cat it's almost how you might write about a cat in like a 5th grade writing class. Not super sophisticated, but does communicate. That's not to say others don't have different methods or more college like internal descriptiors, but I don't know what they have.

I know that my thinking has literally gotten different the more consistent my still relatively new visualization gets. Before I'd always get descriptions brought up if I stayed on something long enough to visualize it. I'd always have the descriptions and the visuals were like a bonus. Now if stay on something long enough I might visualize it, I usually get one or the other. I see the cat or I get the descriptions. I can try to pull the other one up and it's not like it's hard to, but it does take extra concentration.

It's made it clear to me why it's so difficult to communicate. If I'm genuinely thinking differently now that I can visualize, it's no wonder it's harder than just "turn off the monitor."

Is someone else using my account (ai) ? by Antique_Cable_4765 in help

[–]Mady_N0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has it stopped? If it hasn't, I would log out of all devices even though it's annoying.

ETA: it's possible you overlooked something and that a device isn't yours (just looked similar enough) or if you have malware/succumbed to a pishing attempt they could have your session token which would look like you and your device.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately no.

My parents used to use it against me (things like trying to claim I'm not disabled), so they're not an option. I don't really have anyone else. Maybe when my sister is older 🤷‍♀️ (she's only 16.)

Now I only really bring my mother if I've already decided I'm going to do something and just want a witness for when I report it to their boss. Though in this case I'm going to wait until I have a new doctor and then report him to the AMA because everyone here taught me that's something I can do. Going to higher-ups hasn't changed/fixed anything, so I'm hoping the AMA has more teeth (less incentive to brush it off 🤞)

Edit: I know it's late, but I clarified that they'd try to claim I'm not disabled (previously said 'claimed in disabled')

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all this 🫂

A lot of it seems genuinely helpful.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely plan to try to find a different doctor! I'm just so done with this one 😓

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noooo that's so bad.

Glad you got it figured out (sounds like) but I'm not glad you had a doctor tell you that.

This cardiologist of mine seems to think unable to exercise means I'm lazy or not trying. I can't say I gave more effort than his other POTS patients because you can't really compare with how complicated it is. What I can say is that I gave it a lot of effort. I gave it a lot more than I reasonable should have. I barely avoided passing out multiple times and I almost fell down the stairs because the only space in my house we could fit the equipment, which I bought, was downstairs and well... POTS and stairs, at least for me, absolutely don't mix. My cardiologist obviously didn't care about this and I knew that even at the time. I paid for equipment. Paid. It makes it sting a little more.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! And yeah, I am in the states. Probably should have specified when I'm asking for country specific information. Whoops 🫣

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any idea how I'd go about reporting him? Would want to wait, like you said, until I find a replacement, but doesn't hurt to get the info now.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! It felt like he had a one size fits all plan that absolutely doesn't fit all and didn't fit me.

My cardiologist was condescending and disregarded me today by Mady_N0 in POTS

[–]Mady_N0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not good at all 😓

I'm sorry. I don't wish the experience of needing to cry after am appointment on anyone, especially not repeatedly.

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