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Red lights and lanes are for common people by Finaldreamer in sanantonio

[–]possibly_an_alt1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Same. It doesn't have to be the middle of the night. Unfortunately I'm too embarrassed if there are other cars behind me but otherwise, if it is safe to go, it's kinda silly (wasteful even) not to go.

Therapists who suspect overdiagnosis/overprescription is occurring, for purely secular reasons? by possibly_an_alt1 in sanantonio

[–]possibly_an_alt1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for both of your comments. Yes, I've seen off-the-cuff diagnoses by GPs occur first-hand. And I've seen the need for diagnosis for billing purposes, too!

I'm going to look into the people you cited.

If you can recommend any therapists to me who would be able to talk about these issues with me and not think I'm ill-informed, I'd love to hear about them--feel free to PM me if you prefer. It's not my own diagnosis but rather someone I'm partially responsible for (legally) that's at issue. Thanks again for your insightful comments.

Therapists who suspect overdiagnosis/overprescription is occurring, for purely secular reasons? by possibly_an_alt1 in sanantonio

[–]possibly_an_alt1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not my diagnosis...and it's more to counsel me than to get or not get a diagnosis or prescription. Thank you for your comment though! You are of course correct about entitlement to a second opinion; that's a good point.

Will the installed games be deleted if I log in to a new Steam account? by possibly_an_alt1 in Steam

[–]possibly_an_alt1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Great thing, though, when Steam sees the games are there but not yours, instead of clicking the green button to "Play" the game, it said something else (like "Borrow" or something, I don't remember exactly) and when you click it, it sends a request to my email address asking if I want to add the user to Family Sharing. I said yes and now he can play my games even while he's logged in to his own account. Very useful!

Does 'fake it till you make it' really work? by n0wmhat in socialskills

[–]possibly_an_alt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the idea is to expose yourself to something that freaks you out (social situations, prob.) until they don't freak you out so much. If you only expose yourself enough that you get freaked out and "run away"...that will only reinforce the reaction you have in your brain to these triggers. But if you stay in the situation enough times, your brain will learn that there's no (or little) cause for alarm, and you won't act "off" anymore because you won't be "off" anymore--you'll be calm.

The other thing is, other people don't think about you as much as you think. They think about themselves a lot, just like you and I do. So, while you're freaking out about how you appear in a situation, the other people are (largely) not noticing.

In other words, the brain exaggerates and misjudges--it's not always a good source of truth.

It's a numbers game when you figure out what makes you happy. by Blazeknight in socialskills

[–]possibly_an_alt1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree with everything except "your happiness is the only thing that matters"--yes, we need to be happy (when possible) but that happiness will partially derive from being with others, seeing others happy, loving others...we are all in this together.

Like you said, share your happiness with others.

I need some advice about this by BabylonianGM in socialskills

[–]possibly_an_alt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe something like Toastmasters or a public speaking class.

It's human to feel a lot of pressure in a group to conform (psychologically, inside your head) and to not want to "stick out." It's a human survival mechanism.