Tania Melnyczuk

Diary

My Diary is my catch-all category for posts that don't fit neatly into one of the other categories.

How much do psychologists know?

How much do psychologists know?

This morning, on Twitter, someone posted this:

You are at work and have to run a meeting. A traumatized little is frontstuck and you have 12 minutes to calm them down. #DIDNightmares (Based on a harrowing true story)

https://twitter.com/10CatsIn1Coat/status/1518679179008618498

I wondered whether the average English-speaking psychologist would even know what that means. I do know for sure that it takes a beyond average one to help a client develop strategies for situations such as these.

How much would a psychologist who’s living life largely away from social media understand of the person’s Twitter bio, and why those terms are in there?

A bunch of cats in a thirty-something DID coat, learning to thrive. Agile coach, pinballer, novelist, gaymer, visually impaired, they/she/he

The Arcades @10CatsIn1Coat

Are you in touch with patient communities, and learning from them?

Gestures and glances

I have never met an autistic person who uses a letterboard or keyboard to communicate saying that they were happier when they were only using a few gestures and glances. Parents who deny their children the right to develop the motor skills for communicating in full,...

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Planning the QAnon ARG: What was it like to be there?

Understanding that QAnon was a psyop pitched in a PowerPoint presentation in a meeting, paid for by a client, and then designed and run in fulfilment of a contract like a marketing campaign makes my mind go to the scenes where the ARG designers decide what to put into...

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#RIPDrSindi

I don't want her to be dead. Of all the deaths this past year, this one hurts the most. She will be so missed. She was so much more than her work. It was how she was with everyone. She was so kind. She was so good. She really was a good person. Many famous people died...

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