Psychoeducation Puns

Hi all,

I’m 41yo, and after a career conversion earlier this year where I went from Computer Science to Finance, I had/have to study and memorize a lot, which I find extremely hard/impossible to do.

After discussing it with my psychologist and my GP, I finally received my ADHD diagnosis this morning, which explains a lot of things in my history and current life.

I just took my first Ritalin, but I know there’s more than medication to try and fix this. I already developed a lot of workarounds in day to day life, but my GP suggested I consult in either “Ergothérapie du travail” or “Psychoéducation”. The best I can translate it is:

• Work Occupational Therapy
• Psychoeducation

A quick research indicates both fields require a graduate diploma and are pretty similar. I will look into it more after work tonight, but meanwhile, I wanted to hear about some of your experiences with either/both of these.

Thank you all for your help,

Simo

PS. Just in case you didn’t know this gem, this is now my favorite youtuber:

• ADHD - "Under The Sea" Parody
• I Have ADHD - "My Own Worst Enemy" Parody

My boyfriend just saw a therapist for CPTSD and she recommended reading The Body Keeps The Score. Unfortunately he finds reading about trauma to be very difficult because, after thinking his childhood was normal and good, seeing a perfect description of his life titled "these are symptoms of Your Parents Fucked You Up And Now Your Life Sucks And You Didn't Even Know It" (paraphrasing) hits too close to home and give him panic attacks. He has a much easier time passively watching informative videos about trauma instead of actively reading.

Do you have any recommendations for similar videos about trauma/CPTSD that I can send to him for now?

What the title says :)

In addition I am a healthcare professional along with bipolar type 2.

It's quite much knowledge, so would have to be in chapters.

I just finished an amazing book that really simplifies what happens to our bodies and brains during, before, and after anxiety attacks (aka adrenaline rush's).

The book is titled Untangle Your Anxiety by Joshua Fletcher and Dean Scott. It's bright yellow with a character drawing on the front.

I finished it in about 3 days because the tips and tricks in it helped me almost immediately.

One of the worst parts of anxiety is the mystery around what is going on with the body and the unending sense of doom that this brings. I hope this helps you all as much as it helped me.

TLDR: The book is titled Untangle Your Anxiety by Joshua Fletcher and Dean Scott. It's bright yellow with a character drawing on the front.

Just as the title says. I'm not interested in one of my graduate-school papers on attachment, I'm curious to hear recommendations from you on a book or a website that you might direct to some extremely well-meaning but inexperienced foster parents of a foster youth who has a really tough attachment history? The foster parents are open to clinical support so this is a positive opportunity. Just curious if anyone with more experience than myself has any go-tos.

I'm wanting to get a list of as many helpful CPTSD books as I can.

I'm relatively new, but the #1 book I know about (life-changing!) is Body Keeps the Score. The more I read, the more I'm interested in the science, the neurobiology, the theories, the research.

I also know about CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving and the Tao of Fully Feeling.

Any other books I should look into? Thank you!

TL;DR: I don’t know if this really qualifies as a breakthrough, but it feels like one because I was trapped in a feeling of hopeless despair and now I am excited by the possibility of healing.

I am reading Complex PTSD: from surviving to thriving and just in the first two chapters I feel like I’m reading someone’s unauthorized biography of me. Except for the sibling stuff; my sibs have always been great. Bottom line, I was letting previous diagnoses of Autistic Spectrum / Borderline / etc / etc limit my hope for progress. Now, I’m wondering if any of those are even really accurate. What if I’m capable of being neurotypical after enough therapy and hard work? I would do anything to be able to control the way I react to the world and not fly into 4F at the first sign of trouble.

Maybe I could even get my girlfriend back... I love her so much and I want the chance to prove to her that I can change... am I setting myself up for a fall? It feels like it’s ok to have hope for the future but I’m also scared that I’m creating too many expectations that could lead to Toxic Shame if things don’t go my way.

When it comes to the healing process I’m basically still a baby. I hope this gets easier / better as I go.

Hi all. I have a student who is bilingual in a not popular language, so there are no bilingual psychs available to test him. He’s in 6th grade. He’s almost tested out of ENL services, so i know he speaks English (it’s not like he just moved here).

I used a translator for another student just for a student interview and the kid started answering right after i asked, before the translator could translate. He even stated he didn’t want/need one. I’m worried this will be the same situation and this is a longer assessment so i wanna make sure I’m doing it correctly.

What are the general procedures for using a translator? Can the student choose to not use one? Or answer prior to the translator translating? I’m in NYC.

Thank you!

Just been noticing that people here are quite educated about lots of different models and treatments of trauma - and are always sharing that knowledge and becoming more and more educated as a sub. Even in the past year the average self-knowledge and awareness of each subscriber has increased substantially, from the comments I've been seeing. I think it says a lot about us. We don't give up, we keep fighting, trying to understand ourselves with compassion, even through the roughest shit. This self-dedication is something we ought to recognise as a positive trait in ourselves - that a light is still on somewhere in our dark world, and this little flame that will spread and light the rest of the way. All it takes is one ember that's still just burning.

I’m recently diagnosed with adhd as an adult. My diagnosis was through my psychiatrist but that test did not include a full examination of HOW I learn and process information.

If you’ve done this…how did it change your life and was it with it?

1. $$$ - if not covered by insurance was it worth the thousands?

2. Did you receive follow up care to help you function better at work or for exams/grad or undergrad?

3. Did this open up doors to any accommodations that were helpful that you weren’t using before?

4. What was your reason for doing it and what decade of your life did you complete it in?

I've recently been diagnosed with ASD and possibly ADD (I did the questionnaire but they are still discussing it). Next week I start with the first of four psychoeducation sessions. I was told that, if I want, I could bring a list of topics I would like to discuss in these sessions, or we could "just see what it comes up". The idea of "just see what it comes up" sounds terrible to me. I was hoping that once I got my diagnosis, I will get this psychoeducation where they will finally give me the instructions manual, 'How to Human 101', that someone forgot to give me when I was born, but alas, sadly that is not the case （>﹏<）

For those of you that have had psychoeducation as adults, what have been the most helpful information, what is the information or approaches that have had a positive impact on your lives?