Is there an actual difference between those situations where I get frustrated cause of irrational beliefs – ie. the situations where it frustrates me that I cannot do something, cause I jump to negative conclusions too easily -, and the situations where I feel overwhelmed by a chaoitic environment, like last Tuesday? I feel there [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Thoughts about Emotional and Behavioural Components of My Low Frustration Tolerance
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Personal on April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Paradigms about Behavioural and Emotional Inappropriateness
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Personal on April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This evening, I had one of these moments when I get totally frustrated without a clear reason except that I can’t cope with the chaotic situation. It led to a discussion with Arda on my behaviour and paradigms about it. I’ve wanted to write about this before, but I think I’m going to do it [...]
Thoughts and Feelings about Blindness and Sight Restoration
Posted in Blindness on April 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading a book entitled Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy. It’s the autobiography of a woman whose face is severely deformed due to a tumour. The book mainly focuses on the psychological implications of her unattractiveness. The first part, where Grealy describes being teased at school due to her misfigured face, doesn’t [...]
Preemie Ethics and Feelings about My Own Situation
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Personal, Premature Birth, Special Education on April 2, 2006 | 2 Comments »
There’s been discussion on various E-mail lists about some UK doctors who consider preemies born before 25 weeks gestation to be “bed-blockers” because they’re much more expensive economically than older preemies, whose care might be compromised. In all of these discussions, I’ve been highlighting the errors in the “babies born before 25 weeks gestation are [...]