Christ van WillegenSometimes, NT behavior can be really dangerous for ND people! I was told to use an inhaler for my lungs. "Exhale, inhale deeply, hold your breath for 10 seconds, exhale, and rinse your throat." After falling to the floor twice from losing consciousness, I contacted my doctor. He told me that "we say 10s, because then people hold their breath for 7, which is enough. But, knowing you, you hold it for 10, which may lead to fainting. So, hold your breath for 7 s". Great... @actuallyautistic
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@cvwillegen @actuallyautistic what kind of shit is that, 10 is 10, 7 is 7, that makes literally zero sense
@cvwillegen @actuallyautistic i feel like even a NT would be confused by that shit
Antonius Marie ⚧@atlrvrse @cvwillegen And holding your breath for x seconds is really hard! Not the holding the breath, but know how long, I mean.
I've been told to "slowly count to 5", or the trick of counting "1001, 1002, 1003" (which approximates 1 second, assuming one doesn't hurry it over.
Agree that it's shite to go "well, we say X but we assume everyone will do Y"
@melindrea @cvwillegen "slowly count to 5" just tell me to count for more seconds omfg
@atlrvrse @cvwillegen Perhaps the best would be to check at the appointment if the client can count to 7 seconds accurately =) Since I 100% know that I can't =)