deer witch

Anyone here have a #SSDI #SSI Psych CE? I have one in just under 4 hours, Any advice?

My psychiatrist and therapist (and I) don’t think there’s any clinical need for it, so I’m mentally seeing it like a social security interview masquerading as a mental health appt? Is that my best MO?

Dec 29 at 6:06pmWeb
Show threaddeer witchDec 30

It went well-ish??? I’m shocked??

Dr seemed to actually know what hEDS was, a little about ME/CFS, etc. We covered some ADLs & high level but accurate mental health. I described energy envelope & PEM. He even read me parts of his notes to ask if I agreed.

It was 3 hours. Most was brain testing, I did too well on visual & vocab prolly, but he seemed to understand a certain baseline doesn’t mean no mental health or cognitive impairments. Because it was so long, brain fog did pop up at times.

Show threaddeer witchDec 30

My partial psych hospitalizations came up which I don’t think were in the case? (maybe? Can’t remember the brain fog is so bad after all that brain exertion but I don’t think so) , so that was a good since I was told usually people my age only get approved if we have mental and physical disabilities

hopefully might offset “patient is S tier at visual puzzles” 🙈

seriously I kinda wanna get those blocks and that book I fuckin loved that shit

Show threaddeer witchDec 30

Anyone know games with vibes like this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_design_test

Block design test - Wikipedia

Show threaddeer witchDec 30

“the superior performance of autistic individuals on the block design test”

tell me something I don’t know

he said I was one of two people to finish one and then was like sorry I’m not supposed to tell results lmao

Show threaddeer witchDec 30
And yuuuuup there’s the crash. big ouchies.
Show threadRainbow (plural system) 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 31
@moss (Indigo:) So much sympathy 💙 Best wishes for your baseline!!
Show threadIrenes (many)Dec 30

@moss oh yeah those blocks are surprisingly fun

you're really not supposed to practice with them though, the thing is calibrated on the assumption people don't

Show threaddeer witchDec 30

@ireneista yeah that makes sense, I more so want a diff puzzle game that has a similar vibe anyway !

(Although hopefully I don’t have to do some of these again any time soon it’s too exhausting, 3 hours is way too much cognitive for me 😂)

Show threadIrenes (many)Dec 30
@moss legit!
Show threadStarSlothDec 30
@moss I was average speed overall on the testing that included those blocks, except on the blocks test where I set speed records according to the testing psychologist 🤣 Yea lady I am good at patterns
Show threaddeer witchDec 30
@silhelm 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Show threadhandmade ghostDec 30
@moss Not card-based, but have you played the video game Fez? In it, you play as someone given a magic fez that reveals their 2d world is actually just one of four sides of a 3d world. The game involves a lot of similar spatial design manipulation.
Show threaddeer witchDec 30
@handmade_ghost oh! i haven't played but I've heard about it, I think i heard a "making of" a long time ago for a game design class. That's a great idea!
Show threadhandmade ghostDec 30
@moss I found it super fun and addictive.
Show threaddeer witchDec 30
@handmade_ghost I also love monument valley, which is maybe a slight kin?
Show threadhandmade ghostDec 30
@moss Ooh--yes! I love the MV games (esp. the first two), and there are definitely overlaps in how you manipulate the field of play.
Show threadPatrick LangDec 30
@moss check out these 3 - Sagrada, Patchwork, Framework. All have some positioning mechanics, minor resource constraints.
Show threaddeer witchDec 30
@patricklang thank you 💜🥰
Show threadTammy SchochDec 29
@moss decades of psych nurse history before I did this. I just answered the questions, all of which I had asked hundreds of times to my patients. It was an hour long. No problem.
Show threaddeer witchDec 29
@TammySue thank you Tammy!! 💜💜💜