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Mar. 31st, 2006 10:36 pmyesterday i had training. It was about mental health and we made a very clever inside out dragon. it was mostly very good.
(what wasn't good was the sweeping generalisations that the mental health professional deemed it necessary to make, and I know that he would have been quoting 'general' patterns etc, but even so, when he is professing to train people he should at least concede that he is talking in patterns rather than exact definitions. And I know it is because of personal investment, but when he states that: those who (did/do) self harm are: female/chaotic/victims of sexual abuse/angry/with poor communication skills, I find it so frustrating! (actually, I was gonna write that it makes me angry, but I can't say anything because to challenge would lead to people suspecting..., so perhaps he has a point after all!!!)
Hmm
Today somebody nearly killed me. This might sound overly dramatic, and in fact it probably is. I was overtaking in teh fast lane at 70mph, when the little Ka in the inside lane decided to pull out. I was in his blindspot when he did so, which gives an idea of how close we were. our windows were practically parallel and i got a close up of his utterly horror stricken face. I screeched on my brakes and was fortunate enough to have been at a point where we were approaching an exit, so I flung my car into the third lane/slip road, and he veered back into his lane. I managed to avoid the central reservation barrier things and returned to my lane laughing hysterically. Which is a natural reaction to the adrenalin/shockyness, but I think confused the man who tried to kill me! am quite glad I'm not dead.
I would quite like a glass of wine..
(what wasn't good was the sweeping generalisations that the mental health professional deemed it necessary to make, and I know that he would have been quoting 'general' patterns etc, but even so, when he is professing to train people he should at least concede that he is talking in patterns rather than exact definitions. And I know it is because of personal investment, but when he states that: those who (did/do) self harm are: female/chaotic/victims of sexual abuse/angry/with poor communication skills, I find it so frustrating! (actually, I was gonna write that it makes me angry, but I can't say anything because to challenge would lead to people suspecting..., so perhaps he has a point after all!!!)
Hmm
Today somebody nearly killed me. This might sound overly dramatic, and in fact it probably is. I was overtaking in teh fast lane at 70mph, when the little Ka in the inside lane decided to pull out. I was in his blindspot when he did so, which gives an idea of how close we were. our windows were practically parallel and i got a close up of his utterly horror stricken face. I screeched on my brakes and was fortunate enough to have been at a point where we were approaching an exit, so I flung my car into the third lane/slip road, and he veered back into his lane. I managed to avoid the central reservation barrier things and returned to my lane laughing hysterically. Which is a natural reaction to the adrenalin/shockyness, but I think confused the man who tried to kill me! am quite glad I'm not dead.
I would quite like a glass of wine..
