Does anyone here ever feel like you don't know what you want to do? Like just in the moment your like "what do I want to do" and you can't answer it because you have a hard time lisening to your desires?
It's a very strange feelings since desire is such a core aspect of humans to not know my own. I don't even know if I want to read or play my xbox even if I know I want to do something.
Can anyone relate to having major mental health problems from ABA?
Sometimes I just have really bad days and want to know if anyone has the same.
I have a lot of issues with how ABA has been done in the past. My father utilized similiar behavior science based methods to abuse and traumatize me growing up so I deeply understand how and why it can be so harmful. However, I have found some clinics that use ABA in an assent (consent) focused way to help teach skills and improve functional communication without overworking the kids and forcing them to mask. I know the code of ethics was not introduced until 2022 and therefore many of us who are adults now that have been treated were not treated in a helpful way.
I guess my question is, what are some of your thoughts on ABA and how it has advanced over the years? Do we disregard an entire field because it was traumatizing and used incorrectly, like so many other scientific and medical fields? Do we learn from the mistakes and try to utilize what we’ve learned in ways that do not cause harm? How does our community feel and what are your personal experiences?
I wanna add more subreddits (or other resources) for people but idk how to figure out what does / doesn’t exist.
Does anyone have suggestions on what would make sense as to “other places to check out”?
I know there’s radicalmentalhealth , autistictraumasurvivors , and therapyabuse but idk if there’s others that’d make sense to include
I might be thinking about the wrong thing, but god it irritates me so bad when ABA people deride psychology as “mentalism”, or act like basic psychology concepts like positive/negative and reinforcement/punishment are ABA specific and not just…. General principles.
Mental vs behavioral isn’t even much of a debate anymore, literally all the psych stuff I find acknowledges that there’s a combination of mental, physical, and environmental factors that impact stuff (like the biopsychosocial model!). Like, most people aren’t arguing that it’s just mental anymore, and it feels ridiculous that there’s a group that’s still arguing on focusing just on behavior.