Comment by sanderjd
2 years ago
I know this discussion is from long ago, but I just saw it, so I may as well respond.
I didn't say I find this offensive, I said "I just hate this sort of thing". That implies annoyance and disdain, not offense.
> There is a theory that claims everyone who has ADHD has pink hair." - "I don't have pink hair." - "Are you sure? Did you check?" - "Yes, I did."
> Actually, this kind of thing is exactly what you learn in trauma therapy to watch out for, take note, and investigate. You call it "triggers".
I'm confused what point you're making with these two paragraphs. That example back and forth is a great example of what sort of thing I meant when I said "I just hate this sort of thing". I would suggest that if you don't find the first interlocutor in that dialogue to be really annoying, then you're the weird one, not the person who already knows they don't have pink hair and really did not need to check.
If asking someone with non-pink hair whether they've checked the color of their hair is indeed an important part of training for trauma therapy, then I'm skeptical of those training programs. (But I doubt this is actually the case, and think it's more likely that it's an incorrect representation.)
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