• SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Idk, it sounds like that’s a pretty good (and totally non-harmful in any way) strategy to help manage an inherently stressful thing like a job interview…? Do you not get stressed by those?

    I mean this strategy wouldn’t work for me because I don’t play those things but if they do, power to ‘em.

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      2 months ago

      I suppose so, but if someone is that anxious about an interview I feel like they probably need help more generally. If we really believe this is the only time they need to have a coping mechanism for their anxiety then I’d agree with you

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        2 months ago

        i mean, probably more people experience anxiety about an interview than don’t. having created a mechanism which supports this person in conceptualizing herself and her experience more positively to manage that anxiety is a good sign, to me.

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          2 months ago

          Again the question isn’t if people are nervous in interviews. Pretty much any human who has ever held a job knows this. My comment is that at least to me this screams coping mechanism I have difficulty believing they aren’t anxious about a looot of other things in life. And they can get help.

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            2 months ago

            Maybe their therapist suggested this. You are making a lot of assumptions about this person with absolutely no information.

            If most of my therapists had been told I did something like this and that it helped me they would ask about it to share as an option with other patients.

            Who cares if it’s a coping mechanism? It’s a healthy coping mechanism, the same as imagining someone dressed as a clown or something. That’s all therapy gives you anyway. Healthy ways to deal with the world around you.