User:ScooterDooter

Scout J, 20 year old guy from Perth, Australia. Undergrad student (Bachelor) of Psychology and Counselling and self-teaching Finnish. I like pressing the Random button to learn new things.

I have moderate-severe misophonia/misokinesia with chronic anxiety among other mental issues, and am hoping to work as a clinical psychologist and contribute to research towards understanding and treating misophonia.

My Stuff
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 * My Wikimedia user page
 * My minesweeper.online profile
 * A Collection of Free DBT Websites, Worksheets and Workbooks – https://linktr.ee/dbtresources
 * Free Semester Planner template for uni students (google sheets)
 * My taste in music (spotify link)

Collection of Interests with Links
!Misophonia ☆ Collection of relevant articles: Google Drive folder
 * Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2054837

☆ My Megadoc on Misophonia: Google Doc – constantly updating and adding to this, feedback appreciated.

Swedo et al. (2022): Consensus Definition of Misophonia: A Delphi Study "Misophonia is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or stimuli associated with such sounds. These stimuli, known as “triggers,” are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses that are not seen in most other people."

Rosenthal, Campbell and Altimus (2023): Editorial: Advances in understanding the nature and features of misophonia

Grossini et al. (2022): Misophonia: Analysis of the neuroanatomic patterns at the basis of psychiatric symptoms and changes of the orthosympathetic/parasympathetic balance

⚠️ Personal opinion: Don't go to an audiologist to get checked for it, that's like telling someone with visual hallucinations to go get their eyes checked. Misophonia concerns all but the quality of one's hearing, it is more of a neurological/mental issue than a physical/medical one. !Enigma machine / Alan Turing
 * Crypto Museum:


 * All Enigma Cipher Machines
 * Enigma Family Tree
 * Enigma I (Wehrmacht)

Parker Hitt (2015): Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers

Ertel et al. (2011): An Enigma Replica and its Blueprints

Christian Lendl (2012): Bletchley Park - British cryptanalysis during World War II

War Department Technical Manual (1944): Advanced Military Cryptography (TM 11-485) !Finland 🇫🇮
 * Learning the Language:

Grammar: A Grammar Book of Finnish by Leila White, A Comprehensive Grammar by Fred Karlsson.

A Short Course in Finnish: From Start to Finnish by Leila White

Conversational Finnish - Suomea Keskustellen: Textbook (713pp) & Workbook (521pp) by the FSI

General Framework for Learning LOTE: LOTE Curriculum Framework Learning Statement by SCSA WA

Mango Languages Guide: How to Learn a Second Language
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About me
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Favourites
!Movies/Videos • Boychoir (2014) – i cried
 * • The Imitation Game (2014) – i cried

• Kill Your Darlings (2013) – i cried

• Goofy Ravens Playing in the Snow

• Minesweeper: The Movie

• I LONG FOR THE GREAT RELEASE THAT DEATH WILL BRING

• Mmm egg in me

• Gravel In My Shoe

• The Krill

• My therapist killed himself and now I don't know what to do – makes me sad and contemplate how I choose to live and to die !Books • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson (PsyD) !Music • Finnish Metal (an extensive playlist, not mine)
 * • The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir by Issa Ibrahim
 * Mostly heavy/alternative,

• On Repeat (auto-updating playlist, mine)

• my timeless recommendations (fixed playlist, mine) !Games • Mario Kart (Wii)
 * • The Legend of Zelda: BOTW & TOTK

• Hogwarts Legacy, no matter how janky it is, that's what makes it special.

• Minesweeper !Miscellaneous • Number: 4
 * • Colour: red (#6e0101)

• Season: winter

• Page size: A5, very convenient

• Celebration/Holiday: Birthdays of those close to me

• Cereal: Crispix

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Beliefs, Values, and Identity
!General
 *  •  First, obviously, knowledge should not come at a price other than of time and dedication. The collective human endeavour to learn and teach should be a right, not a privilege.

 •  I am mostly in support of assisted suicide. My reservations lay in not knowing the intricacies of the exact current and possible future legalities involved, and philosophical/ethical dilemmas that may arise depending on the case. I want to explore all the outcomes and possible benefits and disadvantages of establishing one's right to die for both terminal medical/physical illnesses, and chronic mental health disorders, and how to discern which mental illnesses, if at all, could be eligible for assisted suicide as well as the specificities regarding so, uniquely belonging to each mental illness. If none, then that is okay. It is merely a topic I wish to explore.

 •  Recovery of any kind, for those of sound mind, should be one's own choice and not forced upon them for many reasons not limited to:


 * 1) it will not be effective if they are not motivated to recover or are actively wanting to get worse,
 * 2) rebellion via relapse, indulging in other harmful behaviours/substances, and possible suicide risk during and after intervention,
 * 3) if recovering from something not needing treatment, such as those in conversion therapy, it can do more harm than good.

 •  I am agnostic, though I can appreciate some of the teachings found within many different religions and philosophical works. If I find a teaching, whether religious or philosophical, that I think would be beneficial or constructive to practise, I will take it on. One could call this collection a kind of Toolbelt of Enlightenment, and I equip what fits with my morals and adjust my morals wherever I see improvement is needed. My end goal is contentment, in a way. Not happy or peaceful contentment, more so a comfortable indifference. I'm not sure if that means the same thing, but those words seem more correct.

 •  I always try to remain critical in my everyday thinking, with statements and concepts both trivial and widely popular. "Black and white thinking" takes hold of humanity with an unrelenting grip these days, and I feel more at peace remaining in the grey. More often than not, there is good/truth as well as bad/lies in either/all opposing sides of debate. E.g.


 * 1) "Medication doesn't work and therapy is useless": all medication is not poison or harmful, and therapy can only work with the right techniques, a competent psychologist, and a client willing to actively engage in work towards healing.
 * 2) There are no abusers without abuse in the first place; those who hurt are hurt themselves. If there is no one there to help them heal and grow then the opportunity is lost on them.
 * 3) See dotpoint above on agnosticism. I cannot fully support a religion with both relevant and irrelevant or harmful teachings, though I can support the good teachings themselves.
 * 4) "Freud is a freaky misogynist": He also gave us talk therapy. He gave out cocaine to patients, praising it for curing patients without it being at all addictive (later withdrawing his papers claiming such outcomes). He was the first psychologist to just listen to his patients rather than subjecting them to non/invasive therapies or procedures. He psychoanalysed his daughter which was highly unethical. If Freud was a woman, would you still hold the same opinion you have of Freud?
 * 5) "Kill all men": Women can be immoral and malicious too, as seen by this very slogan, and men can very much be victims of rape and abuse by women. This also brings trans people into debate with them being met with "oh, but you're an exception" as if they are not "real" men and some including trans men, saying that they should be killed too. Whether trans-inclusive or not this type of thinking still supports genocide of innocent people, even without agreed upon defined requisites for age and whether those <18 are to be killed also.

I have acquired a "greyscale" way of thinking due to seeing and experiencing the damage (and embarrassment) of heavily opinionated behaviour and words. I see no person as fitting only a singular role, I see no physical design as purely detestable or heavenly, I see no theory as bullshit or timeless fact. You cannot appreciate, nor form a strong opinion on, something if you do not look at the whole thing from all possible sides. Always challenge yourself by considering the opposite, and then everything in between. !Interpersonal
 *  •  I am fully, and peacefully, in support of LGBTQ+ people. I will not attack those not in support of individuals or groups in the community, however I do not approve of or tolerate discrimination in any form – towards anyone for that matter. You can hold your prejudices, and I can hold my own. Let's keep that stuff out of the way so we can get on with life without the added unecessary stress of hateful debate. If you engage in such behaviour with me, you will be ignored.

 •  Every human deserves at least a basic level of respect which can involve assertive communication, no malicious/hateful acts directed towards them, etc. One's identity or beliefs do not diminish that, only their actions and intentions.

 •  Honesty is something I strive to provide majority of the time. Obviously the truth at times is best kept to oneself, and sometimes people don't appreciate hearing the truth. Situations that otherwise do not require lying to avoid hostility are ones where I choose my words carefully to both be completely honest while witholding, if any, information that I do not wish to share. This not only makes things so much easier as lies are far too much work to maintain, it also builds trust among those you are truthful with.
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