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Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web

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Post by lazyasciiart » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 9:42 AM UTC

scyzoryk_xyz wrote: post #277

lazyasciiart wrote: post #162

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What do you mean by "these things" in the sentence "these things don't take 2 fucking months"? Getting their new pilot for effectiveness measurement from it's current state to launch? Where do you think it's at now, and why do you think two months isn't long enough to get to launch?

If a tobacco company tells you they've done internal research are you going to believe it? When anyone coming from a commercial background tries to do independent research with a reputable university or researchers it's going to take a lot more than 2 months to get them to do it. And if they're truly independent they're not going to be interested in just cooking the numbers to simply match your short-term product lau…

I think we have radically different interpretations of "launching a pilot". I consider that to be the beginning of an experiment - not the announcement of completed results.

Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web

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Post by KomoD » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 8:16 PM UTC

jeznag wrote: post #223

I've been using Shimmer for close to a year now and would highly recommend it. Have found it really useful and it's worth the money. I go over super specific issues with my coach each week in the 15 minute sessions: e.g. how do I prepare for a work trip without being late for my plane/forgetting half the stuff I need, how do I avoid being accidentally grumpy with my colleagues. I've written a detailed review here: ht…

I never really trust these kinds of "reviews", where you talk about x and sell a product related to x, regardless if the review was positive or negative

Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web

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Post by sanderjd » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 8:27 PM UTC

rendx wrote: post #279

sanderjd wrote: post #196

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I didn't downvote you but I honestly just hate this kind of thing. "You didn't have childhood trauma you say? Sounds just like something somebody who did have childhood trauma would say!" Like what the hell are you supposed to say to something like this?

It's always interesting to do some introspection. Why do you take offense from something that is simply not true for you? "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". Nowhere i…

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.)