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So Angry at All the Lying, Stealing and Sneaking
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 271866" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Marg, WSM--</p><p> </p><p>I have also been wondering lately about "Theory of Mind"....</p><p> </p><p>When my difficult child was diagnosed with ADHD--she had been tested by a psychologist--but I don't think she received all of the testing that she could have (and might have yielded a more accurate diagnosis)--at any rate, she was never given a test that Temple Grandin describes in her books as the "Theory of Mind" test.</p><p> </p><p>"Theory of Mind" is the capability of understanding that different people are not you, and they have views and needs and wants and opinions and feelings of their own. </p><p> </p><p>When I asked my difficult child the questions that Temple had written in her book--not only were difficult child's answers COMPLETELY wrong...she had no idea WHY her answers were wrong, even after numerous people explained it to her.</p><p> </p><p>I am beginning to think that poor "Theory of Mind" is the explanation for some of these behaviors--stealing in particular. difficult child thinks that everyone has what she has--and conversely, she thinks she is entitled to what everyone else has. Anything less is completely upsetting to her...</p><p> </p><p>So it might not be so much a sense of entitlement--as it is a <em>lack</em> of a sense of separation, of differences--between "you and me" and "my role and your role" and "my stuff vs your stuff".</p><p> </p><p>What do you think....?</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 271866, member: 6546"] Marg, WSM-- I have also been wondering lately about "Theory of Mind".... When my difficult child was diagnosed with ADHD--she had been tested by a psychologist--but I don't think she received all of the testing that she could have (and might have yielded a more accurate diagnosis)--at any rate, she was never given a test that Temple Grandin describes in her books as the "Theory of Mind" test. "Theory of Mind" is the capability of understanding that different people are not you, and they have views and needs and wants and opinions and feelings of their own. When I asked my difficult child the questions that Temple had written in her book--not only were difficult child's answers COMPLETELY wrong...she had no idea WHY her answers were wrong, even after numerous people explained it to her. I am beginning to think that poor "Theory of Mind" is the explanation for some of these behaviors--stealing in particular. difficult child thinks that everyone has what she has--and conversely, she thinks she is entitled to what everyone else has. Anything less is completely upsetting to her... So it might not be so much a sense of entitlement--as it is a [I]lack[/I] of a sense of separation, of differences--between "you and me" and "my role and your role" and "my stuff vs your stuff". What do you think....? --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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