The Psychology Professor Challenging Autistic Influencers

begging yall to stop saying THE Ukraine

I figure you cherry picked this outfit?

I'd like to have thumb holes but I'm so tall that everything is a bit too short especially the arms of jackets.

I realized after years of breaking down about dishes, being depressed and upset at myself for not doing dishes, and fighting with my partner about doing dishes, that I, too, HATE how it feels to do dishes. I got dishwashing gloves and it is a GAME CHANGER. I can't wash dishes without them now.

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Great video but I must point out Dr Inna's shirt thag says ""I'm speaking" -Kamala Harris" is reffering the time Harris interrupted Pro-Palestinian protestors

People in eastern Europe have a different way of giving criticism. It's very blunt and very honest and when I came to the UK to study art I was shocked at how many students were getting offended by the teachers giving them the smallest amount of criticism. Every criticism has to be a compliment its like they're talking to children. So this is a cultural difference that english people don't understand because it's a culture of not hurting people's feelings. And you get that with many other cultures outside of the west that is more straight forward and I think English people don't consider these differences. In our culture sugarcoating things is seen as fake or inauthentic so the people seem colder but we show affection in different ways.

Ngl i call myself neurospicey because its fun and i like spicey foods. 😂 though now ive heard it i like the idea its just seasoning. Its not everything that i am. Its not my whole personality. Its just a little spice in my personality soup. Just one ingredient of who i am. Im also physically disabled and I refer to that sometimes as being 'mobility fluid' some days my legs say yes other days.... not so much 😅 im not minimising it im definitely disabled but why always be serious and somber about it.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how Taylor intended it, they made a generalisation. These kinds of posts do contribute to the trivialisation of Autism to wider audiences. I can’t find fault with anything Dr Inna has said in this video. I can understand feeling a bit defensive of your friend when you see her featured on Dr Inna’s videos but no one who puts out psychology/heath misinformation is above criticism. It’s an opportunity for Taylor and other creators to reflect on how they present information.

There is rumor of Van Gogh cleaning his brushes with his teeth (cadmium being very toxic) or getting syphilis. Guy had a lot of things that could have caused his “madness.” So to say he had neurodivergence isn’t far off being as a large amount of people who go to art school are to this day diagnosed. (My neurodivergence was caught in art school by my professor and sent to a specialist to get the diagnosis.)

I'm a huge fan and also terrified of her. What if i accidentally do a misinformation 😅😢?

Thank you for including the meaning of "throw the baby out with the bathwater". I had no idea 😅

I find Inna rather repulsive

I am autistic and slavic. Not doing well

I think there is also a growing number of viewers who aren't neurodivergent but casually watch or actively seek out videos to better understand things like Autism and ADHD. If they are then thinking (for example) "Oh, my autistic student/nephew/neighbour etc. hates getting their hands dirty, " they might considerately give them gloves to wear, believing that they understand what that person is feeling. I think when content creators are more clear about their statements and examples, it instead encourages others to not assume things in this way.

Rather than deciding for an autistic student that they need to wear gloves, it would be great if the teacher understands to check regularly if things are bothering the student. I think that videos like these can help people become aware of ways they may not have realised neurodivergent people can differ from neurotypicals, but need to be mindful not to promote generalisations, misconceptions etc. among people who don't experience it for themselves. 🤔

I love that people said autism awareness, when in real life; only very few accept us, we can't talk about anything, if you talk about something typical you don't know! But if you talk neurotypical you can't talk about it either. Seen really hard at least for me. I don't understand people, and can't communicate but “I don't look autistic” according to them. 😒

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Also, the fact that she's pro self diagnosis, and gives the exact same advice as I do- to research the actual criteria- is just 🤌🤌🤌 I love her honestly

I was ready to get annoyed with her about this, but she's right. Mom on the Spectrum seems lovely, but she does actively frame it as 'autistic people do this full stop,' whether she intended to or not. Most of the autistic people I've met, including myself, struggle profoundly with imposter syndrome, often reinforced by irresponsible professionals (edit: lmao, you literally said this half a minute after me typing it.) It's important that we as a community don't replicate this reductive dynamic, because it's exclusionary. There's nothing wrong with her promoting these things as relatable, because for many they are. But the semantics here are important. I'm glad she made these important changes.

I find Dr Ina to be so comforting. I’ve been working on my ADHD coping skills for 25 years and have been acutely aware of the way it affects my life. I find the “neurodivergent people be like…” “neurotypical people be like…” form of content to be pretty annoying. ADHD/Autism is so varied in the way it presents. Those varied presentations can be linked back to the diagnostic criteria. Although the DSM has many flaws I have seen people say things like “you can just sense the ND vibe.” No you cannot. Furthermore, ND is more than ADHD/autism. We are not a monolith. As someone who also has bipolar disorder, I feel that those of us who have mental health Dx outside of those two things are often overlooked and pushed aside. I just really love her and her approach to misinformation. Tone policing is often an issue for ND people. I suspect if she wasn’t a middle aged woman, she wouldn’t be as criticized for it as she is. I find her content to be more relatable than many other creators. I really like that she’s so blunt.

I find the second someone mentions they're a feminist or atheist people suddenly decide their tone is arrogant. People don't like being told they're wrong. That's what it comes down to. The tone seems grating because it's telling people things they don't want to hear and making them feel bad about things they're doing that are wrong.

This is doubly true when it's a women. Coverture only ended in the 60s/70s in many western countries. It's not long enough ago, and not enough has been done to overcome those ways of thinking. That women should be gentle, soft, supportive and in service of men. Being a feminist or atheist moves directly against this. A discordant sound.

All this just to say her tone didn't strike me as aggravating and that's probably because I'm an autistic, an atheist, a feminist, a woman and Australian. She doesn't brush up against the sensitivities she might with someone else. Now if you want to talk about someone who absolutely infuriates me because he brushes up against sensitivities from years of shitty psychiatrists, that would be HealthyGamerGG. He's every bad psychiatrist a person with AuDHD has ever had and he's so wrong and it's so upsetting

You present as more condescending to me than her, but I know for a fact why you do because I am exactly the same. I am also an asshole though so I kind of own that reputation even when I'm not exactly earning it in the moment. You are not an asshole, so you're unfairly stuck with that presentation.

I would say that you buy into the patriarchy that you should be 'demure' and 'mindful'. Most American women do. Maybe that's also an issue for British women? I have never been that woman so I can't relate. How much do feelings matter? They don't. Not when you're looking only at the data. It only matters when it is the data, or when you are dealing with social currency. In other words, it matters irl when you're deciding whether the relationship matters more than the truth or not.

But a major part of my autism is that everything has its own place. I have a major issue with that. There's logic, there's emotion, there's logic mixed with emotion, the logic of emotion etc. Everything has a box it belongs in and if you mix them up I hate it. So I'm extremely biased.

I've edited this to correct my spelling so many times. I'm not doing it anymore. Today, English is not working for me. Please excuse my poor spelling and grammar my silly brain is skipping over letters in particular today.

i believe the "we wait for a long time before we talk" is a direct response to knowing you interrupt. like being super cautious you wont interrupt because people often berate you for it. which is a specific kind of masking, which is autistic.
however the claim that neurotypicals dont ever do that is quite untrue. but there does seem to be a difference in motives between NDs and NTs doing this

I think shes great. There's so much crap online about neurodivergence and most of it is complete nonsense and she cuts through it.

Regardless of what she says and even if I agree with some of what she said, this Dr Inna is an incredibly annoying pedantic condescending know-it-all. I don't know how anyone could bear to watch her videos.

Atheism is a depressing world view. Atheists are more likely to self harm.

I'm a Christian and I don't like talking to atheists because they're smug and self-righteous.

Van Gogh - did he eat too many lead paint chips checkout this ad laden article to find out "maybe"

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Taylor is over generalizing in those statements, and that’s the kind of technique that will promote unhealthy self-diagnosing. I agree with Dr. Inna.

This is just a personal thing and obviously based on my own unconscious biases to some degree, but the thing that bugs me is less her tone and more the interpretations she makes of the creators she reacts to. To me, it sometimes seems like she’s doing the most bad faith reading possible, and I really don’t think that’s fair. It’s interesting because I usually don’t disagree with her, especially not when she’s talking psychology facts without reacting to a specific person. In fact, I quite like her content when she’s not doing reaction videos. Idk, I just feel for some of the random tiktokers she reacts to who probably were assuming that a lot of the disclaimers were implied. Also there’s the thing of RSD, where rejection often hits harder for ADHD people, so maybe that’s why her reaction content is hard for me because of the secondhand shame I feel if I’ve thought or said something she’s criticizing. Idk, this was super rambly, this is just a very interesting situation and I have too many thoughts on it! (And no one in my real life wants to hear this so I hope you don’t mind if I drop it here lol)

Tone and attitude are two different things as far as Im concerned and shes making a false equivalence in order to shield herself from criticism. This is not a matter of "bluntness" simply a matter of "im right and you're wrong and we're not going to discuss it". That is no different from making claims that ALL autistic people do this or that. Only Taylor was willing to consider feedback meanwhile the good Dr. is in complete denial and defensive stubborn refusal.

I relate to way too many of these things. 😅 This is confusing me.

You might be right about the cultural point of view. From a French perspective, she don't look that much disrespectful or to direct

Thank you for sharing your experience with us

I like her. She keeps it real and factual unlike many other TikTokers.

She‘s rude? Ever heard a German discussing stuff they’re passionate about? THAT can sound rude. 😂 Cheers from Germany!

I love her

You will not need to make any disclaimers if you slow down and think enough about WHAT you are saying. If you are purporting to be some sort of expert, or even if you are giving your offhand opinion, you should expect to have that opinion rigorously criticized. Otherwise, what are we even doing here?

I feel that the policing of her tone is more to do with her gender and sexism than her actually being rude. People don’t police men in the same way. I also dislike the lists (as a late diagnosed autistic person), it only brings out my imposter syndrome. Honestly, I didn’t think I related to the interrupting thing until it was explained.

I think candor (things that are true and necessary but not necessarily comfortable to mention) is an important skill that not every culture values to the same extent. I would say respectful bluntness is a way of speaking candidly.

Not everyone likes candor but it’s a very necessary part of life that many autistics are actually great at! :)

She talks like allllll of my teachers! Typical Slavic manner, I love this bluntness, makes me wanna learn

Oh yah, isn't she a zio?

this is the first time i've heard of this content creator and honestly she doesn't strike me as condescending. she is definitely blunt and direct but she explains herself pretty well. to me her tone reads as someone fed up with the bs being spewed all over the internet about mental illnesses which honestly is very refreshing. i especially like her take on self-diagnosis and her understanding that its hard to get a professional one sometimes.

Lol I have been listening to this as a podcast and I have known neither of those named creatorsor their faces before. I didn't look at their faces, I'm not good at remembering faces or voices and now I'm confused 😂