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Re: The trouble with gyms... » Phillipa

Posted by alexandra_k on September 9, 2013, at 20:29:59

In reply to Re: The trouble with gyms..., posted by Phillipa on September 7, 2013, at 22:58:06

Yes, it does make sense that if you grow up with it happening... It never really becomes anything of a deal. I do understand that there isn't anything intrinsically sexual about the naked body. It isn't that... I think that part of it for me was that I spent a lot of time with a very good friend who was about 4 years older than me while I was going through puberty. She was very very very particular about covering up her body etc (had been sexually abused by her father). I got some of my feelings from her, I think. Copied her behavior and eventually came to adopt the sentiments, too. Was raised as an only child without siblings... I don't remember us actually having showers after PE at school... I can't remember if there were showers in the High School change rooms... I actually don't think there were... Hmm... Actually yeah, there were, but we never used them for compulsory PE and I dropped PE soon as possible... Then quit hockey because it interfered with my smoking...

Apparently the feeling was that people were particularly attracted to physiotherapy etc as a profession because they enjoyed physical contact. The thought was that the field simply attracted those kinds of people. I... Thought it would attract more of the people who had been through extensive rehabilitation for injury... Rather than the touchy-feely-gropy types... But what would I know... Apparently it was important to learn on the 'easy cases' first (people who enjoyed being touched by nearly everyone) then see people like me (more particular - who give off 'back off' signals every now and then) as a harder, special case. I think that is perhaps backwards. In the sense of being appropriately sensitive to obtaining consent / permission. Most people are going to feel weirdly vulnerable... And would want to know that the person would in fact back off if you needed / wanted them to... I would have thought... But whatever... What would I know. Apparently it is all about 'developing social confidence'. Because really... In the face of inability to acquire specialist knowledge / skills... What else do some people have?

(And I guess the thought is those fooled by their confident demenour... What, exactly? Deserve the 'care' they get?)

I think mostly it was about professionalism, or the basic lack of it. I forget... I've been socialized to be professional already with respect to my teaching. I have 'teaching mode' and it isn't much of an extension for me to see that clinical mode is an extension of the same thing. Other people have a harder time of it... The problem with it is that without the 'clinical mode' it is a bunch of people hanging out together (not particularly focused on what they are doing since they don't have particular ability to focus as yet) groping about. But it is okay - because they are enjoying it. They are enjoying themselves and having fun learning. That is the thought. I think... Ugh.

 

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