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He said $100.00 is probably a deal.
Jesus, the things you get me into, Sketch! 8`-)
P.S. If my spouse now gets me a straightjacket for Christmas I'm coming to kick your ass, Sketch! >:-P
P.P.S. Guess I could give it to ~Me, though . . . . .
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By the way, Sketch darlin', you better be my alibi when my husband uses the computer over the next few days and all the ads start coming in for kinky stuff. 8`-)
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Does anyone out there know an affordable place to get one? I'm claustrophobic, but for some reason it doesn't bother me as long as my face is uncovered. Besides, I think I'd rather face my fear head on than spend the rest of my life hiding from it...
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Temple Grandin, a woman with Asperger syndrome, writes in her books that a number of years ago she made herself a "squeeze machine" and the consistent pressure on her from the machine helps her relax when she is upset or stressed. This is a similar concept to the straightjacket or being held in a physical restraint, and folks who respond positively such as this may have sensory integration issues.
Rather than using mechanical restraints, I used to use physical restraint if I had someone who was out of control, if a simple time out in the other side of the room didn't work. It was my experience with the vast majority of the folks I worked with that they relaxed as soon as they knew I had them in a crossover hold (cross their arms in front of them and stand or sit behind them while holding their arms). Since I am 5' 1" standing on my tiptoes and as wimpy as anyone can get, I obviously don't have the ability to hold anyone for very long "against their will," but I was always amazed at how many folks would just relax and sit back calmly as soon as I had my arms around them to keep them from hurting themselves or others. They knew I was never going to hurt them or let them get hurt, and they just needed to be able to get themselves together without anyone overstimulating them by talking to them or lecturing them or yelling at them - just basically letting them calm themselves down so they could learn to do it by themselves at some point, which most eventually learned.
The majority of facilities for folks with intellectual disabilities stopped using straightjackets 20 - 25 years ago, and that was actually my job at the first facility I worked at back in the mid-80s. 24 of the 45 folks I "inherited" on my caseload had behavior "treatment" programs that included mechanical restraints of some sort (straightjackets, wrist restraints, 4 point restraint, helmets, papoose boards, etc.) and we were able to get all 24 programs discontinued within a year at the same time we decreased their psychotropic medications. That was pretty swell. This was a group of heavy hitters with multiyear histories of restraint and excessive amounts of medication, so I myself was amazed we all made as much headway as we did that year.
Anyway, at some point we had a number of straightjackets that we discovered somewhere that we hadn't yet scrapped. One of them was "just my size", so one of my coworkers tried it on me, secured it, and walked me down the hall, laughing, and as we turned the corner we walked into a conference room full of important executives, so to get out of the embarrassing spot I had to drool and shuffle and make strange noises, and then everyone looked away in embarrassment to be "polite", so we were able to get the hell out of there before anyone actually looked up and saw that it was just us.
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I'd rather be hugged by ~Me than by me, if you catch my drift.....
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my email is whalen22003@yahoo.com-could you let me know where you found the movie??
thanks!
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Used to be in theatre...
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Sketch, That is the reason I dressed up as a clown for Halloween one year, to face that fear.
And my Dearest Lynne, I'd LOVE one! THanks for thinking of ~Me!