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Autism, Mental Health & You: Understanding the Connection - Part 2
Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of autism and mental health in our latest podcast episode! This enlightening conversation delves into the connections between autism and mental wellness, highlighting that a significant portion of autistic individuals also face mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. We unpack the common misconceptions surrounding autism—addressing why the number of diagnoses has increased, largely due to better awareness and reporting rather than a real surge in cases.
As we share vital information and research, we emphasize the importance of creating supportive environments and resources for individuals with autism. We discuss ways families can advocate for their loved ones, explore available treatment options, and highlight the critical role of primary care physicians in this process.
This episode is not just for those directly affected but for everyone who wishes to understand and empathize with the autistic community. Our conversation paves the way for breaking stigmas, shedding light on hidden struggles, and highlighting the importance of partnership and understanding in the journey toward mental health.
Don't miss out on the insightful resources we share, including links to organizations that provide further support tailored for those with autism. Join us, and let’s foster a more compassionate society together—subscribe, share, and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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The Motor City Hypnotist
David Wright: 0:00
In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast we are back with part two of autism and mental health we were talking last episode of. Part one is out there, so if you haven't listened to that, you can jump back or you can listen to it after this one. But Matt and I were just talking in between shows. Even that we've done like almost 300 shows, we've never covered autism. So I feel like this is a really good. I'm glad we once in a while we'll come up with something new. Yeah, I mean, it's just surprising that we've never talked about it, which is surprising to me. So, but we're here with autism and mental health part two. We're going to get into some specifics. As far as you know, if you know somebody who's autistic, or if you may be autistic yourself, some strategies or and that that can help you, and, as usual, we're giving away free stuff. Hang in there, folks, we'll be right back this sounds like something for the authorities in detroit.
Announcer : 0:57
Well, jokes on you. I'm living to 102 and then dying at the city of detroit guys like this can't take over here.
Matt Fox: 1:03
out of Detroit Spawned in the hellfires of Motown, take him to Detroit.
Announcer: 1:09
No, no, not Detroit, no, no, please Anything but that no.
Announcer : 1:16
Stationed in Drambuie. It's worse than Detroit. We did not have, as a unit, the confidence that we felt like we needed to beat detroit. Let's go to detroit now. You're talking brother. I don't think so. He plays for detroit now. Do they have many farms in detroit?
Matt Fox: 1:33
detroit to michigan I go to school.
Announcer : 1:36
I know where detroit is get ready for the motor city hypnotist david r wright. Originating from the suburbs of Detroit, michigan, he has hypnotized thousands of people from all over the United States. David R Wright has been featured on news outlets all across the country and is the clinical director of an outpatient mental health and hypnosis clinic located just south of Detroit, where he helps people daily using the power of hypnosis. The power of hypnosis.
Announcer: 2:16
Welcome the Motor City Hypnotist David R Wright.
David Wright: 2:24
What is going on, my friends? This is David Wright and we are back with another episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast.
Matt Fox: 2:31
Yeah, you are.
David Wright: 2:33
Yes, we are. We're here in the Podcast your Voice, Southfield Studios, the palatial Southfield Studios. Yes, Hanging out on a Monday evening doing a podcast, enjoying a beverage and hanging out.
Matt Fox: 2:44
How was that Eagle eagle rare, by the way that's good.
David Wright: 2:46
Yeah, I liked it too bad. We knocked it out, but I don't know what you're talking about that's matt fox, the other voice, you hear.
Matt Fox: 2:54
He's our producer, our, uh, whatever, whatever, you, you know yeah, I had to run to the restroom and you're all good, you're all good, I got it, I handled it, you did I'm surprisingly talented when I need to be.
David Wright: 3:07
Let me tell you, folks, where to find me. First, my website is MotorCityHymnistcom. Go to there if you want to show. Prom night and grad night season is fast approaching. In fact, I got a show just a month away, the 4th of April. I'm down in Florida University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. Go Gators and I'll be there for your dance marathon on Saturday evening from 9 to 10 pm Is it, the Gators that had the blue field.
David Wright: 3:36
I believe. So Okay, yes, I can't say that for sure, but I'm going to guess. Yes, all right, yeah.
Matt Fox: 3:42
Cause it's. It's orange and blue.
David Wright: 3:43
I've only been in the basketball arena. Oh, okay.
Matt Fox: 3:46
Yeah, it's. Orange and blue are their colors, right.
David Wright: 3:47
Yes, all right, yes, yeah, yeah. So, yes, um, the website is where you can get a quote within minutes and even sign a contract within minutes. Uh, give us a call. But, uh, again, book now, because, again, we don't have many spaces left. I just had an inquiry today that I had to turn down because I was already booked. Um, so, but, but, there are dates open, so just just get with me asap, because again, that, uh, prom and grad season are fast approaching. Yeah, they are my social media links. Facebook and youtube are both motor city hypnotist, both Motor City Hypnotist, and on Snapchat, instagram and TikTok, motor City Hypno H-Y-P-N-O. Yes, and just as a heads up, folks, we typically will stream to the Facebook page, the Motor City Hypnotist page, but we are going to, in the near future, be streaming also to YouTube.
David Wright: 4:42
Yeah, so we're going to have that set up, probably for next episode, I would say yeah, we'll work on that with you yeah, yeah, because my, my and I'll be honest, I I've, because because facebook is more social, I I focused all my energy building that over the last gosh 10 years since, since I've had businesses and um that, the facebook page, as far as the motor city hypnotist page, we're over like 45 000 people. So but I haven't done. I haven't done no work on growing my youtube channel. So hopefully this crossover will help us kind of build that audience as well no time like the president absolutely, and as we've done every episode, going back to number one, and we're on episode 295 or 96.
David Wright: 5:26
I don't know for sure, but free hypnosis guide Text the word hypnosis to 313-800-8510. Within three, four minutes you'll get a text back. It will give you a link to leave a Google review Review would be fantastic. That would help us out tremendously. Leave a review of the podcast. Even if you've seen one of my shows, you could leave a review for that. So that would be fantastic and I would really appreciate it. Thank you, alrighty. Here we go.
Matt Fox: 5:55
It's time, that's how winning is done. I'm ready for my close-up. Mr DeVille, there you are.
David Wright: 6:09
All right, this comes from Corpus Christi. Okay, from Corpus Christi comes the story of a commercial mariner who developed a passion for saving lives Cold, imperiled and scaly lives. Okay, it started back in 2018 when Captain Brandon Upton was out in the Gulf waters during a particularly chilly afternoon and he saw a dark shadow floating nearby the owner and operator of CETO, a boating assistance company. Upton thought he had seen everything on the Gulf of Mexico could conjure, but soon he saw more dark shapes. And then even more dark shapes. Yes, okay, he realized, to his shock that they were all sea turtles. I didn't touch them because I know that they're an endangered species and protected. Upton told the DODO Good, on my way in, I saw more and more sea turtles and I was very confused. In all my years on the water, I've never seen anything like this. Rather than take any actions himself, upton did the right thing and contacted the relevant animal authorities, in this case the ecologist at San Padre Island, a national seashore, who explained the turtles had been cold, stunned, cold stunned.
Matt Fox: 7:32
Cold, stunned Because of the temperature of the water.
David Wright: 7:34
Yes, all right yes.
Matt Fox: 7:36
I'm just curious. He pulls up and he goes, hey, mr Turtle. And the turtle looks back and goes Mr Turtle's, my father Name's Crush. Dude, dude, dude, no.
David Wright: 7:47
Don't shut me up, but cold stunned, yes, all right. Cold stunning is a normal phenomenon in which the cold-blooded turtles fall into a comatose state. If the seawater temperatures fall below 56 degrees Fahrenheit I did not know that, I didn't either their heart rate and metabolism plummets and they float, incapable of moving. This puts them at risk for boat strikes, drowning and even land predators if the tide and surf should take them onto the beach Every winter. Since then, upton has remained vigilant for potential cold stunning events. If the water temperatures start to fall too low, upton will bring an airboat to tow alongside him into which he will toss any and all sea turtles he finds.
David Wright: 8:34
While sea turtle rescue typically requires special training, we started in an emergency situation. Upton said we picked up two or three boatloads of floating turtles that very first day. Wow. San Padre Island workers receive these cold stunned animals and place them in a rehab center where their bodies are gradually warmed up to the temperatures needed to restart their systems, and then they're released back into the wild. My goodness, upton described his seven years of pro bono help as only natural, since he carries around a lot of specialized equipment that makes rescuing turtles easy, and he is a proud part of the close-knit boating community. He's an animal lover to boot, and whether it's taking a spider outside or helping cold-stun turtles, he considers them all like a second family. They're God's creatures. David, absolutely, but yeah, he said hundreds of these turtles just floating in the water because they were stunned. My goodness, they're all comatose. Here's I'll show you a quick picture of his boat with the turtles on it my gosh.
Matt Fox: 9:38
Look at all those.
David Wright: 9:39
Yeah, wow, cold stunned turtles I have never heard of such a thing either so now you know, I have a turtle at home, don't you matt okay I've known you for a number of years.
David Wright: 9:50
I never knew you had a pet turtle really okay so so, long story short, and it's a very long story and I'll make it a 20 second story. Okay, um, we lost our dog, pippin, a couple two years ago. Two years ago in April. So my, my son had a friend who worked in a veterinary office as a vet tech. Okay, and um, she would come over a lot of times, but she brought this turtle over that that somebody had brought to the veterinary clinic and just gave it to them. So, long story short, it's an African side neck turtle which typically are not pets in the United States.
David Wright: 10:28
So, somehow or another, somebody got this turtle.
Matt Fox: 10:35
Was it Mike Tyson?
David Wright: 10:35
Nefariously, I don't know, I don't know what the word to use there, but the people who had this turtle it was just sitting in an inch of water for like a year. Its shell was rotting, oh man, it wasn't taken care of. It was super sick. Yeah, so we, we inherited this turtle. Okay, because ethan, my son, said I'll take them uh- huh, so we'll get the aquarium set up again, but we're talking about water temperature the temperature has to be 78 degrees.
Matt Fox: 11:03
It can't go below 56. No, no, no, no.
David Wright: 11:05
And and you have to wait there's a there's a heater in the tank and a thermometer.
Matt Fox: 11:09
They know exactly where, what the what the water temperature is and keep it at that and to make a long story shorter, what is the turtle's name? Gus Gus, yes, all right, and Gus the turtle Gus is thriving.
David Wright: 11:23
He's doing well. Now I will tell you again a very short story, because when we got him he was not taken care of. No, so he was very lethargic. He wouldn't eat. He had this bubble growing up out of his shell, like this air bubble, because his lung was secreting fluids. So we took him to a vet out in Canton. It's an exotic vet. We ended up having to give this turtle a shot every two days for like a month of antibiotics because the turtle had oh, I'm drawing a total blank, it's a sepsis.
Announcer: 12:02
The turtle was in sepsis. He had an infection.
David Wright: 12:05
So we had to take him out of the tank every couple of days, pull his little arm out, and there this turtle is strong I bet like hold these little fingernails and pull his arm out and you don't want to pull it off either, because you know, when they're feel threatened, they retract, yeah.
David Wright: 12:22
So when you take him out of the tank, he he's all retracted into a shell and you got to pull that arm out. So we did this for like a good two, three weeks. My goodness, turtles, fine. Now he's doing fantastic, he's thriving, he's. He gets shrimp every couple of days good for him lettuce and whatever. So anyway, I, I this, this, this, I I gravitated to this story because we own a turtle. Thank you for sharing that. Absolutely Definitely so too, captain Brandon Upton. Yes, and saving these turtles. Definitely winner of the week, thank you.
Announcer : 13:04
That's how winning is done.
Announcer: 13:06
I'm surprised you guessed it.
David Wright: 13:07
That was kind of a long story, even though I said it would be short, Right.
Announcer : 13:10
So back to it.
Matt Fox: 13:12
And we'll get right into it. Yes, because this is a topic that people are joining the show to listen to, Absolutely so let's get into part two.
David Wright: 13:19
They might want to hear about turtles, who knows?
Matt Fox: 13:22
Well, I wouldn't put that past. Someone listening Right?
David Wright: 13:27
And in the first episode we covered really kind of what autism is, kind of the statistics on it and the fact that it's been growing as far as occurrences over the last 20 years. But I believe that's just due to better reporting and better diagnoses, Better technology, Maybe Understanding or more awareness as well.
Matt Fox: 13:51
Thank you.
David Wright: 13:51
Awareness is a much better word so it might seem like that more and more people are autistic now than they used to be. It's only because we're better able to track it and and recognize it and report it right. So because I don't want people to think, oh my gosh, we're all gonna be autistic in 20 years, I, I mean, I, I know that seems ridiculous, but just to to calm your fears. So we talked about also kind of the symptoms of autism and again, if you didn't listen to episode one, you can jump back after this episode is over and you can catch up on those things. So let's talk about autism and what exactly happens to somebody's mental health when they're autistic.
David Wright: 14:31
Because everybody has mental health issues and I say this to clients that come into my office, every client that comes in because even though we progressed as a society sometimes, or somewhat, the fact is everybody has stuff they're dealing with.
David Wright: 14:54
Sure, everybody has mental health challenges At some point in their life, maybe a large portion of their life, maybe a short point, it doesn't matter, but we all experience mental health issues. Same thing with people who have autism, they also have mental health issues, and maybe more so because they're dealing with this autism. So autistic people can have great mental health if they take care of themselves and if they do the things they're supposed to do to remain healthy mentally. So there's an autism research charity, it's calledistica, and they said seven out of ten. According to studies done by them, seven out of ten autistic people have additional mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, adhd and ocd. Ocd is one of the big ones with autism. Okay, because OCD plays into this structure, that everything has got to be right the way I need it to be as I straighten everything in front of me.
David Wright: 15:58
Yes, and if it's not in order, I can't function. So definitely I see a lot of OCD with autistic individuals. Here's the thing individuals. So there's, there's not a. Here's the thing. There's not a ton of research, ongoing research as far as autism and how people are functioning. So here's, here's the issue that a lot of people have mental health wise. If you're autistic, you, you probably are going to struggle to kind of find your own place or to make sense of the world and what's happening, and that can lead to feelings of depression or anxiety. You know it's, it's like things aren't the way you want them to be, so so that just kind of lends itself to feeling bad or feeling anxious about just the world in general. The other thing that will happen is they often will avoid or they'll, they'll delay getting mental health help because some, a lot of people who are autistic don't know, don't know that they're autistic but okay, go on I'm just having a thought.
David Wright: 17:10
They might feel like they're just very particular or they're very anal or they're very OCD. They might have this awareness that, yeah, they like things in a specific way, but they've never considered that it could be autism. So that is something that a lot of people run into.
David Wright: 17:36
that that a lot of people run into again a lot of, a lot of discrimination and a stigma attached even to the word autism, because people hear it and they think they think developmentally disabled, which it is. It is a form of developmental disability, um and I, I and I won't even though the r word was used a lot back in the day in fact it used to be part of the DSM Right. That's, that's the kind of people that people perceive that that is what autism is and it's not.
Matt Fox: 18:04
And it was more. It was behavior based, which is why that R word was being used, which is why that R word was being used, and it has developed into something of more of an understanding of how to help the individual work through and understand what they are going through in a mental capacity Right.
David Wright: 18:24
The other challenge with those who have autism is that there's often not appropriate support available.
Matt Fox: 18:32
And it wasn't really prevalent back in the day. And now the resources that are out there are incredible.
David Wright: 18:39
There are, and it's finding them that becomes a challenge.
Matt Fox: 18:43
If you know where to look and the resources that are available to you and how to use them, they're there. You just have to look.
David Wright: 18:50
And I will say just based on and now just keep this in mind I graduated from school 30 years ago it's been a long time and you know we had our training. You know, all through school and even with our practicum and our internships, we learned how to diagnose. We learned how to look through the DSM and categorize people. Now, I hate to say it that way, but with any medical issue there has to be a diagnosis. Unfortunately, because we have insurance companies.
Matt Fox: 19:23
And the DSM. It used to be a catalog. Now it is a 100% resource that people will go to.
David Wright: 19:30
You go and you say they can, yes, and it's kind of like going to webmd, right, I mean, really it it's, and you because, listen, we can all look at it. I can look through the dsm-5 right now and just flip to a page and say, oh, I have that, oh, I have that, oh, I have that. Sure, yeah, I mean it's a catalog.
David Wright: 19:51
So so I I guess the big thing is don't don't get too caught up into oh my gosh, I'm, I might be, I might be a narcissist, I might be a mass murderer, I don't know, you know. But don't, don't get too caught up in the details of it.
Matt Fox: 20:06
But if, as long as you go through, why my I? I have that, I have that, that. That Don't go, I want that, I want that, I want that.
David Wright: 20:15
My point of that is a lot of us have symptoms that could be defined in the DSM. That's just part of life. So, again, because there's not a lot of people with experience with autism, especially in therapy settings or even medication-wise, it tends to not get the treatment it should get.
Matt Fox: 20:38
The treatment. What's the word I'm looking for? It's really not getting the focus from the larger community, from the larger mental health community. It's not getting that more of a focus right, because it's much more prevalent today than it used to be 20 years ago. There's got to be more.
David Wright: 21:01
There has to be more for these folks, and I am going to give you some resources as we go through here. So here's the thing If you're autistic and you need assistance with your mental health, or if you have a child, or even a young adult or a teenager that you feel like might be autistic, it's important to get the right support. So here's here's what I'm. The first thing I'm going to do is is refer you to your primary care physician to start off right off the bat, because they may.
David Wright: 21:28
They have experience not that they will they will address it necessarily but they have. They have not that they will address it necessarily, but they have networks that they can refer to. Okay, I'm having more thoughts Go on.
David Wright: 21:40
The biggest organization in the country is the National Autistic Society. Sure, as far as making appointments and how to kind of handle that. So for example, if I know I have an autistic client coming in, let's say somebody calls me and says, hey, my 16-year-old son is coming in, he's autistic, he's really sensitive to loud noises and things like that. I will actually dim the lights in the office and make things just more peaceful.
David Wright: 22:16
And I know, when this client comes in, I'm going to be very soft-spoken, I'm just going to give them time. I'm going to recognize A comfortable environment, absolutely. And most and I hate to say this, but most doctor's offices are not a comfortable and most and I hate to say this, but most doctor's offices are not a comfortable welcoming place.
Announcer: 22:35
Going to the doctor's is, it's all fluorescents.
David Wright: 22:37
All the chairs are hard. You sit on this table with a bunch of paper on it. You know what I mean, and what I'm doing is I'm putting myself into that situation Like if I were severely autistic. That would be a terrible place for me to be. So the other thing again go to the National Autistic Society. You can do that online, you can do that in your comfort of your own home, and they have a lot of resources.
Matt Fox: 23:03
So let me go back to the question I asked you in the first episode. Yes, At what age should you be looking for the behaviors?
David Wright: 23:12
You can start seeing signs or symptoms of autism probably starting around the age of three to four okay now again everybody's different. That can vary a little bit, sure, one way or another, but what?
David Wright: 23:23
are the behaviors that you might be looking if you're looking, if you're looking, if you have a child and you're in your, your concern. Behavior such as emotional breakdowns okay. Um. Having fits of anger, breaking things, um not functioning well with other kids in social settings okay um. Avoidance of things like school, like going to the doctor, like just this, this, this visceral reaction that they don't want to do something.
Matt Fox: 24:00
Okay, so you have a child going into kindergarten and every day they have that mental breakdown because they don't want to be separated from mom or dad. Correct, and it's an ongoing thing.
David Wright: 24:11
You know, most kids you know first, couple of times, you know, then it becomes a pattern and they're like oh okay, this is what I'm supposed to to do, but if it's a continuous thing for weeks, yes, okay, right, yeah, and and also just as far as just the the interacting and and and again, I I've dealt with with smaller children with autism and it's not I don't want this to sound bad, but it's not like I look at them and be like, oh boy, they're really screwed up. You don't see that? Because in a social setting, one-on-one, if the environment's right, they can be just like anyone else. They can express themselves, they can talk, they can understand things. Again, most people with autism have high IQs. Oh, they're super smart Genius level.
Matt Fox: 25:01
There are folks that I know that are in my life and they are a genius when it comes to certain things and that's what you focus on and that's what helps them to develop. That much better is that you really try and I'm working on on this myself you try to dive in to understand their passion. So I've already said the word patience in the last couple of episodes. Now you have to understand what their passion is.
Matt Fox: 25:28
Yes, and that's going to help you as an individual, help somebody and work with somebody that may that that has.
David Wright: 25:35
that is autism and just understanding if you're a parent or or a, a sibling or or a friend or whatever, if, if, if or maybe you yourself are suffering with these symptoms of autism. It doesn't have to be this confrontational battle. It's just understanding that listen my, my kid's freaking out because he doesn't feel comfortable. There's not the structure here that he needs to feel safe.
Matt Fox: 26:06
As a parent, you should be 100% able to advocate for your child. Yeah, and if you don't understand how to advocate, you don't understand the resources and what they need, what that child needs. So, as a parent, you need to be able to advocate for your child appropriately and get them what they need.
David Wright: 26:28
Absolutely. So back to the National Autistic Society. They have a directory that you can search to find therapists one either. They specialize in working with autistic individuals, yeah or the therapist may be autistic themselves. Who better? Yeah, exactly, and that's so. The structure of these sessions might not be a typical therapy session, but because both people are on the spectrum that there's some commonality there, there's a connection to be made, and that really is the main thing that levels the playing field for everybody involved.
David Wright: 27:05
Yes. Now the other thing that would happen a lot of times with these side things being autistic, you might have increased anxiety, ocd, depression, because you feel like something's not right. You feel like you don't fit in. You feel like something's not right. You feel like you don't fit in, you feel like something's wrong with you.
Matt Fox: 27:24
But my thought goes to how do you know if you're there, if you are autistic?
David Wright: 27:30
You just know that things aren't right and it takes a brave person to admit those items.
Matt Fox: 27:36
Correct, admit those things and as a child.
David Wright: 27:38
You probably won't be able to do that right. You won't be able to verbalize and that's where the parents and advocacy comes in correct.
David Wright: 27:45
Yeah, absolutely so. With these additional, again, these other mental health issues that could come into play again, we have options. As far you know, even medication could help sure Sure, absolutely Specifically, especially somebody who's super OCD or depressed or anxious, definitely and again, that's not my first choice, but it is a tool that we can use to help Sure To be able to function better. Here's the other thing too is that it's with the National Autistic Society. There's another one, one they have actually. It's called the guidebook for autistic adults.
David Wright: 28:22
Okay, I would. I would recommend going right to their website and just taking a look at that. Okay, that will give you a ton of insight and information that can help you or a loved one who is suffering with autism to be able to function better. That is the big thing. Okay, and the the the. The site autistica also gives tips for managing your mental health If you have autism.
Matt Fox: 28:47
Is that autistic? With an a on the end it is autistic a autistica, okay.
David Wright: 28:53
And it also has a free app, which is called mole Hill mountain, that can help people manage and understand their anxiety.
Matt Fox: 29:03
Is that com autisticacom or autisticaorg?
David Wright: 29:06
That's a good question.
Matt Fox: 29:08
Try it out. I'm sure it's not net, but I'm sure it's either org or com.
David Wright: 29:13
Let me see if it's written out in full. They don't give the whole link, they just say Autistica, okay, Well, if you're doing research, there you go.
Matt Fox: 29:21
Try either one. I'm sure either one will work yes.
David Wright: 29:26
Or, if nothing else, just go to the National Autistic Society. And a link will be there.
David Wright: 29:32
That is the big one and the link will be in the show notes. Okay, all the big one and the link the link should will be in the show notes. Okay, all right, that, honestly, that covers autism. I I I know there's probably a lot of questions, so here's what we'll do. If you have questions about this or you feel like we want to go deeper into this, um, shoot me a message, because maybe there's specific areas that you want to hear about that maybe we didn't cover. This was kind of a broad brush overview, but it gives people a better understanding that sometimes people aren't just being assholes. Sometimes they just don't know how to handle social interaction and there are reasons for that most of the time, other than being you know.
Announcer: 30:16
They have a brain like a chicken?
Matt Fox: 30:18
no, it's not nice, but so you know, some of the questions that I have would be, you know, is is autism genetic?
David Wright: 30:28
no, I mean that there's no link to genetics and autism. Okay, just like with developmental disabilities. Typically there's not everybody's brain is there's not.
David Wright: 30:39
There's not an, a, a necessarily a hereditary thing attached to that. Now, you know, a lot of times with developmental delays there there could have been a problem pregnancy or okay something happening during childbirth. Okay, some external factors that came into play, sure, but oftentimes it can just it, it I, and it's this terrible answer, but sometimes it's just random. Yeah, sometimes you just get it, mm, mm, just like any other disease, mm.
Matt Fox: 31:11
Yeah, okay.
David Wright: 31:12
Thank you for that.
Matt Fox: 31:12
So yeah, so, yeah, yeah. So I'm sure there are a lot more questions and again, like Dave said, if you have a question, if there is an area of autism that you would like to learn more about, please ask the question.
David Wright: 31:23
Absolutely. Yeah, Just throw it on the Facebook Motor City Hypnotist Facebook page. You can shoot me an email, go to the website either way. But yeah, well, if you have questions or any other things that you'd like to contribute, please feel free. Or any other things that you'd like to contribute, please feel free. What I would like to do and I'll throw this out there so I can kind of be accountable to myself as well. Sure, thank you To get somebody on who deals specifically with autism, like that's their specialty.
Matt Fox: 31:49
Okay.
David Wright: 31:50
I think that would be some good insight and somebody we can bring in Okay as soon as I find them All right Cool, cool me. We can bring in okay as soon as I find them all right cool cool.
Matt Fox: 32:04
So that is our autism and mental health. So before we take, off. Somebody needs a home who dat jacks was that with a, j, a, j, a x.
David Wright: 32:08
Oh, the real thing all right, it's a labrador born in 2016, okay seven, eight years about seven, eight years old, so again probably getting near, getting near the end of his lifespan.
Matt Fox: 32:18
He's in his midlife crisis right now.
David Wright: 32:20
yeah, he's 90 pounds. Dog-friendly, yes. Cat-friendly unknown. Kid-friendly. Over 5 years old. His activity level is low, which is kind of weird for a lab. Hey, at 7, 8.
Matt Fox: 32:31
Yeah, maybe.
David Wright: 32:32
Yeah, at that age probably so my hips. But Jax needs home.
Matt Fox: 32:36
Oh, look at him. Yeah, oh, look at the ears. He's a pretty puppy. Thank you, living in a Sea. He's a pretty looking puppy. Yes, definitely a lab, a golden gold lab. Yes, more brown, but he's cute. He is cute. He's got very intelligent eyes.
David Wright: 32:57
He does, doesn't he? Yeah, it's like he's staring into your soul kind of yeah. So anyway, jacks needs a home. He's ready to go. Give him, give him a great second half of his life with a loving home where he can just be, drool on your pants and chew on your shoes chew on your shoes and lay in your bed and all the good things that we get when we have a dog.
David Wright: 33:19
So Jax is at Detroit dog rescuecom slash adopt. He's available. He's ready to go as of today, unless somebody picked him up this afternoon. He's there, hey, take a look. Sooner the better. Get them, jax, all right. That is it, folks. Thanks for joining me. We'll be back next week and next week Again. I can tease this. Pretty sure we kind of got it nailed down. We have a guest coming in, terica Lewis. She's a therapist in my office. She is a certified sex therapist. Oh my goodness. Now a lot of people will be like oh, what is that about?
David Wright: 33:50
Well, coming in next Monday next Monday at 8 o'clock Eastern Standard Time. She'll be sitting right at this table with us and we'll be talking about sex, Okay.
Announcer: 34:01
Here we go, sexy time.
David Wright: 34:05
Yeah, all righty folks. Change your thinking, change your life. Laugh hard, run fast.
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Be kind, we'll see you next time you.