That's an odd thing to say, ita. There may be a context that is not revealed to you though.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 12, 2006 8:24:30 am PDT #536 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
brenda m - Apr 12, 2006 8:25:00 am PDT #537 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, ita, that's a very odd way to open that discussion.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 8:26:24 am PDT #538 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There may be a context that is not revealed to you though.
That's what I'd hope. Apparently it resulted in the patient wielding it in a "You're doing exactly what my therapist said you would" way.
Odd. I hope it all turns out okay.
msbelle - Apr 12, 2006 8:27:16 am PDT #539 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Several things come to mind:
1) the therapist has heard talk from the patient about the friends and feel they have a decent understanding of them
2) the therapist would have been better served saying "most people" instead of "your friends", in which case I think the therapist would be correct
3) the therapist is a tool
4) the therapist knows the patient and made the statement to get a specific reaction
Nora Deirdre - Apr 12, 2006 8:29:19 am PDT #540 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Apparently it resulted in the patient wielding it in a "You're doing exactly what my therapist said you would" way.
Aha. Perhaps the patient in question has some issues of his/her own, and using the therapist's words to back him/her up.
I don't know. People are crazy. Not saying this person you know is, but the brain processes shit in such weird ways I can hardly trust anything I don't witness first hand.
bon bon - Apr 12, 2006 8:32:57 am PDT #541 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm not so bothered by the context we've seen so far. It's true IME that friends don't always understand clinical depression; that a therapist said that and it got mangled in translation seems likely.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 8:35:28 am PDT #542 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not going to go into masses of detail, because not really the Internet's business, but it was framed that way during the diagnosis discussion (or at least how it was reported shortly afterwards), and then some time later it was hauled out as a "told you so!" to someone who was trying to understand. Turns out the patient admits that most of the friends did understand in the end.
beth b - Apr 12, 2006 8:41:26 am PDT #543 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
That seems very odd, but I am still very slow. and i think the real results - that most friends had some understanding is normal.
I am going to make a BLT for lunch .
sarameg - Apr 12, 2006 8:43:28 am PDT #544 of 10002
Well, I'm glad it worked, in any case. Someone made a statement that absolute to me and I'd be mentally flipping the bird as I walked out the door, so that approach would definitely NOT work on me.
Fred Pete - Apr 12, 2006 8:44:59 am PDT #545 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
There are n Snakes on the Plane. There are k Passengers on the Plane. Each Snake will Bite One Passenger at Random. What is the Probability that The Target, Mr. X, does not get bit?
If I'm k, the answer is, "Too low."
Next question?