tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post7740082094134562462..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: What we know and don't, continuedMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-21760843637424518002012-11-28T10:41:14.559-06:002012-11-28T10:41:14.559-06:00I've not been bipolar, but my sister-in-law an...I've not been bipolar, but my sister-in-law and her late husband is/was, and it always struck me that my wife and I knew better than their counselors (at least apparently)when the manic stages were about to begin. It's almost like they were willfully blinded by something.<br /><br />I also had some counseling as a youngster, and the big thing I remember about it was that the counselor "figured out" that the entire problem I had was because I "felt guilty about self- pleasuring". So they got me in a room and told me, using a word I didn't know, that it was OK to do something I wasn't doing.<br /><br />I laugh about it to this day. My real problem, sad to say, was that my parents' marriage was falling apart, and who wants to invite friends over for THAT?<br /><br />So count me unimpressed with many secular counselors/psychiatrists, to put it mildly.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.com