Thoughts from The HEADoc: Quest 4 Sanity Thoughts from The HEADoc: Quest 4 Sanity One Psych doc's personal quest for some degree of sanity in a world not always so sane. Mental Health resource. Articles
Sanity Check
2006-04-01 22:36:00 Some days I can't help but ask myself WHY. Why do I do such a job as the one I've chosen? The rule of thirds probably applies to cases I see. A third are an absolute joy to be a part of, a third are neither here nor there, and a third turn out to be an enormous drain of energy and total waste of time. Much time and energy has been used identifying and weeding out people from the latter group. I do learn from them and find it important to remain as objective as possible because often that person who presents as what seems to be a hopeless case turns out to be that person who finally gets it together and turns their life around. When that happens I realize once again the answer to my question. Hope. There is always hope. The sooner the individual gets this crucial point the more salvageable they seem to be. It is an indescribable feeling to see little Johnny for follow up and learn that he has stopped disrupting the class, is now able to focus ... More About: Check
MUDBONE
More articles from this author:2006-03-13 02:19:00 Mudbone was a character created by the late Richard Pryor back in the early 1970's. Pryor started his routines actually speaking as the personification of an old slave-like character; "I was born in Peoria, Illinois. There was an old man named Mudbone born in Mississippi, Tupelo." Audience member: Where is Tupelo? Responding through improvisation to the inquiring audience member, he'd say "Tupelo? That's near One Below." The audience would erupt with laughter, begging for more of the story. "He drove up here, 750 miles on a tractor with one tank of gas because he had a job watching the levy and one day the levy broke. They asked him why didn't you warn the people? He said, Well I couldn't be runnin' through all that water warning nobody. There ain't a man in the world that can hold back all that water when it wants to go. Besides, they was gonna find out sooner or later anyway." The last case I saw Friday evening was a 17 year old Caucasian... 1, 2, 3 |
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