Yo, Larry,

All the evidence to support a diagnosis of "personality disorder" is right here in the Mudpit... Click on GfinS handle and see for yourself... I mean, hey... Ain't like I dislike GfinS 'cause I don't... I like him okay... I ain't making no judgement here just calling balls and strikes... No big deal...

Back when I was in social work I was kinda a Hawkeye Piece of my unit... Unit, heck... Okay, I was the Hawkeye Pierce of the entire "adult services" department... I like to get in and mess with stuff... No big deal... It's always worked for me... GfinS ain't mad at me... He calls me from time to time... We're okay...

BTW, I don't find "normal" people all that interesting... I had dozens and dozens of clients who I really liked and enjoyed working with no matter what the diagnosis... Of course, I tried to find ways to keep the ones that needed med on their meds... But for the most part I enjoyed 90% of my clients... The ones who threatened to kill other people being the 10%... And, sadly, some did... Some killed themselves... But no matter, I wasn't into judging 'um...

BTW, Part 2, my basic approach was Rogerian (after Carl Rogers) who pushed "un conditional positive regard, client centered" therapy but with, as I have stated, a Hawkeye Pierce overlay... I donno??? It worked... I always had good performance evaluations even tho I was, admittedly, a couple bubbles shy of plumb myself...

I mean, yeah, I get torqued up now and then here but, hey, who doesn't??? But I ain't no grudge holder and based on the number and content of PM's I've received over the years from folks here, other than a couple folks, people seem okay with they way I am...

Now here is something you should (hate that word) do... PM Don Firth... I think you need to do that...

B~