tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336643719537144495.post2409866201935231338..comments2023-11-27T16:58:56.996-08:00Comments on Off and On: The Alaska Parkinson's Rag: Carping Tunnel-Vision SyndromePeter Dunlap-Shohlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06286710554254177150noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336643719537144495.post-42510469672639705712008-10-13T15:08:00.000-07:002008-10-13T15:08:00.000-07:00(this is off the point, but)PDS said: "God only kn...(this is off the point, but)<BR/><BR/>PDS said: "God only knows how the reporters who cover the courts and child welfare avoid becoming misanthropes"<BR/><BR/>Misanthropy would seem to be an occupational hazard/disease for lawyers and mental heath professional ("shrinks").<BR/><BR/>Lawyers become cynical since they are hired to fix things when they go wrong - when partners cheat, when criminals injure, etc. <BR/><BR/>Shrinks seem to see behavior in terms of illness - even behavior we would see as normal. <BR/><BR/>Not so bad in the former case, since attorneys are hired to fix things (sue, litigate, settle, negotiate) and then withdraw.<BR/><BR/>MPH's are presumed to aid healing - but if this means changing the "normal" - or failing to recognize the normal - then "healing" becomes striving to change the normal. <BR/><BR/>And, unlike the legal client, the mental health client has no clear event to signal the separation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336643719537144495.post-690540049561778242008-07-03T09:16:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:16:00.000-07:00Just call me the PD Pollyanna :)Just call me the PD Pollyanna :)Peter Dunlap-Shohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286710554254177150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336643719537144495.post-79454899897446524632008-07-01T22:01:00.000-07:002008-07-01T22:01:00.000-07:00Oh, how well I understand what you mean...Oh, how well I understand what you mean...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com