haha. Alcohol sent in spirit :)

This really just speaks to the supreme immaturity of him and similarly minded people. I mean, girls wish loads of things about the guys they dated, but hey! People gotta recognize the difference between the fantasy people you see in the talkies on screen, and the real people you see in the real life. Air brushing…

It's possible we are saying the same thing. Because I believe the only ICD-9 codes (which are medical codes) that exist for mental disorders, are the disorders which fall under the Axis I diagnosis in the DSM. But psychiatrists use the DSM to diagnose as well as to bill, it's possible that the ICD-9 codes are found…

My pleasure! :)

Okay, super not disagreeing with you. I am Buddhist and maybe I am just super lucky, and have only lived in liberal places (MA, PA, CA, and NY), but I have never been harassed for not being church going religious (I grew up agnostic, and am really really really not Christian etc).... Of course it's different…

If a person is suffering from a psychiatric illness- IN AMERICA, the provider has to affix an Axis I diagnosis from the DSM, or the insurance companies will not reimburse. Thus, my point that if the illness is not in the DSM, it will not be covered.

I love your comment!

Okay, well, yeah. Them. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of her neighbors and other Oklahoma folks. The Westboro Baptist Church isn't even a real church, it's just a scam group cult of assholes who make money on distorting the first amendment. That's not the same thing as Christians and Atheists getting so…

It's not a bad thing for things to be qualified in the DSM. If they are not in the DSM, then insurance likely will not cover them. That is the whole point of the DSM. Psychiatrists basically 'grade' their patients, so to speak, off of each axes (there are 5 axes in the DSM), when they meet with a patient, and they…

No. I think it's easiest to think of hoarding as being most similar to addiction, whilst OCD is driven by extreme anxiety.

I've never been to the south or Midwest, and ya know, I know there are a lot of conservatives and Christians.... but I can't imagine that people would get angry in real life at her for being an atheist? Would they? Would they really? On the internet is one thing (people on the internet are crazy!), but in real life, I…

Seriously. This lady is just happy that she and her baby didn't die in a horrific ordeal, and everybody is playing tug of war with her for absolutely no reason. Leave her alone people! Who gives a shit honestly. SERIOUSLY< WHO GIVES A SHIT. She seems like a cool kid, and we are all people allowed to have our own…

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. In fact, this is pretty dumb. If it's grammatically correct then you don't get to make rules against it. I agree that semicolons aren't often necessary, and that younger people tend to overuse them, however they still have a place in English grammar. Just ask a lot of other…

Got ya. Yeah, I'm sure every scene is different. I am basing this off of my experiences in Manhattan. And not just one little girl. New York is chock full of situations like this. But I definitely don't think it is the nannies that mess the kids up. I think it's some of these parents who never spend time with their…

You just said "None of you understand the situation". Broad statement, but okay.

:) Yeah, I re-read what you wrote and got it! I think I was half asleep. Love CS Lewis.

oh! sorry! I hate when people do that! My apologies!

@mentatyp... I'm not saying it's like.... a problem. I'm saying this is called "The Problem of Evil". It's a pretty famous philosophical quandary in the philosophy of religion.

In philosophy, we like to call this 'the problem of evil'.

I used to be a live in nanny in the Upper East Side. Lemme tell you. I spent far more time with that little girl than either of her parents did. The little girl (I won't post her name) was adopted from China, and sort of an accessory child to her parents. She was a really, really sweet kid, but her parents were…