Special Education or Special Medication?: Let me see . . .

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Let me see, if I understand this disorder correctly by describing a person to you whose behavior no one understands. He has a PhD in Physics from Germany, but he has been unable to support himself or his family, because he is unable to get along with other people and is unable to cope with life in general. He has been on every government-sponsored training program available in Manitoba, yet he continues unemployed.

He is very knowledgeable in psychology, because both of his parents are physicians, one of them a psychiatrist, and he has invented psychological disorders for everyone in his family. He supports his claims with statements starting with "My father, the doctor, . . ."

He insists that his wife has agoraphobia, in spite of the fact that she carries out fliers and goes shopping all by herself. She also exhibits her paintings publicly. She has never had a problem talking to me when he is not around, but when he is at home, she is too intimidated to look at me.

His son is not allowed to mingle with other children, and I don't remember from what disorder he is supposed to be suffering. He stands looking out the window longingly, because he has no one to play with, never mind, he doesn't feel like playing. He just wants to reach out to other children.

How does this man's behavior sound to you?

-- posted by biogardener