PSYCHOLOGIST
I work with the crazy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvorhtCvCV
I observe, I diagnose, I treat, I make things the way they should be. I'm a psychologist.
'Your mother tells me you've been having nightmares about - monsters. Tell me about them.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTjdt8dHSb
'They're not nightmares.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HjO7osSWI
'No?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xeqKJthqB
'They're only called nightmares if you're scared. And I'm not scared of monsters.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZdHYAKItW
'Very well then. What does scare you? You're afraid of something, I can tell, and it's eating away at you. Are you scared of yourself?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KrEDmtTK1
'... You're not a very good psychologist, are you? I've already answered that. I'm not afraid of monsters.'
Now look here, this is how it works - you've got to see through the mind of the patient. You consider three things - what made them this way, why they still are this way, and how you can get them to change for the better.
THE CAUSE:788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5CNZAUCj0
It's the filth. There's nothing else it could be. They are how they are because the filth made them this way, the filth that trickles down, like a hereditary malfunction in this great machine. Can't you smell it?
'How much is my mother paying you?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Z1X0W6sM
'I don't see how that's relevant at all.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWG79epCr0
'It's very relevant. Do you want to help me, or do you want to help your pockets?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7ekFtRJUQ
'Evan, that's not the right way of thinking. I'm here to be your friend. I want to get to know you.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JIi3MGiPH
'Friends don't have ulterior motives. Everyone does.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7X09sMtaP
'What's that supposed to mean?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbl8zKSDH34
'Why're you asking me? Aren't you the psychologist?'
The stench rankles even through these sterile walls. I can't bear it.
THE RESISTOR:788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0y9pH462mh
Of the patients I speak to, 87% are aware of the irreparable state they are in. At least, they believe it is irreparable - it's my job to fix this. The question is, then, why do they believe they are beyond hope?
'Jess?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mdqb9R9Nc
'Oh my god, Evan, what are you doing here?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTISqE1mFv
'Was about to ask the same to you. You look like a wreck.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA121Klts2R
'You shouldn't see me like this. This is so embarrassing.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5thn5ejGj
'Hey, it's okay. Need another drink?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjucaoibGlI
'No, I really shouldn't... I've already had four.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkZDacOtC7
'Then one more won't hurt, will it?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7aKkLaHee
'... I... I guess not.'
Patients don't want to accept the fact that they can get better - because this belief removes any responsibility to attempt to do so. If they cannot get better, they need not try.
'Evan, why do you try to oppose me at every turn?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZLYvvSM3t
'Because it's funny.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTed9gF6wT
'What is?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8WPJPzeT9
'Watching you not know what to do. It's new for you, isn't it?'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHyML9OD4Q
'I don't quite see what you're trying to say here.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrpEYT3da3
'Exactly. But you don't ask. Because it's shameful for you - you can't read me, and I'm not letting you. Who's the one at fault?'
It became apparent, early on in my career, that people won't change. Give them the opportunity, and they will turn it away. The only way to bypass this is to force it upon them until they cannot hide from the truth, even behind closed eyelids.
THE CORRECTION:788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4w7vCjbxT
And thus ends the case study - the only thing left to do is to determine the treatment, the therapy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05QCii7QoF
-Retribution or Reward788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJx1W5He8S
The age old debate over retribution or reward has recently been settled - children up to the age of twelve respond well to positive reinforcement of correct behavior, and much less so to the reprimanding of wrongful deeds. However, I do not work with children. Adults, you see, stop responding to reward, and begin taking in to account punishment far more.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgItOVTFzCJ
And so it is that punishment is the way to go.
'I want you to know that this is for the best of you. Dr James is a good man - he isn't here to be your enemy.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1A8kkJAPj
'He might not be.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCKycaBbS9
'Evan, calm down. Evan.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD4TKH4O9W
'I'm very calm, mother. Look at my hands. Still as stone. Are you talking to yourself? You seem quite agitated.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2hrda1pYL
'Evan. Stop this. NOW.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrjzmzxF3C
'I don't think so, mother.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67hmOS5oje
'Evan - EVAN DON'T YOU - '
They never change. I work on a three strikes basis - the first time, I'll warn them. The second time, I'll scare them. The third time, a penalty is in order. And it's strange. You'd think that after the first two, they'd take the opportunity to change. But they don't. They want to drown in their filth.
'Oh come ooooon Evan I'm so fuckin' -'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tOPYB4UXp
'Jess, that's disgusting. Stop it.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwnXZ3508y
'Evaaaaan you're such a bore why can't you just come in and look here look what i got to show you -'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlachQ5pUhy
'You're drunk. For all you care right now, I could be a killer. And you'd invite me in all the same.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDO2YSXB1J
'look evan dont you just wanna have some fun i know u want to come on have some fun'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsViWDKEr6t
'... Fine.'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfEaKCEZJF
'ohhh see evan i knew and dont forget to close the door'788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdJHr8wjKF
'I wasn't going to.'
This is the only way they'll learn. The only way to rid this world of the stinking, steaming filth.
-
I work with they crazy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjwnzB73jd
And they - they call me mad.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECDOOpqLlt
But they don't understand.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wAchG2NJg
I'm a psychologist.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aaRnkDOnv
And I've still got the whole world left to treat.
