Tina wrote in news:1191727340.617845.323680
@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

I did some time ago offer the DSM (Diagnositic and Statistical Manual)
as the authoritive reference we shrinks use for characterizing mental
illness.

Often pathological labels are applied if a subject exhibits perhaps 5
of 8 different traits. Mr Mx presents as having more than enough to
earn several labels -- but troll is not (yet) considered a
pathological condition.

It's not nice to use technical language in a lay group, but some
things do not translate into plain English well so you'll have to put
up with it. "Loser" and "Nutty as a fruit cake" are the
characterizatrions I'd use. You can ask your personal psychologists to
translate them.

I know it's common here to question professional reference books, but
we need to use the DSM to get paid -- that's good enough for most of
us.

I'm not that interested in Pidgeonholing him, but I think he certainly
dispays more than a few midly autistic tendencies. Whatever else may be
wrong with him, he's organically predisposed towards this sort of behaviour
(as opposed to having had his nose rubbed in his diapers for toilet
training, though I wouldn't dismiss that sceanrio out of hand either)

I am curious, though. I know the left /right brain thing is a bit
simplistic, but what did you make of my post on that?
Or is it outside your area?


Bertie