Psychiatry Gone Nuts
I'm going to start off this blog post with a joke, because we could all use a laugh: A naked guy wraps himself in Saran Wrap and walks into a psychiatrist's office. He goes in to the see the psychiatrist and the doctor looks at him and says: "I can clearly see your nuts" ["...you're nuts"]. Now you may be laughing right now. But, one of the funniest things ever was when my Granny would tell this joke. And, at the end she would say: "I can clearly see your BALLS!" I miss my Granny so much! Now to the meat of the matter, so to speak... Last year I went through something pretty traumatic. It cut so deeply at the time, I really didn't know who I could talk to about it. And, to top it all off, it was embarrassing and humiliating. At the time, I was attending a Bible study class in Simpsonville, SC. The group leader could see I was deeply sad. She invited me to lunch and I just opened up to her about everything I had experienced. She...