--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:11 AM, maskedzebra wrote: > > > Do you understand me, then, Barry? It means that this very > > letter to you affects you primarily in only one sense: > > "Robin thinks he is saying something important and significant > > here, but all that I can detect—quite innocently, quite > > unmistakably—are symptoms of a serious mental disorder." > > Which entirely spares you the discomfort or unpleasantness > > of wondering whether what I am saying has any truth value > > in and of itself. I suppose a demented person can perhaps > > speak truth; but the context within which he does this will > > always upstage that truthfulness; or at least there will not > > be a context of normality surrounding those accidental > > truthful remarks. > > [huge snips on both ends] > > You're missing, either deliberately or through ignorance, the > vital difference between different psychiatric diagnostic axes. > Because of this confusion, you're referring to Axis I disorders, > major mental disorders, when Barry is (I believe)referring to > Axis II disorders: personality disorders. While Axis II persons > may not kill you, others often feel like dying being in their > (even digital) presence.
Sometimes, despite my best intentions, I can't help but see the first lines of one of RWC's posts as I scan Message View, or quoted in someone else's post, as above. The subjective experience of these random glimpses -- admittedly just an impression or intuition, of course -- is of watching the transition from Axis II to Axis I. More than once the overall vibe has reminded me of the following bit of dialogue from a movie: "I'm really OK. Trust me. Everything's going to be fine. It's just that you met me at a very strange time in my life." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVx_s5DFshA
