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WCDT strips 3676 to 3680 (12th to 16th February 2018)
Case:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Feb 2018, 11:47 ---So this started with someone suggesting Emily needs help.
She apparently didn't have friends before "We've adopted another one". Major impairment compared to baseline, and social isolation causes organic problems in the long run. That points one way.
Her employer, her friends, and everyone we've seen her dating do not seem concerned. That points the other way.
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Personally, I think of her as "the smart, weird one". Then again, I'm an academic with two entries in the DSM-V about the way my headmeat works. My baseline is ... well. :-D
The way I think of Emily is largely the way she seems to think of herself: She is the way she is, and that's (mostly) a good thing. She could learn to pay a little more attention to paradigm-changing consequences of her research before the MiB turn up and impound it.
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Feb 2018, 11:47 ---Case, would it help if I rephrased it as "not all weird people need help"? 'Cause that is what I'm trying to say. Emily is certainly weird. That's not by itself enough data to show mental illness.
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Sure ... or stick with "we should avoid pathologizing weirdness", I like that one. Note that I wasn't objecting to anything you said - actually, I rather liked the post of yours I quoted above, and so did seven others. I was just using it as a starting point - you and Paul are pretty good at concise summarizing, so I borrowed. I'm generally not a friend of 'armchair diagnostics' and every once in a while, I 'harumph' a bit about it.
Was talking with you, not against you.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Case on 16 Feb 2018, 07:21 ---
--- Quote ---Pathological jealousy, also known as Morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof, along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. The most common cited forms of psychopathology in morbid jealousy are delusions and obsessions. It is considered a subtype of delusional disorder.
Some symptoms of pathological jealousy include:[citation needed]
(click to show/hide)Accusing partner of looking or giving attention to other people.
Questioning of the partner's behavior.
Interrogation of phone calls, including wrong numbers or accidental phone calls, and all other forms of communication.
Not allowing any social media accounts, Facebook, Twitter etc.
Going through the partner’s belongings.
Always asking where the partner is and who they are with.
Isolating partner from their family and friends.
Not letting the partner have personal interests or hobbies outside the house.
Controlling the partner's social circle.
Claiming the partner is having an affair when they withdraw or tries to escape abuse.
Accusing the partner of holding affairs when the marriage's sexual activity stops because of the abuse.
Verbal and/or physical violence towards the partner, the individual who is considered to be the rival, or both.
Blaming the partner and establishing an excuse for jealous behavior.
Denying the jealous behavior unless cornered.
Threatening to harm others or themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_jealousy
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These are also ever so typical of perpetrators of domestic violence.
(click to show/hide)Is Jeph setting up for an arc about DV? Don't be surprised if Marigold become physically abusive to Dale.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 16 Feb 2018, 10:48 ---I’m hoping there’s a “Momo to the rescue” component to this story, because Momo is the one person who can tell Marigold what an idiot she’s being. (Well, May could and would do that too, but Momo is the one she would listen to.)
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Momo is also quite capable of zapping some sense into Marigold if need be.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 16 Feb 2018, 15:34 ---
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 16 Feb 2018, 10:48 ---I’m hoping there’s a “Momo to the rescue” component to this story, because Momo is the one person who can tell Marigold what an idiot she’s being. (Well, May could and would do that too, but Momo is the one she would listen to.)
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Momo is also quite capable of zapping some sense into Marigold if need be.
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Not to mention, if May shouted loudly enough, she might fall apart at the joints.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 16 Feb 2018, 15:28 ---
These are also ever so typical of perpetrators of domestic violence.
(click to show/hide)Is Jeph setting up for an arc about DV? Don't be surprised if Marigold become physically abusive to Dale.
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I would be *gobsmacked* if that is the direction the comic is going. I know I was calling for the Drama Chameleon earlier, but I'm pretty sure that meant wacky relationship highjinks, not lifetime tv!
Seriously, I understand that people don't like certain characters, but can we perhaps draw a bloody breath between "dislike" and "I'm pretty sure she's gonna kill that puppy!"??
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