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SS Big Red's avatar

Excellent article. I had no idea about Angelman Syndrome - the human body is a marvel. Thank you for this.

I could say I’m sorry that this woman deleted her account, but I’m not. Her articles were so incorrect, especially surprising for someone who claims to have an advanced degree in psychology. Much of what she talks about is covered in various abnormal psych courses, very basically, but still - it makes me wonder where she went to school and what her actual focus was.

I wish people, who clearly show an interest in this field, would learn from current information and advance their knowledge. When they do not, it makes me think that much of their ‘knowledge’ could be from perceived personal experience.

Covert psychological abuse is a popular topic currently, and while I’m glad, because so many suffer in silence, many are also confusing this with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Many are both abusive AND suffer from this personality disorder, among other things, but the moniker ‘he’s a narcissist’ is also being thrown around quite a bit - and this Cluster B business is even more complicated, I find, than psychopathy.

And, it is terribly hard to be objective when one is both a ‘student’ and has personal experience. Perhaps this writer is a victim of abuse and has fallen into the easy label trap? It’s not an excuse for writing from a position of expertise when that is clearly lacking - and if one cannot write a so-called scholarly article without objectivity, I would suggest just to avoid it. In this circumstance, Athena, I definitely envy you - I assume objectivity comes naturally?

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H. Robert Mac's avatar

"Please get your sarcasm meter recalibrated". Can I use that one?

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