I wholeheartedly agree.

That does not change the fact that some people can hang, and some people cannot.

He cannot hang.

Glen Coffee is second guessing his strategy.

Let's see...

A former soldier who killed people in hand-to-hand combat and saw several close friends die in horrible ways.

A teenager who was physically and emotionally abused from early childhood.

A woman who was stalked and raped by her ex-husband.

A multimillionaire celebrity athlete who got yelled at in a locker room.

One of these things is not like the others.

I'm sure you do and I am by no means claiming that I know for a fact the motivations of each and every health care professional individually.

It's moreso the system than it is the people that are in it, if you feel what I'm saying. Big business, corporations- all that jazz.

Eh, whatever...having the discipline and drive to make it to the big league at all is incredibly impressive. Even though some events have put him in a situation.

Oh, I thought you were referring to this part:

95% of the world has lived a more ****ed up life, and they get along just fine.

There's a big difference between professional doctors, therapists, etc. and Big Pharma.

For example, one of my neighbors is a clinical psychologist that also happens to be a USC professor. He has children my children's age and we've become friends over the years. Long story short, his objective for teaching is this: Medicate as a last resort.

Doctors truly have to want to help other people. They can't just do it for the money because it's not an easy job. With anything in life, to be successful, you must have passion. Without it, you'll fail.

Good PR is good...

Peyton Manning will be in the room next to him Monday ****ing morning!

I get your point, but every mind is different - trauma - any type - can manifest itself in numerous ways. The idea that this well bred and educated man is somehow doing this for money - some of which is guaranteed anyway - is sorta silly.

Very true and I'm thankful for the bolded part.

You seem to be of the opinion that ALL doctors are, well, kind of like Frankie's mom.

Future author? How to make countless millions and never have to work by Jonathan Martin and his mom.

I would think that soldiers, so many of whom suffered through undiagnosed PTSD for years because people back home thought that "winning the war" and "surviving" were cause for celebration and not pain, would be slightly more understanding of the foggy terrain of the human mind. None of us know the inside of a person's head, and the simple "don't be a bitch" response is not only unfair, it is unhealthy and dangerous.

The fact is, pain is pain. Trauma is trauma. It doesn't matter how it happens or why, the effect is still the same. If I go to war and another guy goes to the office, our minds and our hearts can't tell the difference between those environments. So, outsiders might consider my pain "valid" and his "pussified," but the truth is they might take equal tolls on our nervous systems.

At this point in my life, I am more inclined to not judge anyone else's experiences. **** you for judging mine, so **** me for judging yours.

On a more specific note, mixed race can be even more difficult than it seems, as sometimes you aren't ever really accepted by either. I know of one very close contact who lived through that and it put her into a psychiatric ward.

Inability to detect sarcasm can be a sign of brain injury. Seek medical attention. ;)