So I know I just posted about boundaries, but thanks to my friendly workplace, I’ve been given more examples tell you about. Sorry I’m not changing up content. I’m going to post two separate incidences as two posts, mainly because the second one is more of a respect issue than it is a boundaries. Although, oh the webs we weave, they’re interrelated. I’m working on a fun adventure story for you from my early days as my next post; I just had to get this off of my chest.
Mr. 20 Questions is going stronger than before. His trespasses of the past weeks were child’s play compared to what he’s doing now. It’s almost as if he thinks that if he behaves badly, we might be inclined to ship him out. Or perhaps have his way with the other patients. Logic would hopefully inform him during his lengthy stay with us that it doesn’t exactly work that way. Unfortunately logic never applies in psych.
Now, this young man has some pretty bad relationship problems. He is a model case for attachment issues, seeing how he likes to bounce from person to person, confessing love, and then moving on once they are out sight. Basically, if someone shows the slightest interest, they become this day’s love object. Unfortunately, we also have a lot of girls with the same condition. It is, of course, to be expected when working with adolescents. Everyone is trying to get with everyone because their adorable little biological clocks just started ticking.
We all know that girls love drama. We all know that teenage girls (on average) are shy and cliquey and double dog dare ya. Mix this, with the aforementioned combination and guess what? It’s time to get naked.
Yes. Naked. Well. I exaggerate. Not entirely naked. More like an “I show you mine” type of deal.
We have two girls who currently meet the boy crazy criteria who also have been trapped by Mr. 20 Questions. They embarked on a quest of double dog dare which ended in, you guessed it, a request for a viewing of genitalia. Mr. 20 Questions was undaunted. Mr. 20 Questions likes to talk to me, so when he approached me, I asked him why he did it. He said that he did it because they asked. When I asked him if he does everything anyone asks of him, his response was that it depends on what it is and what he stands to gain. When we talked about indecent exposure potentially getting him in lots of trouble one day, he said it doesn’t count if someone asks. I saw a circular argument coming, so my response was to ask him whose word they would listen to, the person exposed to, or the exposed.
Sweet, sweet victory.
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