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My Budding Fellow Psychoanalysts

    Which disorder should I model for my class today
       Anorexia-bulimia is simply too passe
    Obsessive compulsive – so 20th century

    Agoraphobia is a distinct possibility
       ‘Cos acrophobia’s too HIGH-ly infectious for me

    Then again, what about good old paranoid schizophrenia
        It complements my arthritis and osteopenia. -- But

     my budding fellow psychoanalysts, I’ve selected Jewish-mother-anxiety
        ~ since you all will misdiagnose it as made-for-TV comedy*




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     *Whatever the 'h' that is! lol...

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Michael Tor

Date: 4/4/2025 7:01:00 PM

Love your witty comedic mind Mr Gershon so clever...

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/1/2025 3:05:00 PM

Too funny…obsessively so…impressively so!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/2/2025 10:29:00 PM

Yes -- depressingly so; repressively so; regressingly so...

Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 4/1/2025 5:28:00 AM

Witty one Gershon. LOL. Is this like Irish guilt?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/2/2025 10:30:00 PM

Oh, exactly, Professor.

Regina Elliott

Date: 4/1/2025 5:27:00 AM

Very witty, lol! Gershon, you've penned a charming one. I laugh at my own mental illness which can be a source of comedy. Happy April 1st. All the best. :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/2/2025 10:31:00 PM

Mental illness? You? Bah. Humbug. I don't buy it.