Although I am an “adult psychiatrist” on paper, in reality I have seen plenty of young men who fit into my criteria of 18-or-over but to me are functionally children.

They usually think I am functionally — well, grandmother-like — so from the moment they see me they have very little interest in listening to what I say.

Granted, since I see folks who have already done something to get themselves into the mental health system, the young folks of whom I am thinking may not be an accurate cross-section of young human male humanity.

Still, they all say almost exactly the same thing.

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