Dr. Disney (Lesson One: Roles)
Title: Dr. Disney
Rating: NC-17
Summary: My job requires me to be distant from my patients, but these are just kids. They’re trapped by the monarchy of what we call, the House of Mouse.
Disclaimer: I am in no way, The Mouse and I do not own the heart, soul, bodies, or minds of any of the Disney family.
Lesson One: Roles
Role: A role is the behavior expected of a person who has a particular status. Roles define how we are expected to behave in a particular status, but people vary considerably in their fulfillment of the responsibilities associated with their roles.
Role performance: The actual behavior of a person who occupies a status.
Role conflict: the frustrations and uncertainties a person experiences when confronted with the requirements of two or more statuses.
Role strain: stress that arises from incompatible demands among roles within a single status.
My job is to be a psychiatrist. But it wasn’t something I planned on doing. I initially majored in sociology and went back to school to get secondary degree in psychology. Disney was looking for some fresh college students to intern so I thought I’d give it a go. Suddenly, I was promoted to the position I’m in now. I am now a shrink for the top entertainment in the world. I want to be a friend. But I, myself am a victim of the Mouse. My biggest problem? Role strain. The line between patient and doctor have blurred for me. Disney wants things to be black and white, but I’m stuck in a grey area. My clients trust me to be their counselor. I want to befriend them, give them real advice, not just the Disney bullshit I was trained to say. If I was allowed to say what was really on my mind to The Mouse, I’d surely lose my job. So I resort to role performance and do as I’m told because hey, I need the money. And I’m pretty sure Disney’s robot army would probably murder me if I ever quit or let any info slip out.