Today's Thought; Number Seventy-two
I have a problem with the way psychology is conducted. These so-called doctors of philosophy get together and write down a bunch of random characteristics to pigeon-hole a person with, they then throw these characteristic into a hat, and draw them at random, say eight at a time, and whichever grouping seems the most fitting they call a "personality disorder," and they publish it in their spiffy little book they call Le Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Then people who like to think they are doctors can look up a disorder and label a patient with it. Of course, this label does no one any good, unless they want to be stigmatized, which a lot of people do, so that instead of saying, "Hey guys, sorry I acted kind of weird they other day," you can say "Guys! It wasn't me, it was my *personality disorder*."