Re: Is Michael Jackson a victim?

"Pennyaline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "Tim" intellectualized (which is not the same as having true
> knowledge):

And then Penny in turn anecdoticized her reply to Tim, thusly.

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>
> I guess you've never heard of the plain old Peter Pan Syndrome, eh?
> There are lots of Peter Pans out there, and the Wendies who enable
> them. I've worked with many of these people, and the cycle of behavior
> they operate in is friggin endless.
>
Is "Peter Pan Syndrome" a DSM-IV diagnosis, or pop psychology?  I don't find
it in any of my textbooks, but I imagine that you could be referring to some
sort of personality disorder.  According to what I have read in textbooks
and peer-reviewed journals, the cycles of behavior are not "friggin endless"
in all cases.  With a patient and understanding therapist, or even a few
semesters in the school of hard knocks, some of these people eventually grow
out of their in appropriate behavior.  I find no mention of locking the
patient up with Liza Minelli or "having fun with" his disorder as effective
interventions though.

Earle