Dr Janet Hall

A mother was very upset as she spoke about her eleven year old daughter who had a friend who was very possessive. The so-called friend wouldn’t  let her daughter play or get close to any other girls at school. She threatened her and was mean to her. The daughter was scared to go to school.

I affirmed the mother and said:”Of course you are alarmed and want to protect your daughter. But first, take a deep breath and think about the little bully. Bullies often need to have control over others they perceive as weak because someone-else has control over them. She may have a dominant or critical mother or father who is making her life hell and so she does the same to your daughter.

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As a psychologist I have interesting challenges. A delightful lady presented with a determination to have her boob-job redone because she had been given tear-drops (she called them old Nanna boobs). Apparently these are shaped so that they droop and she cant have a cleavage. What she wanted were “balls” which can be shaped for great cleavage. When I questioned her about having more cosmetic surgery and the pain and expense her reply was very quick.What a chuckle when she said to me:
Dr Janet, after all, when you buy a new car, you don’t keep it in the garage, now do you?”