The difficulty in having a showbiz crush that is no longer very active is that you rarely see her anymore. It's a good thing that she now has a billboard for Facial Care Centre along the south expressway. At least now, I get to see everytime I have duty up north.
So here is the story...
I was on duty at a mental health institute and was assigned to this friendly old lady. She had bi-polar disorder with delusions. Of course, I didn't know this at the time. When talking to these patients, you cant be too forward because you might offend or scare them off. So I probed with a joke and it went like this...
Me: Ano pong ginagawa nyo dito madalas?
Px: mahilig ako mag day dream.
Me: (Aha! baka symptoms) Ah, ano pong usual na dine-daydream nyo?
Px: Syempre yung mga crushes ko.
Me: Wow! Artistahin po ba?
Px: Syempre! pero gusto ko foreigner.
Me: Parang si Tom Cruise?
Px: Oo! Sya nga!
Me: Wow! Akalain nyo po magkamag anak pala yung crush natin!
Px: Talaga? Sino bang crush mo?
Me: (Punchline time) Si Donna Cruz!
Hahaha.... Pero wait, the story doesn't end there...
Px: Ako yun e.
Nyak! My idea was
- if she laughed, it would indicate she has good association of ideas
- if she doesn't react, it may mean a looseness of association
nyaaaahahhaa... nakahanap ka ng katapat mo noh?!
ReplyDeleteang punchline doon eh ...asa mental ka nga!!! wehihihi!
ReplyDeleteaba, pinatulan ang delusion ng pasyente! demerit! hahaha!
ReplyDeleteHahaha. Salamat sa mga dumalaw at nag-comment.
ReplyDelete@Neni, Grabe hinanap pa natin sa Cebu, nasa mental lang pala.
@Oliver, Oo nga, parang reality does not apply.
@Zoe (Kabibie), Di ko naman alam na delusional nung time na yun e. Hahaha. Nangangapa ako kasi di sa amin sinabi yung case nila. The exercise was we had to find out through "Therapeutic Communication".
Hay naku, I guess, it was fun and all. If there was one thing I learned, yung mga therapeutic communication na yan takes a lot of time to practice and master. Kung baga sa matrix na movie, "everybody falls the first time".