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My mother panicked when she found out I started playing D&D with a friend at high school. She consulted the closest mental health professional she knew which ha
by ToddWBurgess 5y ago
My mother panicked when she found out I started playing D&D with a friend at high school. She consulted the closest mental health professional she knew which happened to be the psychiatrist at work. The psychiatrist didn't see a problem with it as long as I knew where fantasy and reality were. After hearing that, my mother gave her blessing for me to play D&D. I should probably add that my mother worked in the local jail as a nurse.
So to make a long story short, I couldn't play D&D without getting the approval of a prison psychiatrist.
- nostromo 5y agoSounds like the prison psychiatrist was pretty good. Sometimes it takes someone who has seen real problems to put things in perspective.
- Kenji 5y agoSounds like your mother is obsessed with control and worry.
- throaway46546 5y agoAt least she sought out professional advice and acted on it. It could be a lot worse.
- ToddWBurgess 5y agoThat pretty much describes anyone who works in a correctional setting.
- ransom1538 5y ago"Sounds like your mother is obsessed with control and worry." To reiterate: she works at a prison.
- stronglikedan 5y agoWorrying about one thing makes her "obsessed" with it? Nothing about what I read implied obsession.
- HelixEndeavor 5y agoShe may have simply been fed propaganda about D&D and, due to being misinformed on the subject, expressed what was to her reasonable concern.
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