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- From: pfieland@citron.sw.stratus.com (Peggy Fieland)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Advice needed-Bad comming out experience
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:34:59 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.192938.27090@cs.ucla.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.192938.27090@cs.ucla.edu> mchan@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Ming-Hing Chan) writes:
- >(stuff deleted for space)
- >They sent him to a psychiatrist to try to 'CURE' him. The worst thing is
- >that the psychiatrist told his mother that he could change if he wanted to.
- >His mom truly thinks that he can be cured. She told him that it wasn't bad
- >to have a disease as long as you try to cure it. She said, "why don't you
- >want to take some pills just like your father does to control his
- >high-blood pressure.'
-
- I'm sure that you'll hear this from others, but he really needs a new
- shrink. He needs someone supportive, not someone who will try to
- lay this "cure" crap on him. Not all psychiatrists are created equal.
-
- >Her mom wanted him to date some girls. She wanted him to give her 2 yrs
- >to try dating girls. She placed this guilt trip on him: "I have
- >done so much for you in my life, why can't you just give me 2 yrs. Just
- >try dating for 2 yrs. That's all I ask" -- his mom.
-
- It sounds like he may having a hard time not buying into his mom's guilt
- trip. He owes it to himself and everyone else to resist this pressure.
-
- >(more stuff deleted)
- >What should he do? He doesn't have many friends and he doesn't have any
- >one close to talk to either because him parents made him promised not to
- >tell anybody related or anyone who knows the family. He is in a very bad
- >situation with no one to turn to. I'm just a casual acquaintance.
-
- He and his parents both need some space. He also needs friends and
- a support system to help him through this. He should seriously consider
- joining any GLB student group that he has available, as well as coming
- out to any close friends that he wants to, in spite of the "don't tell
- anyone.." message that his parents are trying to lay on him. He has
- to worry about himself now, and not about his parents. His parents
- are old enough to worry about themselves.
-
- >On top of that, he has 2 homophobic roommates who suspect him to be gay and
- >constantly harass him. He had to go home every weekend (I think his
- >parents are monitoring him).
-
- Sounds like he needs new roommates. He should seriously consider asking
- whoever is in charge of housing to find him some more compatible
- roommates. It sounds like he's really under a lot of stress now, and
- he doesn't need trouble from roommates as well as from his folks.
-