Psychology term describing an individual, usually a child or teen, in a dysfunctional family who:
1) Gets scapegoated and blamed for a family's problems
2) Has emotional problems that are not a mental illness, but a normal response to the stress of dealing with an unhealthy family in denial
3) Blows the whistle on a dysfunctional family's problems
Phrase originated because family therapists recognized that the child "identified" as the patient is not necessarily the one who is sick.
1) Gets scapegoated and blamed for a family's problems
2) Has emotional problems that are not a mental illness, but a normal response to the stress of dealing with an unhealthy family in denial
3) Blows the whistle on a dysfunctional family's problems
Phrase originated because family therapists recognized that the child "identified" as the patient is not necessarily the one who is sick.
1) John is dropping out of school and doing drugs and his parents want him institutionalized, but it turns out his mother is an abusive alcoholic and his father is chronically absent. John is the identified patient.
2) Becky is extremely depressed and fearful. She accuses her father, correctly, of molestation, but the parents deny it and accuse Becky of being sick for reasons that have nothing to do with them. Becky is the identified patient.
2) Becky is extremely depressed and fearful. She accuses her father, correctly, of molestation, but the parents deny it and accuse Becky of being sick for reasons that have nothing to do with them. Becky is the identified patient.
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The ledge at a window or counter of a booth where customers (or similar) are separated by a partial wall from cashiers (or similar). It is a place where objects (such as money or credits cards) can be placed on while receiving service.
Patience tables are generally found in places including banks, pharmacies, ticket booths, and snack bars.
The name "patience table" is given because people must wait patiently behind them.
Patience tables are generally found in places including banks, pharmacies, ticket booths, and snack bars.
The name "patience table" is given because people must wait patiently behind them.
Customers inside the bank place their checks and documents on a patience table while the tellers do their duties.
When getting your medicine refilled at the phamacy, you place your prescription on the patience table.
There is a patience table at the entrance to the theater where tickets are sold.
The vendor places the beverages on the patience table for the customer to pick up after they are purchased.
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symptoms:
(may include all or some)
-has cell phone locked and wont let you near their phone (includes going out of their way to make sure it wouldnt be an easy task to get near their phone)
-ignores your calls but never has a straight story as to where they were(goes with lying)
-blocks certain things from you besides their phone (facebook, myspace, live journal, aim... ect)
-smells like another male/female
-doesnt know your number
-lies..... A LOT!
-they come off distant, maybe not as sexual
-they prefer to be at your place over theirs
-you dont know any of their friends or maybe just 1 or 2
symptoms:
(may include all or some)
-has cell phone locked and wont let you near their phone (includes going out of their way to make sure it wouldnt be an easy task to get near their phone)
-ignores your calls but never has a straight story as to where they were(goes with lying)
-blocks certain things from you besides their phone (facebook, myspace, live journal, aim... ect)
-smells like another male/female
-doesnt know your number
-lies..... A LOT!
-they come off distant, maybe not as sexual
-they prefer to be at your place over theirs
-you dont know any of their friends or maybe just 1 or 2
i knew he was a pathological cheater when i saw emails from another woman saying 'i love you' to him all the time and no negative reaction in response
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Used while courting on the net with my lady friend to show affection to her cute little Shitz Tzu dog Brumme.
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