Personality Disorder, NOS

I am a mental health professional and a priest and a mother and a wife and.... well, a lot of things.  All of us are.  A lot of things.  I am a Person with a capital P.  So are you... and you... and you.  So is every person I sit with in my office, every person I sit next to on the train, every person I pass in the street, simply:  Every Person, Everywhere.  I am a Child of God, as is everyone I encounter, everyone I work with.  I question the helpfulness of Axis 2, most of the time.  Truth be told, we all could be charted on Axis 2, somewhere.  Not Otherwise Specified.

Most of the time

I question Axis 2.

Before learning the DSM structure

In grad school

I had different categories

For people

(Sure I had categories)

But mostly

They were still People

With a capital P.

Walking

Breathing

Children of God.

They still are.

This is a rant.

I know.

Not very poetic

Or even

Reflective.

Most of the time I question

Axis 2.

Truth be told

We all have a number

On Axis 2.

We are all in the book.

These are behavior quirks

Which make us

Not like other people.

Still

We are People

With a capital P,

Walking

Breathing

Children of God.

N  ot

O  therwise

S  pecified.

Thank God.

Praise God.