Friday 3 June 2011

A Telling Phrase…

Although it was arranged for Annabelle, a former Joseph Rowntree School pupil, to meet mental health workers in 2009, she did not attend an appointment.
At the time of her death she was on a doctor’s waiting list to see a counsellor. Prior to the adoption, her social worker, John Corden, said Annabelle was “ambivalent” about accepting the support offered to her as this would involve “putting boundaries around her lifestyle”.
I wonder what that really means in English..?
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5 comments:

  1. Dr Evil3 June 2011 at 13:23

    Obey a set of rules?

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  2. Lord T3 June 2011 at 13:31

    That sounds like government olifecer speak. I suspect she said 'I'm not seeing a shrink and being told I must do what they say' out from the government workers mouth is ....

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  3. James Higham3 June 2011 at 14:17

    Wonder what it means in any language? Lord T might have it.

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  4. English Viking3 June 2011 at 21:09

    Probably something like... 'Piss off, I'm not mental'.

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  5. JuliaM4 June 2011 at 14:38

    "Probably something like... 'Piss off, I'm not mental'."

    Heh! Could be.

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