IJMC - Do It Yourself Home Pyschotherapist Kit

For all of you who thought you had to go to college for far too long 
(like myself) to become a p-sychiatrist (thanks Animaniacs) you were 
wrong. Now in your spare time you too can psychoanalyze your friends and 
relatives and find out that yes, you are the only sane one and everyone 
else is nuts. At least that's what I found out with it!            -dave

P.S. Congradulations everyone, no one fell 
     for the "where's parts 1-9" trick.



Please tell me people don't really come up with those stupid questions
themselves.  Anyway,

You might be interested in this little bit of info.  I use these questions
to find out about people.  I have known about it since 10th grade, and my
teacher, Mrs. Harper is the one who showed us it.  It wasn't exactly on the
lesson plan, but it was interesting, and I wonder if the IJMC needs it....

Ask someone to describe their favorite animal, in adjectives.  They should
describe qualities, such as bold, dependable, elusive, etc.  *Not* hairy, wet,
or anything dull like that.  Get at least 4 words.  If they can't reduce the
idea down to one word, then a sentence or phrase is acceptable.  They also do
not need to name the animal.

(All these instructions are for the askers sake - sometimes if you give too
many instructions to the askee they freeze, so dole out the latter instructions
only as necessary.)

Then get them to describe their favorite color.  Same instructions apply.  This
one is a little harder. Again they do not have to name the color.

Then get them to describe their favorite body of water.  Any body of water
applies, and the same instructions apply.  Do not give examples unless they are
really stuck and need to be jump-started.  Some of the examples I have heard
described are waterfall, birdbath, ocean, mudpuddle, rain, icewater in a glass,
and mountain stream, just to give you an idea of how many different answers
this can produce.

Last question is this, and it is a little different.  Tell them "You find
yourself in a room without windows or doors.  What is your reaction?"
There is nothing more to this.  I do not know if the room is lit, if there
are other people, or if you have to worry about eating.  Their interpretation
to this question is what makes the answer, so do not tell them the part outside
of the quotation marks unless they get frustrated (and it won't really help).

The key to this is that the animal represents how the person feels about
her/himself. The color is how other people see her/him.   Water is the person
in relation to sexual activity, and the room is the person's reaction to death.
Tell them this after you have gone through all 4 questions.

                                              Enjoy - Betsy