LTB:
One Woman's Triumph Over Adversity
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The
doctor listened to Jane's story and immediately came up with
a diagnosis. She was suffering from a Low Threshold of Boredom.
(LTB)
"At
first I was stunned, you never believe it's going to happen
to you. This is the kind of thing that happens to other people.
After the diagnosis I went into denial."
Jane
closed herself in her room and lost herself in the world of
ad imagery. Dancing hot-dogs and talking penguins became her
world. Her husband tried to pretend there was nothing wrong.
He hoped Jane would just snap out of it, but as the days spread
into weeks he found he could not cope.
As
a last desperate measure, he got the family together and they
staged an intervention. Jane needed help.
"It
was awful" Jane says. "I felt humiliated. I made
a deal with them: if they would just shut the hell up I would
do anything."
Through
Dr. Hal, Michael was able to find a clinic that offered treatment
for LTB.
"The
first few days were a nightmare." Jane admits.
The
clinic focuses on toleration therapy. Dr. Hal explains, "We
like to take a positive interactive prosalve tolerant adaptive
co-grain approach.
The
patient is forced to watch the complete series of the original
Big Brother and are asked to come up with five interesting
quotes by Jamie and Curtis. The patients are then forced to
read Britney Spear's autobiography "My Life So Far"
followed by a lecture on child rearing by Kathie Lee Gifford.
"We
find the time period directly after Mrs. Gifford's lecture
critical: it is the make or break point. Luckily we have a
suicide watch."says Dr. Hal.
Next
comes confrontation and family members are invited in for
a session.
"That
was the worst part for me." admits Jane."It was
the most difficult thing I've ever had to do."
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"Sometimes
an encounter with a TB (terminally boring)person is unavoidable
so we've learned some tips to cope."
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