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English term or phrase:
somebody
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a psychologist, psychotherapist or similar professional therapist
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Yvonne Gallagher
Feb 7, 2015 19:42
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Hello everyone,
A husband and a wife are at a TV show.
Presenter: Did you seek out counseling for help?
Wife: Yes, yes. From about Los Angeles onwards I sort of, I mean the stresses were so great with our eldest son that it's almost to me like being hit by a bus. You've got every bone in your body broken and that you need permanent physiotherapy for the rest of your life and I look on therapy as physiotherapy.
Presenter: It's maintenance for your relationship.
Wife: It's absolute maintenance. And so wherever we go I've sought out ***somebody*** because I just find a lot of what happens in with us is that I get what I develop, what I call niggles. I get niggles of resentment and then they start to nag, so it's a naggle and then he comes home from a trip and it's a noggle by this time and I'm not nice.
Does "somebody" implies a physiotherapist? Or does it mean she sought out any person to take it out on?
Thank you.
A husband and a wife are at a TV show.
Presenter: Did you seek out counseling for help?
Wife: Yes, yes. From about Los Angeles onwards I sort of, I mean the stresses were so great with our eldest son that it's almost to me like being hit by a bus. You've got every bone in your body broken and that you need permanent physiotherapy for the rest of your life and I look on therapy as physiotherapy.
Presenter: It's maintenance for your relationship.
Wife: It's absolute maintenance. And so wherever we go I've sought out ***somebody*** because I just find a lot of what happens in with us is that I get what I develop, what I call niggles. I get niggles of resentment and then they start to nag, so it's a naggle and then he comes home from a trip and it's a noggle by this time and I'm not nice.
Does "somebody" implies a physiotherapist? Or does it mean she sought out any person to take it out on?
Thank you.
Responses
| 4 +2 | a psychiatrist |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 4 +7 | counselor, therapist or psychotherapist |
Arabic & More
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| 4 +1 | someone, *any*one |
Jennifer Levey
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Feb 9, 2015 15:44: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1300525">Yvonne Gallagher's</a> old entry - "somebody"" to ""a psychologist, psychotherapist or similar professioanal therapist""
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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a psychiatrist
she is just saying it's LIKE she has every bone broken but she is really looking for counselling for her problems
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so, she is not going to look for a physiotherapist in other words. Her "niggles" are really anxieties and stress so she needs help. Yes, she says
"I look on therapy as physiotherapy"
which is a little confusing but she's explaining that her stress level is LIKE she has been "hit by a bus"
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Just to be clear
she LOOKS FOR a PSYCHIATRIST "wherever we go"
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yes, Robin is right. I should have said
psychologist.
It's a "shrink" (slang) that she needs.
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I read "therapy" as being counselling for her stress as she seeks it out on her own it seems. She doesn't say she and her husband go together which would be required in marriage therapy/counselling. (Unless there's something later in interview that indicates this?)
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I really don't know where people are getting "marriage counselling" as she explains the problems are caused by her "eldest son". I truly believe an "understanding friend" is not going to be enough. The woman is getting professional help imho and that is ongoing treatmentwhich is maintaining her in a functioning state.
"niggles" to "naggles" to "noggles" and "I'm not nice" are signs of her rising stress/anxiety levels so that's why she needs to get professional treatment. The fact she seeks out this treatment "everywhere we go" also points to the need for professional help. Hardly likely to have an understanding friend or "helper" everywhere! And "helper" is far too vague.
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glad to have helped
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so, she is not going to look for a physiotherapist in other words. Her "niggles" are really anxieties and stress so she needs help. Yes, she says
"I look on therapy as physiotherapy"
which is a little confusing but she's explaining that her stress level is LIKE she has been "hit by a bus"
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Note added at 14 mins (2015-02-07 19:57:40 GMT)
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Just to be clear
she LOOKS FOR a PSYCHIATRIST "wherever we go"
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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-02-07 22:53:58 GMT)
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yes, Robin is right. I should have said
psychologist.
It's a "shrink" (slang) that she needs.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-02-07 23:03:32 GMT)
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I read "therapy" as being counselling for her stress as she seeks it out on her own it seems. She doesn't say she and her husband go together which would be required in marriage therapy/counselling. (Unless there's something later in interview that indicates this?)
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Note added at 19 hrs (2015-02-08 15:24:17 GMT)
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I really don't know where people are getting "marriage counselling" as she explains the problems are caused by her "eldest son". I truly believe an "understanding friend" is not going to be enough. The woman is getting professional help imho and that is ongoing treatmentwhich is maintaining her in a functioning state.
"niggles" to "naggles" to "noggles" and "I'm not nice" are signs of her rising stress/anxiety levels so that's why she needs to get professional treatment. The fact she seeks out this treatment "everywhere we go" also points to the need for professional help. Hardly likely to have an understanding friend or "helper" everywhere! And "helper" is far too vague.
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glad to have helped
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Gallagy. My initial thought was that she has pain/ache in her body because of her anxieties and that's why she says, "I look on therapy as physiotherapy" |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Jennifer Levey
: Methinks you're confusing psychology (= counselling to help someone cope with stress etc.) and psychiatry (=use of drugs to control behaviour).
2 hrs
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yes, I do actually know the difference but goofed up:-( it's a shrink of course.
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Charles Davis
: OK, probably a counsellor rather than a psychiatrist, but the explanation is right, and important to make it clear that it's not a psythiotherapist (she's not literally suffering from multiple fractures).
3 hrs
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well, Thanks. Well, she seems to be in a bad way so think it's professional psychotherapist of some sort
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AllegroTrans
: or any skilled helper, it is not specific// true, but the source text is equally vague..."somebody" might include an understanding friend
5 hrs
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Thanks, but I think "skilled helper"is way too vague and it's some form of psychotherapist//"counselling"/"everywhere we go"/"permanent"/"maintenance" etc etc all point to professional psychotherapy of some description (and not marriage counselling either
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Gallagy."
+7
1 hr
Arabic & More
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Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
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52
counselor, therapist or psychotherapist
She seeks out a marriage counselor or therapist. It doesn't necessarily have to be a psychiatrist (although I agree with the rest of Gallagy' explanation).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Victoria Britten
1 hr
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| agree |
Charles Davis
2 hrs
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
: or any skilled helper, it is not specific
3 hrs
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| agree |
Sery Media (X)
: A skilled professional in the area, but not specific. Especially since she mentions 'Maintenance'.
3 hrs
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| agree |
acetran
11 hrs
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| agree |
British Diana
: Yes, it's counselling and/or therapy, done by a professional
11 hrs
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| neutral |
Yvonne Gallagher
: psychotherapist yes, but not a "marriage counsellor" and "therapist " is too vague. What does "maintenance" mean to SeryMedia? Think is misunderstanding
12 hrs
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| agree |
Phong Le
1 day 13 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Jennifer Levey
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27
someone, *any*one
She just needs a fellow human being to listen to her. 'somebody' doesn't have to be a health professional. A social worker will do; or whoever picks up the phone at Samaritans; any total stranger will do - provided that that person will listen (and, hopefully, empathise).
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Note added re Asker's doubt: "Or does it mean she sought out any person to take it out on?"
It's all about 'sharing' her concerns with 'someone who cares (and might be able to provide support)', not about finding a 'scapegoat', or someone to blame for her problems.
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Note added re Asker's doubt: "Or does it mean she sought out any person to take it out on?"
It's all about 'sharing' her concerns with 'someone who cares (and might be able to provide support)', not about finding a 'scapegoat', or someone to blame for her problems.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Yvonne Gallagher
: no, don't agree with this. it's clear she needs counselling: "Did you seek out counseling for help?/ Wife: Yes, yes.
23 mins
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| agree |
Jean-Claude Gouin
: Muchly!? At least Gallagy, Amel and Charles didn't disagree ...
33 mins
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Thanks muchly.
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| neutral |
Arabic & More
: I agree with Gallagy on this. "Someone" here is clearly a mental health professional.
49 mins
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| neutral |
Charles Davis
: The context clearly militates against this reading, in my opinion.
1 hr
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