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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Tiger is the only child of his parents marriage and in essence the ONLY child, although he had older step siblings. He was the center of his fathers' intense attention, direction, even badgering and was the "victim" of the "coach's kid syndrome". He is obviously a perfectionist. Anyone can see that he would NOT be a good poker player, his face betrays him. He is quick to look frustrated when he fails, misses a putt, etc. AND he doesn't fail very often. He is obviously a private person. He shields his family from the spotlight more than other great golfers have done.
The enormous embarrassment of this situation could very well lead him to awful unrelenting depression and worse.
Sweetie and I were saying that the mistakes we have made in our life did not have to be witnessed by the world.
He is not a "whatever" personality. I hope he makes it through this.
AND do I have guts or what to follow a psychiatrists' post with MY personal views on Tigers mental state.??
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very, very, insightful thoughts on this mess... I've spent 34 years dealing with peoples emotional and mental struggles. I will go to my grave trying to figure out what posesses a person to destroy everything for sex. I have felt for years that sex becomes like a drug for some... like cocaine.... they keep going back for another and another and another hit.... meanwhile, they leave behind in their wake destroyed credibility, destroyed reputation and career, destroyed finances, destroyed marriage, destroyed children... and they still don't stop.
A GREAT read is the book "Private Lies" "The betrayal of intimacy" by Dr Frank Pittman from Emory Univ in Atlanta. Tiger's probably reading it right now. BTW.... Pitman's follow-up book is entitled... "Grow-Up"!. Everyone should read it.