- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK
by Dr. Molto Breve
COMPLETELY DESTROYED: Nothing can be partially destroyed. It was damaged, perhaps severely damaged, but destroyed is destroyed.
Some of our patients at the Center for English as a First Language are completion compulsives. They not only say completely destroyed but also completely surrounded, completely done, completely filled, and completely finished.
This linguistic impairment usually responds to treatment at our general care facility, the William Safire Center. We teach patients that destroyed is an absolute term.
These patients often require a program of therapy completely and totally for this compulsion.
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