Brian Watman, in a Boston Globe article, “‘Have a Nice Day,’ the Conversational Irritant,” reports on a psychological counselor who had an “ODD” experience with a client.
The therapist had tentatively diagnosed the patient with ODD—Oppositional Defiant Disorder. You probably don’t have a psych dictionary on your apps, so here’s the Google definition of O.D.D.: “A behavioral condition characterized by a persistent pattern of angry, irritable mood, argumentative and defiant behavior, or vindictiveness.” Continue reading
