psoriasis in child-Nuphar 3

[Rochelle]

Case 3
V.V., a 34-year-old male veterinarian.
First visit on January 1998
The patient appears with a lifeless facial expression and a vacant glance.
He looks dirty and shabby, his nails chewed and dirty.
He begins to tell his story:
'I have various problems, among which is a little chronic urethritis. I've
done everything to cure it: antibiotics, antifungal products, but uselessly.
Years ago I was found to have chlamydia, and then the test was doubtful and
later negative. But it always troubles me a little. It gets worse with
influenza or masturbation. My girlfriend lives in another region and
sometimes she has had fungi, but I have had the tampon tested and the result
is negative. I don't know what to do anymore. Even from an emotional point
of
view, things are not excellent. I have left this girl twice, already.
Perhaps
I was hurt years ago by a girl that I loved more than the others. She lived
in another town too. I've always had difficulties with women, with the
female
sex, also with cohabitation. I've always had girls that lived a long way
from
my town. I've left two girls who lived in my town shortly after, even if I
would have preferred to remain their friend. At the university many girls
ran
after me, but I was in love with the one that was not in the circle and with
my ideals, and so I lost many occasions without doing anything. They were
ideals of life too. I wanted to go to South America with this girl, to do
guerrilla warfare. On the contrary, I stayed in Italy working as a
veterinarian. I wanted also to go to Africa and to natural parks, but I have
not found concrete occasions to do so. I think that I only drink a little,
but according to my girlfriend I drink too much. I've taken drugs, almost
all
kinds except heroin. I smoke - tobacco and even hashish - but only
occasionally. I've never run after a joint. If it appears, good, if not,
never mind. I'm insecure, because I tend to accumulate things: books, CDs,
whatever generally interests me. I also work a lot in order not to tackle
the
problems I have. I'm successful in my job. I've also worked as a volunteer
in
a dogs' home and for many years I've been registered in naturalistic
associations. I was active in radical politics and now I'm a Rifondazione
party member (post-Communist Italian party): in short a full life, too full.
I've performed as a theatre actor, choral singer, and things like that. Now
I
do religious practice, because I'm a Buddhist and I do Aikido as a martial
art. As for the rest, I can't do much since I work a lot. The sexual,
emotional side has always taken second place also, because I don't have the
courage to tackle problems.'
What problems?
'I also had short homosexual experiences, many years ago. I've always had
troubled sexually. I dream of a woman with ideals. I'm not satisfied with
little. Now, I am having a love affair with a girl four years older than I
am, and her flaw is that she is passive. She's tired; she wants to sleep.
It's a relationship that leaves me very unsatisfied. We seem to be friends,
apart from when we have sexual intercourse, which she always finishes too
early. I would prefer longer things, with sex games.'
What else?
'When I was a child I fell in love with my mother. When I was 14, I dressed
up as a woman, obviously only at home... then I masturbated, this is it.'
And what about the girl you loved very much?
'The distance made things go badly. I was deeply in love with her, even if
my mother says that I left that girl. I said that seeing the distance, if
an affair had occurred we could have lived it. I made a stupid mistake. I
asked her if I could have a affair with a French girl. We left each other.
Then, we started again and left each other again, but my feeling towards her
is still alive, even if I no longer have possibilities with her after these
six years have passed.'
What about guerrilla warfare?
'Everything started while reading Che. I felt great injustice. I've always
hated Americans and their government and I wanted to go and solve their
problems. I intended to take part in the Brigate Rosse. The fact that my
father is a high-ranking official of Carabinieri played an important role.
He
is very authoritative, even if he has been domesticated by my sister, who
looks very much like me.'
How is your relationship with animals?
'As a child I petted all the dogs I met. Then I worked as a volunteer.
Anyway, I'm very severe with my animals. I have a little dog and to make it
understand things, I've even smacked it. I have also five cats, and if they
did things at home I immobilised and smacked them a little. I've had other
dogs, but things didn't go well. Two of them ran away and one died, but it
was not my fault.'
What is the effect of animals' suffering on you?
'I'm sorry, but I'm used to it by now. It was worse before.
If you see them being ill-treated?
'I react, even if I've ill-treated my dog. I was undecided about giving it
away or not, but then it became very unwell. It saved itself, and so I've
understood how important it is for me and I've cried many times, but I've
avoided crying before. Anyway, I have a very sweet relationship with
animals.
I pet them; I kiss them, even too much. My teachers said that I should be
more detached. I studied law earlier, because I wanted to go into politics,
but I changed my mind because of my passion for animals, and I thought that
I
could do politics in any case. It comes to my mind now that I watch hard
porn
movies and I read pornographic magazines. Then, I feel dizzy.'
Dizzy?
'I suffer from vertigo, but not in the mountains. Balconies and stairs give
me vertigo. It's worse if I'm stressed. Studying exhausted me and this
improved with acupuncture. I've been to a psychologist too.'
Have you ever felt strange sensations or seen strange images and colours?
'That happened with LSD: devils on the windscreen, lights, colours, but
only in that situation.'
What else?
'Perhaps a certain inferiority complex towards my sister who is older than
me, even if I was more brilliant than her at school.'
And what about masturbation?
'It happens often. I watch a movie and then......Or from time to time I
took a bra and then.......it happened...'
What's your attitude towards what is transcendental?
'It's something really important. I've tried to believe in our religion. I
also joined Azione Cattolica, but later I didn't get on well with it, and a
friend of mine had spoken to me about Buddhism. I began and then continued.
I have to say that I've also travelled a lot. I've lived in several towns.
I've always moved without any problem. I've hitchhiked without any
destination, with only my sleeping bag. For a certain period of time I went
around with a football team, later for a girl, now for courses, congresses
or for leisures, but I spend a little time on leisure. I have a very busy
life, full of activities.'
Anything else about your urethritis?
'It's constant, painful, but it doesn't get worse if I urinate. If I
masturbate, it gets worse. It's like a sharp pain inside, constant.'
Any worsening?
'If it worsens I feel a major burning sensation. It worsens if I get flu.
If I have sexual intercourse, it doesn't get worse. When I was nineteen I
had a fistula and anal rhagades. Moreover, I have always wanted to live any
kind of experience, to learn from experience and then to judge. To try and
know how it is.'
Have you ever suffered from diarrhoea?
'I've forgotten to tell you about it. If I'm stressed or because of exams,
I have diarrhoea. Even three to four times. On holiday I feel well. My
stool are also sputtering and stinking, but never with blood.'
What time of the day do you usually have diarrhoea?
'It may happen in the morning. I get up and have two discharges in half an
hour. Food can cause it too.'
Dreams?
'I can't remember them, now. Before, I used to write them in order to
analyse them. I used to dream about love, feelings. Many of them related to
animals, but I can't remember now.'
Problems concerning others?
'I share with people a lot. I'm a blood donor, and I'm in the list of bone
marrow donors. I've been registered in Amnesty International. My problem is

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