Whats the Matter  Does your blood boil  Does your heart pound  Are you gasping for breath  What is it about your sensitivity that causes you to behave in such and easilytriggered and offbalance manner  You act as if you care not a whit for anyone but yourself  Is it just an act  Or is that your innate character     Common Interests of Troubled and Conflicted Souls  I see that youre idly floating speculative theories again with another of your legendary flights of fancy Rather than speculate without the benefit of evidence and reasoning why dont you interview me to discover the nature and extent of my interest in troublesome and troubled individuals such as yourself   Are you a curious and courageous enough adventure writer to discover the unrevealed truth or do you prefer to remain safely ensconced in a cocoon of childlike selfdelusion anonymity and utter indifference to the tragic harm caused by blindly acting out ones innermost fantasies   Rest assured I am becoming increasing familiar with your legendary and oftdisclosed lack of caring which seems to be a recurring issue in your life and recently published remarks  And I appreciate that your dreadfully provocative remarks elsewhere may well be a transparent attempt to solicit the kind of caring that you apparently crave  You have a keen sense of awareness of those who respond with a tiny measure of empathy and compassion to your repeated dare  I say desperate cries for attention    So it appears youve chosen me as your antagonist respondent and reluctant mentor  So be it  Im flattered  Not that Im necessarily up to the task but Ill give it a decent college try  Of course I fully expect to fail  I dont yet have the level of competence required to discover how to work and play cooperatively with individuals of your unfamiliar stripe  Lets begin by crafting a mutuallyagreeable social contract setting forth the protocols of our budding and potentially troubled relationship  What are your desires and objectives for this unfolding relationship  Do you prefer comedy tragedy or bildungsroman  Do you prefer functional or dysfunctional relationship  Do you prefer highly emotional or emotionally subdued scenes in our continuing soap opera