the incongruence of her reality had left her burned out after only five years in the counseling field.the initial motivation to seek out others like herself and make a difference in a troubled world had not gone according to plan.the promising world of the helping profession should have provided the best of the square-peg population.a safety net devised of warm and accepting companions , who like herself , would plunge forward in an uncaring world working together to make it a better place.within a short time , however , she had found them to be crazier than the patients and more apathetic than the checkout staff at wal-mart.the kind that asks , how you are doing ?