NEWS FROM DOCTOR FREAK

Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday regardless of practice, religion or ethnicity! It has been an eventful past few weeks. Last time we spoke I apparently said some things that may not have been the kindest or very professional. I would like to apologize to all my viewers and fans. I think that the pressure of the season added with the growing FWAD concerns and battling my own demons may have gotten the better of me. While not ideal this can lend us to some deep learning about the impacts of FWAD and how it can lead us astray.


Now take our friend Boots. He wrote in,
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Dr. Freak, I will hunt you down, you owe me a session, I'm going crazy with 20 drivers now...


Now this is a growing concern. Many teams have expanded to enormous porportions. Boots may have the largest team in the history of FWan and all in such a short amount of time. Where does the growth stop? So know I think we should bring Boots out here and ask him some questions. With that I would like to introduce our first guest on this show. Please welcome Boots!
(Boots enters from stage right)
(Cheering insues as the live audience welcomes the greatest team in FWan.)
Dr - Welcome Boots to the Dr Freak show
Boots- Thanks Doc for bringing me in, I need help and lots of it.
Dr- Well Boots please explain, tell us what is bothering you.
Boots - Well Doc, my team has grown to unmanageable size. I have 20 drivers chomping at the bit to run races and dominate. However I also have mechanic's to supervise, a research and development centre, commercial assistants and nurses..... oh the nurses.... they take up more of my time than anything else. Thats not to mention dealing with the other teams.... Actually I have been dealing with a nurse Svetlana from team Heavy Engine lately.... what a wonderul woman she is..... she is very talented at her job and you should see her amazing
Dr - Boots please this is a family show...
Boots - Yes, yes, family, I... I know, I have a family myself.... I was going to say pistons, Dr Freak, pistons..... Anyways anxiety has been building, how can I keep this all in order. How do I keep my drivers happy, my team happy, nurse Svetlana..... oh never mind..... I just don't know what to do!!!! I can't keep it all going!!! I am online all day long..... I can't sleep!!! I've stopped eating!!!! What is happening to me?!??!?
Dr - Now Boots, first we must call the issue for what it is. Remember FWAD is not you, and you are not FWAD, it is a demon that acts outside of you. You can control this FWAD. It is not in control of you.
(Boots nods his head)
Dr - Think back to a time when FWAD was not impacting your life.
Boots - Man, it seems so long ago, I can hardly remember. But I would have to say it was in July of last year. I took two days off as I left the country.
Dr - Good, good, now you took two days off. How did you feel?
Boots - Well at first I was searching for internet cafe's to see if I could just scoot in and log on but I kept getting side tracked.
Dr - OK so what other things were there?
Boots - Well my family was really wanting to see all the sights and attractions so I had to put FWan on the back burner.
Dr - And how did you do this?
Boots - Well I looked at what I could and should be doing instead.
Dr - Yes you visualized other positive things that you could be doing? You said to yourself that you and your family were more important.
Boots- I guess so.....
Dr - Know what would it take for you to do something like that again? What would it take for you to take some time away from the 4 hours a day you follow and listen to FWAD telling to you plug it?
Boots - Well I guess since many of my drivers have completed as many championships as possible I have had more time for other things.
DR - Well yes I guess that is a way to deal with things.....
Boots - Come to think of it in actual fact I don't really have 20 drivers.... well they aren't all racing... so really I do not have to manage that much!!!
Dr - Lets focus on...
Boots - And if I'm really thinking about it my time logged on has gone down over the last couple of weeks!!! Ya, actually I have been doing other things than just managing my team, like posting in the forum's competing in fun FWan contests, starting shoestring teams..... I have expanded my life really
Dr - Well having more FWan te....
Boots - ACtually I'm not crawling the walls anymore. Thanks Doc, you're amazing! I came in here with a heavy heart and incredible anxiety and now I feel wonderful!
(Boots jumps up and skips his way off the stage..... He waves to the adoring fans as they cheer and a chant of Boots begins. The chant quickly changes to Dr Freak.)
(The Dr is sitting stunned. He quickly collects himself and addresses the crowd)


Well today we have seen someone who is at the peak of the mountain who suffers that same way we all do. Just because he has fame and fortune he still battles with similar issues, how do I fit all the drivers into one day?!? Now Boots's battle with FWAD is not over, there will come a day when he realizes that he has not really done any work on dealing with this serious issue. He will realize that 20 drivers are far to many to manage. He will come to realize that having 15 cars with max tuning does not fill the void in his life. He will realize that money can not buy love or happiness. But until than another happy customer of the Dr Freak show.


I hope that my return has been more subdued than our last meeting together. I hope that the medication I'm on will continue to keep me calm and relaxed so I can continue to offer this important service. And to remember to go to my happy place when things don't go as planned. Like when on a recent race I found myself not in the lead..... I found myself playing second fiddle..... I found myself unable to pass and having to settle FOR SECOND.... I FOUND MYSELF CURSING THE DAY THAT MANIMAL WAS EVER BORN...... I FOUND MYSELF.......


Calm.... calm... calm... deep breaths.... deep breaths......


OK see I can keep mylself in check. Thank you for tuning in and....


Until next time, keep it real, keep it tight and keep it fast....


(As music begins to play and credits start to role Dr Freak can be heard yelling..... Manimal you have not seen the last of me...... just wait until next time..... I have a little surprise for you..... I will introduce you to my little friend.... oh yes.... oh yes..... just wait.... you'll get what's comin to you.....than we'll see who's the fastest......)