Jesus, these posts by Val are some of the most unpleasant things I've read on the forum in a long time. You know all those shock images where some homeless guy has an infected wound and the camera zooms in and it's writhing with maggots? - it's like that except with a personality. A decayed psyche stemming from years of neglect, that even if repaired would be horrifically deficient. A ruined and mutilated person, stumbling around unaware of their own injuries.