I think I need to find a place where there are some REAL people for advice. I guess there is something to be said about talking before you have had a chance to see who is listening, and I suppose I am the one to have made the mistake thinking I might be welcome and the posters would not be so concerned about debasing me.
Good luck in the future, and I hope you folks are able to work through some of your defensiveness and frustrations with those counselors.
Best reagrds and goodbye; Tom S.