By Stormbound

I said goodbye to Josh and followed the orderly out as he led me up a floor and into a small but plush office full of dark wood and overstuffed furniture where the doctor was waiting behind a desk. He introduced himself as Dr. Stevens and asked if I had any questions about Josh.

I asked about his reason for being committed and his treatment saying he looked rather healthy. But the doctor said looks can be deceiving and that Josh suffers from a sensory disorder that leads to high levels of aggressive and dominant behavior. Further this had coupled with some rather disturbing sexual desires of a homosexual nature. All of this had required some rather intensive therapy designed to train him to reduce this aggression through sensory restriction.

He went on saying that Josh had been changed into a more casual form of restraint and uniform for our visit, but that his normal uniform was much more severe as part of the sensory restriction. He assured me that all the treatments had been cleared by an external medical review board and that it was all totally humane. Sadly, when I asked about when Josh might be able to be released, while he thought Josh was making progress, he didn’t think he was ready for release any time soon. He said ultimately it was up to me as his now legal guardian, but his medical advice was to keep Josh committed at this time. In fact before Josh’s father had passed away unexpectedly, he had been mulling some proposals by Dr. Sevens for further enhancements to Josh’s treatment to help improve progress and ensure long term health.

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