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Amelia Adams's avatar

So much of this hits home. Not wanting to forget the torment because there’s something precious about it. The rarity of being in the position of a profoundly mentally ill person able to articulate the experience- how so few of us can speak for ourselves, always at the mercy of artistic interpretation. The “cruelty” of that phenomenon. The truth about our violence and frustration about how the “competent ill” frame it purportedly to fight stigma. (The same people who tell me not to say “commit suicide” even though I absolutely attempted murder that day.) I’d never heard of the Praecox Feeling but have experienced it and certainly caused it at times. I related so much to this piece that I’m certain that I should avoid watching the movie. Thanks for writing it. Also, yay Lamictal. It’s a wonder drug.

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williamharris's avatar

Even when you are on that liminal space of mental illness, there, but not there, you still provide for someone like me, a 'normie' the weight of the condition. I will remember this post for some time; think about it. This is a heroic fight--keep at it.

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