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"If your only explanation for an auditory hallucination is that you must be going crazy and you have to fight it, you’re going to develop a very different relat
by bourgoin 11y ago
"If your only explanation for an auditory hallucination is that you must be going crazy and you have to fight it, you’re going to develop a very different relationship to your illness"
This is really the key idea. It reminds me of the story of Eleanor Longden [1], a psychological researcher who has heard voices for years and has come to learn to live with them. "Mental illness/health" is a powerful meme that isn't always for the best.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/08/ted-talk-eleanor-longden-schizophrenia http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/08/ted-talk-e...