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September 25, 2006
Where are we?
You've been hld for years without trial, way beyond what time you'd serve if you'd been found guilty. Interogators ask you private questions to learn your secrets. Every time that you talk to them they make things worse for you. You aren't in a secret eastern-European prison or Gitmo, simply a victim of the modern system of medically imprisioning those deemed mentally ill. And there was once a time when I would have thought nothing of it, but then I read Szasz, and my eyes were opened.
The long and short of it is that just because medicine makes you feel better doesn't mean that the cause of discomfort is a medical issue. Just because someone acts in a non-normal manner, doesn't mean that they are sick. Sick should be reserved for problems with physical causes.
My step-mother had a copy of his book, The Myth of Mental Illness on her bookshelf, and reading it was one of the most startling reads of my life. Needless to say, he isn't popular with others in the field of mental health.
Posted by OneEyedMan at September 25, 2006 6:23 PM
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