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by babybowrain » Fri May 27, 2011 1:21 am
So I was reading/skimming through "schizophrenia and the Human Value" and it's basically like a history of how schizophrenics were created by the medical industry as diseased and inhuman etc, and how we do have value. And...it quotes the doctor who described schizophrenics for the first time...he said they were basically "vagabonds"! Wanderers. What on earth is wrong with that? Well apparently we do not fit in within industrial society and are "useless" according to the old doctor. Pffft. The hell with it, I'm a vagabond and proud of it! but I think I'll keep taking my meds despite this hahaha...but, that's such a romantic notion isn't it? a vagabond?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagabond_%28person%29 All you have to do to accept your self is read some romantic literature about vagabonds and ta-da...you suddenly value yourself! ok sorry for the insane ranting.
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by Platypus » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:30 am
I'm not schizophrenic. But I'm a vagabond and I'm proud too.
Do you know this song?
Wolfmother - Vagabond
No diagnosis, lots of opinions, and a bunch of issues that I haven't quite figured out.
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by babybowrain » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:20 pm
I've never heard of it
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