The Collected Schizophrenias - Revision history

Robert.adlington: /* Toward a Pathology of the Possessed */

2026-07-06T13:50:04Z

Toward a Pathology of the Possessed

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	=== Toward a Pathology of the Possessed ===		=== Toward a Pathology of the Possessed ===

	* ~~Bullet~~		* Humans might all be ciphers to one another, but people with mental illness are particularly opaque because of their broken brains. We cannot be trusted about anything, including our own experiences.

	=== High-Functioning ===		=== High-Functioning ===

	* ~~Bullet~~		* Schizophrenia and its ilk are not seen by society as conditions that coexist with the potential for being high-functioning, and are therefore terrifying. No one wants to be crazy, least of all truly crazy - as in psychotic. Schizophrenics are seen as some of the most dysfunctional members of society: we are homeless, we are inscrutable, and we are murderers.
			* Among psychiatric researchers, having a job is considered one of the major characteristics of being a high-functioning person... as having a job is the most reliable sign that you can pass in the world as normal.

	=== Yale Will Not Save You ===		=== Yale Will Not Save You ===

Robert.adlington: /* Diagnosis */

2026-07-06T13:45:38Z

Diagnosis

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+* Craziness scares us because we are creatures who long for structure and sense; we divide the interminable days into years, months, and weeks.
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2026-07-06T13:24:43Z

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