R. D. Laing Quotes About Insanity
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
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In describing one way of going mad, I shall try to show that there is a comprehensible transition from the sane schizoid way of being-in-the-world to a psychotic way of being-in-the-world.
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.
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I am quite sure that a good number of "cures" of psychotics consist in the fact that the patient has decided, for one reason or other, once more to play at being sane.
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Insanity is a perfectly natural adjustment to a totally unnatural and negative environment.
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