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The story of schizophrenia is one with a protagonist, “the schizophrenic,” who is first a fine and good vessel with fine and good things inside of it, and then becomes misshapen through the ravages of psychosis; the vessel becomes prone to being filled with nasty things. Finally, the wicked thoughts and behavior that may ensue become inseparable from the person, who is now unrecognizable from what they once were.
A fictional narrative is considered nuanced when it includes contradictions, but a narrative of trauma is ill-advised to do the same.
Forgiveness, as it turns out, is not a linear prospect. Neither is healing. Both flare up and die down;
Cotard’s delusion, in which the patient believes that they are dead.
We mistake just feelings as feelings for love,”
Morgellons—a condition that allegedly causes crawling sensations beneath the skin and the emergence of colorful fibers from the pores—
