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Tag Archives: Mental Health
1953: Description
A description of what we would now call a depressive episode from a 1953 story by Jean Ferry, “The Traveler with Luggage”: As a result of incidents still obscure to me, I suffered an absolutely atrocious mental breakdown in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 2020's, 20th Century, 21st Century, African-Americans, Art, Books, Damon Davis, France, Jean Ferry, Mental Health, Sculpture, USA, Writing
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1961: The Disaster of Everyday Life
The distinction between “disaster” and “normal” conditions is implicit in most treatments of disaster behavior. The everyday, ongoing life of the society is usually equated with the “normal,” and those conditions that result from disaster are viewed as “abnormal” and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Charles Fritz, Disasters, Illustration, Mental Health, Pierre Mion, Psychology, Trains, USA
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2006: WHEN I AM WITH PEOPLE I AM BOTHERED BY HEARING VERY QUEER THINGS
WHEN I AM WITH PEOPLE I AM BOTHERED BY HEARING VERY QUEER THINGS I went to the pillar-box I never saw a worse-looking house in town or in hunting zones “welcome to girly hell” turn her out because her necklace … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Books, Katie Degentesh, Mental Health, Poetry, Psychology, USA, Women
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1970: Knots
A selection from R. D. Laing’s Knots (1970). Here is another: Mother loves me because she is good I am bad, to think she is bad therefore if I am good she is good and loves me because I am … Continue reading
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1961: Schizoanalysis
“The salvation of our world lies in the hands of the maladjusted.” MLK speaks at the 1961 Transportation Workers Union convention: There are certain words in every academic discipline which soon become stereotypes and clichés. Every [academic] discipline has its … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Civil Rights, Félix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Labor, Martin Luther King Jr., Mental Health, NAACP, Psychology, Unions, USA
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2009: Prescription
Margaret Owen: Daily Painting #214 (2009) (source)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Margaret Owen, Medicine, Mental Health, Painting, USA, Women
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1924: That’s What the Leaves Murmured
Diaz’s Forest In a forest painted by Diaz, a little motherkin and her child stood still. They were now a good hour from the village. Gnarled trunks spoke a primeval tongue. The mother said to her child: “In my opinion, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 1920's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Books, Children, Essays, France, Landscapes, Mental Health, Mothers, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Painting, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, Switzerland, Trees, Women, Writing
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1942: The Man Who Lost his Head
Claire Huchet Bishop: The Man Who Lost His Head (1942); illustration by Robert McCloskey.
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Books, Children, Claire Huchet Bishop, France, Mental Health, Robert McCloskey, Switzerland, USA, Women
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2001: Hardhat
Larry Keating’s hardhat. Keating, a member of Iron Workers Local 40, was a foreman during the cleanup of of wreckage and debris from the World Trade Center following 9/11. (source) The men — Larry Keating, Danny Doyle, Mike Emerson and … Continue reading
2014: Interwoven with Others
In a 2014 study, Tanya Luhrmann found that when people hear voices in their heads, the personae and tone of those voices are shaped by culture; in the United States, the voices are threatening and severe, but in Africa and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Art, Ataa Oko, Culture, Drawing, Ghana, India, Mental Health, Religion, Science, Tanya Luhrmann
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