Tag Archives: Mental Health

1953: Description

Posted on July 3, 2021 by corvusfugit

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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1961: The Disaster of Everyday Life

Posted on July 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

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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2006: WHEN I AM WITH PEOPLE I AM BOTHERED BY HEARING VERY QUEER THINGS

Posted on September 9, 2018 by corvusfugit

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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1970: Knots

Posted on June 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

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

Posted on January 15, 2018 by corvusfugit

“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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2009: Prescription

Posted on January 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Margaret Owen: Daily Painting #214 (2009) (source)

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1924: That’s What the Leaves Murmured

Posted on November 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

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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1942: The Man Who Lost his Head

Posted on November 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Claire Huchet Bishop: The Man Who Lost His Head (1942); illustration by Robert McCloskey.

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2001: Hardhat

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

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 →

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2014: Interwoven with Others

Posted on October 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

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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