Can anyone seriously claim it is a privilege these days to be mentally ill? | by Maywood | Medium

Drew came into the world like thunder. He had fits of rage where I fully expected his head to pop open. “They’re just tantrums,” my mother would say to assuage my fear. Then she’d reach into the refrigerator, get the pitcher of ice water and toss the contents into my …

When Mental Illness sleeps down the hall

Katie Mitchell

1 min readAug 31, 2018

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Can anyone seriously claim it is a privilege these days to be mentally ill?

What makes Drew’s tantrums any better or any worse than Trump’s tantrums?

Would you object to re-naming your story to: “When Mental Illness sleeps at the Whitehouse?”

just a grain of salt,

S

Written by Maywood

Researcher in le temps perdu: sex, race, ethics, the clinic, logic, and mathematics. Founder and analyst at PLACE www.topoi.net

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