From: Unleesh-AT-aol.com Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:27:48 EST Subject: Re: dialectical/destratify "Most schizos I know would do almost anything to end their suffering." Maybe you need to meet more schizos, because I know alot of people who have been diagnosed with this, and fortunately, many of them have been intelligent enought to see behind the scam. Obviously I am invoking schizophrenia as a Concept, which is most appropriate, given how Laing and others have exposed it as little else. But in terms of people who are suffering under this label, I have never belittled the alienation and terror and discomfort this can represent. However, this says nothing about the unconscious creativity and rebellion which can be seen to take place in tandem with absolutely draconian social expectations. And I think it's the Everyday Draconian Social Expectations which one ought to be jousting against if one wants to help alleviate a lot of suffering. When the unconscious irrupts, it's not always pleasant, and can be nightmarish. This doesn't mean there isn't some level of intentionality about it ... If you want to have a serious discussion about schizophrenia, we can have one. This condition has much more to do with trust issues, refusal of social games, and a fractal psyche-strategy on the part of the unconscious than any reductive biochemical theory ; obviously, there's alot of complexities here that can't be summed up in a few paragraphs.
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