The Patient’s Turn Roy Porter and Psychiatry’s Tales, Thirty Years on
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Waking up in a mental hospital isn’t something you plan for. It’s not what I see that astonishes me— I’ve sat through enough loony bin films to have some idea what to expect—but who I am. There have been moments in recent months when I have hardly recognized the desolate woman inhabiting my body and brain; but sooner or later the familiar self would always reappear, sporting her labels—historian, feminist, writer. Now I am in a place that redefines me. Now I am a loony, a nutter, one of those forlorn beings who lurk in the dark recesses of our society. My me has drained out of me; I am on the far side of the moon.
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