http://crumpledpapercranes.com/2014/12/29/mental-illness-treatment-and-stigma-in-girl-interrupted/
Susanna Kaysen, admitted to the hospital for mental exhaustion and a suicide attempt, is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder…
Susanna explicitly questioned her diagnosis during her hospitalization. She felt that what others perceived as inappropriate, tiring behavior were hallmark characteristics of young adulthood. She criticized the DSM as a vague collection of generalizations, often subjectively applied to those who do not conform to social norms…
Frankly, I think that any labeling of human beings is inappropriate. Labels are for tin cans. The DSM-V makes it possible to treat any living condition as pathology. It is damning and shaming vehicle used to judge.
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“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.” Martina Navratilova
“If people have to put labels on me, I’d prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.” Joan Baez
“I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don’t understand.” Adam Jones
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These are some damn good quotes.
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I love brainyquotes.com… Why try to say something when someone else has said it better? 🙂
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Thank you for the suggestion.
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Well she the femme fatale with A dose of pubescent angst. Though Britanny Murphy stole the show and perhaps Winona Ryder did a lot to confuse it all as well. Let’s go play crazy.
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A Girl Interrupted is one of my favorite movies, but c’mon, Angelina Jolie was the one who stole the show, making an unlikeable character totally sympathetic. And Winona just has to look at the camera without saying a word to be compelling… Yes, I’m with you, let’s go play crazy — maybe I could get some good drugs. 🙂
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I only have Sertraline (Zoloft) but that is enough I think…ha
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