"There is no such "condition" as "Schizophrenia," but the label is a social fact 
and the social fact a political event*" -- M. Dr. Ron D. Laing, "The Politics of 
Experience;" Ch.5 "The Schizophrenic Experience" Pg. 121/122.

"Madness need not be a breakdown, it may also be a breakthrough." -- M.Dr. R. D. Laing; The Politics of Experience (1967), Ch. 06.

"Jill's mother had a severe stroke in 1963.  She recovered to live on, nursed by 
Jill, until she died two years later.  Jill always said that her mother had died 
in 1963.  She did not recognize the woman she nursed for two years as her mother.  
That was another person.  And when her mother "officially" died in 1965, she felt 
only relief not grief." -- Ronald David Laing, "The Politics of Family;" "The Family, 
Invalidation, And The Clinincal Conspiracy." (Pg. 2 also check 1). (Spec. Massey 
Lecture Series; CBC-Anansi Press; I regret the CBC, however I was to excited to 
find another M.Dr. Ronald D. Laing Book to notice.).; Basically making the point, 
regarding "I don't know you anymore," how someone's personality changing for the better 
or worse can render them unrecognizable.


* The CBC Bureacrats Must Have Never Red Or Listened To This; I Would Have Figured That 
The Propaganda (Heritage) Ministry would have banned it ("The Politics Of The Family").


(M.D.)