To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown.

Jeanette Winterson
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To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown. When we speak of a breakdown, we usually think of a sudden and complete emotional disorder. However, if we define ‘breakdown’ as a series of events that change our way of thinking and acting, then we may call those events ‘deranged.’ The derangement of life can be reversed by accepting the deranged as part of life.

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