Melodie CampbellRecent studies have shown that approximately 40% of authors are manic depressive. The rest of us just drink.
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One of the most interesting aspects of our modern society is the way in which mental illness is being considered a medical condition in itself, rather than a symptom of a more fundamental problem. But in many ways, this is a very recent phenomenon. In the 16th and 17th centuries, “madness” was a very different thing from what it is today. A century or so before that, if someone suffered from depression or hysteria, he would have been locked up in an asylum. In many ways, the idea that something could be wrong with your brain was just as alien to people in the past as it would be to people in the present.
Source: Rowena Through The Wall
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