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Old Sep 26, 2016, 03:49 AM
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I hope that at least some of you realized that the title is a line from a movie

If not, I hope that you are not offended by the title ! Hence, the trigger icon.

Did you watch the movie "Girl, Interrupted" ? I'm watching it right now, for the 597th time, with a glass of dark red beside me.

If you haven't, I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in a movie about mental illness (BPD in particular). Or, if you like Angelina Jolie. I admit that I, for the most part, can't stand Angelina Jolie, but her acting in this movie is friggin superlative ! I fell in love with her in this movie !

If you have watched it, I'd love to hear what you thought of the movie and/or the various characters in it !

About the word "diagnonsense" ... I think it's a totally apt word because I think that identifying with a diagnosis (a big mistake I made in the past) can really take one down a dark and hopeless path.

Also, more generally, we really need to take life less seriously, including what the medical field labels us as.
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I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm
I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one

And then she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

- Suzanne Vega (1987)

Thanks for this!
*Laurie*, Angelique67, mindwrench, Miss Laura