“As any reader of Austen or Dickens knows, extreme mental states and off-the-wall perceptions have a tendency to be somewhat curtailed by the people around the sufferer. Consequently, the over-individualism in our current culture—lacking family members, neighborhoods, community associations—contributes, I think, to a downturn in mental health generally.”
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probably only if you were rich. If I recall my histories correctly you’d most likely end up being “curtailed” by the staff at Bedlam.
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