Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access originally published online on September 28, 2005
Schizophrenia Bulletin 2006 32(3):422-423; doi:10.1093/schbul/sbj006
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Personal Account: Being Rational
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I was awash in a sea of irrationality. The Voices swirled around me, teaching me their Wisdom. Their Wisdom was of the Deep Meaning, and I struggled to understand. They told me their secrets and insights, piece by piece. Slowly, I was beginning to make sense of it all. It was no delusion, I knewin contrast to what the doctors said.
"Erin, you are a scientist," they'd begin. "You are intelligent, rational. Tell me, then, how can you believe that there are rats inside your brain? They're just plain too big. Besides, how could they get in?"
They were right. About my being smart, I mean; I was, after
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