Everyone is Becoming Sick


	Everyone is Becoming Sick

abailart

3-20-2008 12:25 PM

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medicalisation of life, mental health

abailart says:

And what angers me is that the genuinely ill and vulnerable lose vital resources, and become drowned in the culture of the pseudo-sick.

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3-20-2008 2:35 PM

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3-21-2008 12:06 AM

Antara

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3-21-2008 2:43 AM

Rustee

Whoa there abailart, watch that anger.

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