In a world full of danger, to be a potentially seeable object is to be constantly exposed to danger. Self-consciousness, then, may be the apprehensive awareness of oneself as potentially exposed to danger by the simple fact of being visible to others. The obvious defence against such a danger is to make oneself invisible in one way or another.
R. D. LaingAlienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
R. D. LaingAttempts to wake before our time are often punished, especially by those who love us most. Because they, bless them, are asleep. They think anyone who wakes up, or who, still asleep, realizes that what is taken to be real is a โdreamโ is going crazy.
R. D. LaingThe experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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