Posted by Declan on January 11, 2006, at 17:26:58
In reply to Can I take it to the personal for a minute?, posted by James K on January 7, 2006, at 1:24:59
Social consruction had something to do with me. I was born in 1952, 20 in 1972 at university. I'd seen years before some hippies on the TV and incautiously said to my mother 'I want to be a hippy'. So if we say self harm of the Russian roulette sort, what more fun way, culturally out there as well (then), than reckless drug use?
Just recently someone I know was going to use a cricket bat to resolve a dispute with a boyfriend. Straight out of the movies.
It's hard for us in the west to have an understanding of the psychologies of less atomised, more collective and traditional cultures. Mental illness in India is different, so I have heard.
Maybe when this tea kicks in I will be able to read your post, Alex.
Declan
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