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	<title>Irked Magazine &#187; Bard of the Benzodiazepines</title>
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		<title>Mental Health: My Favourite Gift, by Anna Quon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven't been an in-patient at a mental hospital for almost 5 years now. Still, when I drive by the hospital the stone face of the Purdy Building (which houses what's left of the hospital's acute care units) stares back at me grimly. As if to say: you belonged here once, and will again.

I never wanted to be a mental patient, but I guess that goes without saying.

<a href="http://irkedmagazine.com/wanderingagoraphobe/leah/767/my-favourite-gift">CLICK HERE</a> to read full post.
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		<title>Why Do You See Only One Of Me?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hallucinations are an example of the remarkableness of the human brain. Although they are often designated as ill, they can create a world filled with creatures, people, and furniture—as real as the reality considered to be "true."

Instead of a typical clinical explanation from the DSM, I thought you might like to know, first hand, what all this really means for the person experiencing these inner voices and seeing these sights.

Well, <a href="http://irkedmagazine.com/wanderingagoraphobe/leah/247/why-do-you-see-only-one-of-me">picture this...</a>
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