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E04: Diagnosis Is Not A Privilege w/ Maggie Leppert

Disorderland

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Laurel was forcibly admitted to psych ward when she experienced severe psychosis for the first time. Laurel realized that persons with mental health issues need love and care, but keep getting re-traumatized by the system. I started seeing my mental distress through a political lens when I realized that most of my symptoms of mental illness are illness that I displayed were really my minds. The longer they are framed as biological issues instead of spiritual and social ones, harmful structures will not lose power.

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