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Not sure about you, but I’ve had more than my share of freakout lately. Seems as though I’m not alone. My doc says he has about 6 to 10 patient discussions about depression each day. Plus, this recent Chris Rose column puts it as only Chris Rose can put it:
It has been said to me, almost a dozen times in exactly the same words: "Everyone here is mentally ill now."
Some who say this are health care professionals voicing the accumulated wisdom of their careers and some are laymen venturing a psychological assessment that just happens to be correct.
With all due respect, we’re living in Crazy Town.
The only lines at retail outlets longer than those for lumber and refrigerators are at the pharmacy windows, where fidgety, glassy-eyed neighbors greet each other with the casual inquiries one might expect at a restaurant:
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November 11th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Brian, there seems to be a problem with the link. I found the article here:
http://www.nola.com/rose/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1131263116233480.xml
The site may ask you for your zip code, yob, and gender as part of a survey. But after that you get directly to the article.
Ah, good old Chris Rose. I looked through some of his other articles. I laughed, cried and scowled. But ultimately the articles made me homesick.
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