I went to the library at my Uni a while back looking for books on paranoia, a phenomenon associated with schizophrenia, and was disgusted that the majority of books were like this article, confusing vague ideas about culture with important concepts from mental health. It’s shameful because there is enough ignorance and confusion in this area and we don’t need people who should know better (as this author expresses) to create more.
I’d also reject the idea that the proliferation of stories really overloads people because stories follow their own physics (that I’d quarter-jokingly call pataphysics) and so constrained they recycle a limited repertoire of patterns. principles and archetypes and even if the details of the stories become a blur, one internalizes the structure.
I’d also reject the idea that the proliferation of stories really overloads people because stories follow their own physics (that I’d quarter-jokingly call pataphysics) and so constrained they recycle a limited repertoire of patterns. principles and archetypes and even if the details of the stories become a blur, one internalizes the structure.