June 06, 2006A Nice CommentA reader writes: "I spent the weekend in the free-market psychosphere, Dr. (IN)sanity's crowd and it's not good for my health or my mind or my spirit, but like Roethke said, I learn by going where I have to go. Since finding this blog last week I have a place to come home to and wash off the toxic slime, your work is a godsend man, and the commenters are so smart and open and such a cut above the dogmatic and content-free jargon I see on other psych blogs, it's a privelege to be here." Mom, are you reading this??????? Joking. But, seriously, thanks. And Roethke, who used to do his boozing about 3 miles from where I live, was/is right. BTW, a few of you have prodded me to share more of my personal experiences, especially on what saw me through the bad years. And the good years. Wish I could. But I have to work as a reporter in the workaday world and I'd prefer to keep a certain buffer between my existence and people I need to interview on non-mental health matters. OK, I have to keep that buffer. So I might offer up some things, but not others. I won't talk about the others--for example, my experiences with...ah, nevermind--until I see a book advance. And I doubt that will happen. I can't write a convincing book proposal to save my life and there are already many good books out there on mental illness. And Jayson Blair reportedly has a bipolar book on the way. So what do I have to offer that's different? I am nobody special. Apparently, Jayson Blair is! Posted by Philip Dawdy at June 6, 2006 03:13 AM
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