I thought this was interesting
I thought this was interesting
From a 1960 medical encyclopedia. This was under the schizophrenia portion
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I assume this is here because maybe you feel he is displaying autistic traits? Firstly: im not a psychologist. From reading 50s and 60s sci fi, authors tend to not seem neurotypical, at least to me anyway - likely a helpful trait in the genre. It seems as though a common idea of the times that seems to be reflected in a lot of their writing, is an overdiagnosis of schizophrenia, and how it was generally used as a blanket term for anyone that just didnt think right.
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THE MACHINE must be created
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Or maybe....some rogue inventor discovered a revolutionary technology that would disrupt the status quo, and The Man had him declared insane! Tell me more about the machine!
I'm just imagining that Frank just stopped speaking entirely after being tortured.
ECT is still used nowadays, and it seemed to actually help him, why are you calling this case torture?
I know the procedure is the poster child for psychiatric abuse / malpractice, but I don't think this specific case is reflective of that