tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693617511149854116.post1382061140375253987..comments2023-10-28T11:23:36.489+00:00Comments on Daybook: Something's Wrong by Sam SmithCeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16991858191357843517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693617511149854116.post-82966665696349568352013-08-14T18:57:44.506+00:002013-08-14T18:57:44.506+00:00What do any of us know? But R.D. Laing's ides ...What do any of us know? But R.D. Laing's ides and methods aren't discredited by everyone - babies and bathwater come to mind! His notion of self-help was perhaps limited by the need for an awareness in the sufferer that something is wrong and the will to try to put it right.<br /> In a personal message, Sam Smith said this:<br />'You were right to cite RD Laing. His initial ideas were valid, as many psychologists have maintained since. Self-help though does require insight. That insight does not require intellect. What it does require is the patient to acknowledge that something is wrong and to seek a means, a method, of overcoming their hallucinations. An artist might paint their 'voices' out, and keep them on the canvas. A carpenter might go to his shed and hammer for an hour, or take the dog for a long walk... '<br /><br />Myself, I am of the dog-walking persuasion as a means to chase off the blues!Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16991858191357843517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3693617511149854116.post-23732367821313464412013-08-11T11:58:52.825+00:002013-08-11T11:58:52.825+00:00I remember reading r d laing's Sanity, Madness...I remember reading r d laing's Sanity, Madness and the Family when I was in my 30's (on holiday on the beach!) and thinking that what he said made a lot of sense. But then, what do I know?Village Canvaseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465610325542638961noreply@blogger.com