| Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| One of my favorite songs, by the way. | |
| Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[Scheherezade:21009] Wow, outstanding dissection of these lyrics. I've had the experience of being involuntarily hospitalized, and drugged up with various medications (including multiple antipsychotics), and "diagnosed" (i.e. labeled) "mentally ill". It totally does bear a stigma (not as much as it used to, but still widespread), and that can have a pretty detrimental effect on how one sees oneself. I would describe it as a feeling of being damaged...being an aberration, a freak. Different, and not in a good way. When I was (over)medicated, I felt as though part of myself was missing. My personality no longer seemed my own & I couldn't feel my feelings anymore, if that makes sense. It was like an amputation, figuratively speaking. A soul amputation. Most people don't and can't really understand, unless they have had similar experiences. After having been "committed", I did not seek help again for quite some time due to my fear of the same exact thing happening again. Also, because of the way I experienced being "on meds", I am what psychiatrists and mental health workers call "resistant" to taking medication. |
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