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R.D. Laing: Invalidation, The Family Trap, & Why "Madness" Is a Sane Response

Imagine, for a moment, that feeling of meticulous self-calibration before a job interview. The curated personality, the rehearsed answers, the subtle adjustments to posture and tone for a first date. We treat these as high-stakes exceptions to our authentic lives, moments when we must don a mask for a specific purpose. But what if they aren’t the exception? What if they are the rule?

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