Communal Reality

Of course, reality is a highly provisional affair. A discourse that the Community constructs. But, as a woman, I’m interested in the Lucia character. Mental illness was, of course, poorly understood in those days, before the breakthrough in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and dialogic, communal initiatives. The Community clearly failed this poor woman. Progress is a dubious idea, I know, but I like to think we’ve moved on since those days. I’m sure you here can all bear witness to that.