'The Collected Schizophrenias' Conveys What It's Like To Live With A 'Hidden' Illness
In her new book of riveting, honest, courageous essays, Esmé Weijun Wang provides a series of lenses through which to observe schizophrenic disorders and, by extension, our (mis)understanding of them.
by Ilana Masad
Feb 06, 2019
3 minutes
"Some people dislike diagnoses, disagreeably calling them boxes and labels," writes Esmé Weijun Wang in the first essay of her new book, The Collected Schizophrenias." [B]ut I've always found comfort in preexisting conditions. I like to know that I'm not pioneering an inexplicable condition."
One of the more frightening things about any painful experience that isn't outwardly obvious to the people around us — like some mental and physical illnesses or disabilities — is how difficult it is to communicate
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