Greetings, pale traveler. It is my favorite time of day--that is, nearly witching hour. At least, I think it is. Isn't midnight considered witching hour in The BFG? That book is what I base all of my knowledge of sociocultural constructs on.
I am hoping that the term "sociocultural construct" either has the meaning I intended to get across, or that it is meaningless--I don't want to offend any sociologists. They can be mean, I think. There are no sociologists in The BFG, so I have nothing on which to base that claim.
I am currently reading Divided Minds for my psych class, which I would recommend based on the 60 pages I've read so far. I wonder how many journalists from the Times or the Guardian or the Post or what-have-you have written book reviews after only reading 60 pages. Speculate amongst yourselves.
But Divided Minds is not about dissociative identity disorder--it is about schizophrenia, which happens to be a disorder that is commonly confused with DID. I would say that my second-hand exposure to schizophrenia has been rather mixed today. The book is written in part by a woman with schizophrenia, and in part by her schizophrenialess* sister, so it understandably provides a sympathetic view of schizophrenia sufferers. On the other hand, while I was enjoying my curry in the dining hall, a dinner companion described a recent horrific incident that happened to occur a few miles from her Canada home; a man with schizophrenia stabbed and ate the face off of his bus partner. So that made me a little bit less hungry.
Still, it is important to keep in mind that people with schizophrenia should not be held personally accountable for their actions, especially not in a legal setting. The focus should not be bringing people like the man on the bus or Jared Loughner "to justice," but to treat their diseases and eventually, maybe, potentially, cure them.
*I learned how to make affixes today in First Language Acquisition! Just kidding. I learned to do that when I was ~2-3.
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