as i battle with mental health and the rollercoaster of a new medication cocktail, i find myself longing for the guidance of my mad irish ancestors, the geilta, who were both feared and highly regarded as poets and warriors.
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as i battle with mental health and the rollercoaster of a new medication cocktail, i find myself longing for the guidance of my mad irish ancestors, the geilta, who were both feared and highly regarded as poets and warriors. when haunted by their furies, they would retreat to the wilderness to be alone, congregating in glens to share their experiences, and making pilgrimages to holy wells to cure their madness (e.g., Tobar Na nGealt, "Well of the Mad" in County Kerry). imagine having a living connection to a lineage that redefines your madness and disability as a sacred and spiritual role! imagine having your crazy outsider art regarded as prophetic and healing. sounds a lot better than the horrible alienation and dehumanization that is a lot of modern psychiatry under colonial culture.
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