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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

All I ask is that you keep our conversations here confidential, to respect other peoples’ privacy. I told him that unemployment payments felt like going on “welfare,” something I had been brought up to avoid at all costs. “You’re welcome just to sit with us and listen. I only have one request.” And yours, of course. Most people nodded.