I am bipolar. I know what it is to be Britney Spears

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What is rational? Lisa Bortolotti, a philosopher of psychiatry, argues that all human beliefs exist on a spectrum of rationality, with many if not most of them at least somewhat irrational. She’s far from alone in this re-visioning. Bortolotti gives the example of a young man who feels persecuted, whose belief helps him make sense of a lifetime of poor treatment. People may be distressed, or not, by thoughts and behavior, but looked at closely, they have context. Context can fix their place on that wide spectrum of the rational and challenge how they’re used against patients.