Thanks for such an interesting response!

Even Laing would admit, at the end of the day, that people suffering with schizophrenia need help. The question is what are we helping them to do; reacquire an absolute, idealistic notion of 'rationality' which exists above and beyond human experience, or adjust to a version of rationality which in itself is a product of human experience and society?

I suppose it falls back into that age old debate of nature vs. nurture. Whether we have innate natures in whose image the outside environment is shaped, or the outside environment ultimately shapes us and creates who we are. I tend to fall into the nurture category, hence my attraction to practitioners like Laing. Can we really 'lose control', as you say, when so much of our experience of reality is firmly out of our control to begin with?

Appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts :)