Even after I had determined that there was no physiological cause, and that I was no more insane than most of… — Robert A. Monroe
Even after I had determined that there was no physiological cause, and that I was no more insane than most of my fellow men, the fears persisted. It was a defect, illness, or deformity that had to be hidden from "normal" people.
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