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Strangers in the street have recognized me on sight. many times, and shown
awareness. of the current thread of abuse. To give you one example, in 1992
I was seriously ill, and a manager at work somewhat humorously. said that
"it wasn't fair" that people were bullying me. A few days later,. I attended
for the first time a clinic in London as an outpatient, and on my way. out
was accosted by someone who asked if "they had paid my fare", with. emphasis
on the word "fare". He repeated the word several times in. this different
context;. that they should have paid my "fare", each time emphasizing the
word.

For. two and a half years from the time their harassment started until
November 1992 I refused to see a psychiatrist, because I. reasoned that I
was not ill of my. own action or fault, but through the...