David Bowie, psychosis and positive nonconformity - MinnPost
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Writing in his award-winning MindHacks blog, British clinical psychologist Vaughan Bell notes that Bowie’s family had a history of psychosis.
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Small Batch: Remembering David Bowie : Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR
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From keeping his urine in his refrigerator so that no other wizard could use it to enchant him to subsisting on a diet of peppers and milk - David Bowie developed odd behaviors after adopting a new persona: the Thin White Duke. : r/DavidBowie
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Devoid of personality': BBC verdict on early Bowie audition unearthed, David Bowie
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What David Bowie Learned from the Gugging Psychiatric Institution
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Why David Bowie Was So Loved: The Science of Nonconformity
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David Bowie as The Thin White Duke, LEGO Mosaic using Trans…
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What David Bowie Learned from the Gugging Psychiatric Institution
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positive nonconformity Archives - Mad In America
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David Bowie and Occultism — Golden Dawn — Aleister Crowley