A NOVEL that tells the complete story of one man's journey into, and ultimately out of schizophrenia. More than a 'recovery,' it is an amazing story of an emerging soul coming out of the depths of hell... (more)
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"A work of sexual and psychological genius."
A. Polter, New York City, NY
"Combines visceral sexuality with psychoanalytic insight in a manner I've not seen before."
G. Nadarian. Sacramento, CA
"This could help psychiatrists re-think their pharmaceutical-only response to schizophrenia."
R. Paterno, Chicago, IL
"Sexuality is explored in a way never seen before."
C. Cantor, San Francisco, CA
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Childhood trauma has never been traced in its sexual effects so brilliantly. This allows – for the FIRST TIME – for an intelligent distinction to be made between homoerotic behavior relecting early trauma, and the "gay" male. Non-sexual repurcussions of failure to come to grips with a sexuality born of trauma brings the protagonist into the mental hospital, suffering constant schizophrenic episodes. Never have the works of cutting edge psychiatry (HS Sullivan) been brought to bear on the subjective prose of the spiritual journey of an ex-schizophrenic patient: through addictions, perversions, religious experiences and compulsions of every type. Written with a non-derivative visceral sexuality, this witty narrative will lead the reader to recognize part of their own (previously denied) self and hopefully join in the inner journey to sanity.
Reflecting the profane and the profound; the sane and the insane – from both the subjective and the psychoanalytic viewpoint – a spiritual pilgrimage emerges, bringing the sufferer from the depths of schizophrenia into the light of an individuated personality grounded in reality.
A return from the hell of psychosis, this is a journey into and out of the depths of a state many regard as "incurable" (at least without medication). Powered by a unique and visceral sexuality, the character's struggles will take you into inner worlds seldom seen and often never admitted to.
While the subjective sexuality and spirituality will always remain the author's unique journey, the universal psychoanalytic insights (often quoted) are based on the most respected voices in this field.
A sailor on the seas of schizophrenia, the author fell overboard forty years ago, has through his own journey circumnavigated the globe, so to speak, and returned to reality. Sadly, he finds that the "commodores of this earth" (psychiatry and its view on Schizophrenia) is waxing forth that the earth is flat, insisting on genetic explanations and pharmaceutical non-cures.
The link between sexual fantasy and childhood trauma - especially within that dissociated state giving rise to psychosis - has never been explored before. Within this book lies insight so extraordinary that it transcends the world of psychiatry and turns 'spirituality' into a much more 'hands-on' experience.
If one has intensely submissive and/or classically “homoerotic” fantasies, the popular cultural interpretation is “you’re gay” or “you’re gay in denial.” This is the first work to take this mistaken perception and educate others using life experience as well as cutting-edge psychoanalytic insight.
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Harry Stack Sullivan:
A few people have had experiences characterized by these extremely disquieting and extraordinarily repelling uncanny emotions, in which, for a while, they acted as if they were one of the demigods or the demidevils or what-not, and got through it, and so from then on knew more about life on the far side of it