Has anyone here read the memoir/book by the above author, titled, “The Center Cannot Hold?”
If so, what are your thoughts on the book and the author?
I purchased it, but have not yet started it.
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I’ve read it… it’s very good. She discusses in detail her symptoms and how they started. The only thing I didn’t like about the book is when she saw a shrink who primarily used traditional psychoanalysis methods…but that was typical of the times, so i guess it makes sense. Nowadays that type of therapy is uncommon. But, yeah, the book is otherwise very good, definitely read it.
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Going to get started this weekend.
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I read it, it’s worth reading. She had some pretty severe symptoms but succeeded in spite of it.
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I read her book. I find her very impressive. But she is very untypical.
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I read it a quite a while ago. Cant really remember much except for the fact that i thoroughly enjoyed it. Another book in the same area is called recovered, not cured. Its a really great biography of an aussie guys journey through paychosis and recovery. With some cool, out there art thrown in too.
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Though I suspected schizophrenia (in addition to PTSD and MDD) for years and a previous therapist and I discussed it a decade ago, I was still living in denial of the diagnosis until recently. Previously, I preferred to secretly believe I was spiritually special, the inflated ideology of which landed me in crises time and again. Now, I want to read material that can help me adjust to my diagnosis in a grounded fashion. I just finished, “Surviving Schizophrenia,” by E. Fuller Torrey. I purchased Saks’ book at the same time as Torrey’s, as I was drawn to the title and reviews, because some of it sounds familiar to my experience. I’ve often related feeling like I too have been to hell and back, as the horror of my psychotic break was something I have always said I would not wish on my worst enemy. My center did implode, as her title implies. So, I guess I am still searching for validation - to know others have walked in similar territory. I’m presently feeling rather uncertain, not knowing what my future holds, and wanting to embrace my diagnosis in as constructive a manner as possible. Though Saks is non-typical, I am looking for hope through her story.
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Thanks for mentioning this other title. I will check it out on Amazon.
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Sweet no worries. Its a great read and very entertaining. I found some parts really funny too. But i think thats because i have a sick sense of humor haha.
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