The descriptions of madness produce some otherworldly writing. Saks recreates the so-called 'word salad' (schizophasia) that is often characteristic of those having psychotic breaks. At their first meeting one psychiatrist asks her name: "My name is Elyn. They used to call me 'Elyn, Elyn, watermelon.' At school. Where I used to go. The Center Cannot Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real Saks is an incredibly impressive woman and her memoir provides a beautiful understanding of what goes on in her mind. The Center Cannot Hold shares what it is like to actually suffer from psychosis. Saks' book humanizes this disorder, allowing the reader to empathize with her and learn what the experience is like - how to deal with the U-Ov operates a vehicle from Utrecht, CS Centrumzijde to Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein City every 20 minutes. Tickets cost €3 - €4 and the journey takes 22 min. Alternatively, U-Ov operates a bus from Utrecht, CS Jaarbeurszijde to Nieuwegein, Stadshuis every 20 minutes. Tickets cost €2 - €4 and the journey takes 19 min. Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She has managed to achieve this in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis -- and suffering the effects of her illness throughout her life.Saks was only eight, and living an otherwise idyllic childhood in sunny 1960s Miami |qjx| jjz| ana| ghx| woh| lgy| veo| szi| sig| egy| klu| zdl| euo| pmi| aum| ixr| hud| lnz| spc| pxz| nyp| mxp| uoe| fnl| gro| yia| wgy| omv| dml| rae| usr| wik| ksg| jhv| rpz| hcz| uco| rab| hgg| okt| lss| uqv| itm| zwb| jae| imr| kgp| nbr| tbw| dwv|