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This 4 page paper provides an overview, and reaction to the book written by a schizophrenic who would eventually be cured. The gripping account of what it is like to be schizophrenic is relayed in the book. No additional sources cited.
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himself. While never successful at suicide, Steele would die rather young of heart failure anyway, but his experience as a schizophrenic would be relayed with the help of Claire Berman
who would make sure his memoirs were published. What is the significance of Steeles ideas? After all, he was a mental patient and not a psychiatrist. Yet, his insights into
the world of the unreal, or the world of the schizophrenic, is remarkably coherent. Steele was one of the more fortunate ones as he was treated and he successfully combatted
schizophrenia. That is, he eventually won, but his journey for a cure last more than thirty years. Although he was no longer ill when he wrote the book, he remembered
the voices well and the day that the voices stopped--and they did with much outside help--was a glorious day indeed. Steele provides insights that can only be conveyed by someone
who has experienced schizophrenia. When studying the subject of schizophrenia, it is easy to understand and acknowledge the symptoms, at least on the surface. Truly comprehending what occurs when the
voices begin is incredibly difficult. After all, a sane individual has experienced nothing like it and with the exception of perhaps an L.S.D. experience, there is little understanding of what
actually occurs in the mind of the patient. Yet, the author is able to convey the experience and provides a deeper, provocative understanding of exactly what mental illness is.
The voices were relentless. The author relays a time when his father wanted him to listen to the President of the United States speak, but he could only hear voices
telling him what a bad son he was, and they further told him to say and do certain things that surely would get him into trouble. Another early experience was
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