Abstract:
Seemingly normal, I existed every day in a reality that shifted without warning to leave me in a waking dream. At 35, with a checkered past but virginity intact, I entered a traditional analytic therapy - armed with harrowing symptoms and a secret conviction that no one was smart enough to appreciate my complexity, let alone ever help. This journey through my treatment is told in journal-like style to give a uniquely close look inside a troubled mind. Ultimately, it becomes a sensual and tender “romance” between a brilliant psychiatrist and his challenging patient