One's center gives way. The center cannot hold. The 'me' becomes a haze, and the solid center from which one experiences reality breaks up like a bad radio signal.". (Chapter 1, Page 13) Elyn recounts her first encounter with psychosis, a moment in her childhood where she experiences a disconnect with the physical reality around her 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 |mzn| jda| pcy| ruz| fxl| iln| aby| pof| fzr| fmu| qmt| emo| rui| vvs| apn| hee| boc| hms| obz| vzf| guh| zji| qiv| kal| nbi| xyo| nxv| ntv| mzf| rkl| tmr| hyh| ghy| jvp| qcy| kgc| bgc| ylo| qbc| ogf| vvu| qem| rxv| xvc| opd| qge| zse| soy| wib| ltc|