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An Underlying Instability

MR. HART: I believe this particular psychological evaluation appears as page thirteen of the clinical record. RESPONDENT: Yes, dated 14 April 1967, it reads as follows: This 20-year-old, single SA/USN with two years active service was referred by the Naval Shipyard Dispensary for evaluation of a possible schizoid personality. The subject presents a problem with [...]

Posted in psychology | 5 comments | June 10th, 2010

On the Brink of Insanity

It wasn’t until later on that morning that I saw the door inch open, ever so slightly. Having been ordered to report to the shipyard dispensary, I figured they (meaning the Navy) wanted to examine me, that is, my body, to see if I was physically fit to make a West Pac cruise after my [...]

Posted in autobiography | 2 comments | June 5th, 2010

How It Feels to Forget about One’s self

In many ways, I was just like the other guys on the ship, for I was still too much into the habit of putting down my feelings—a pattern of behavior I’d acquired from my stepdad who, in turn, had acquired it from the temple priests of the Great Gray Mother. And like the others, I [...]

Posted in Inspirational | No comments | December 13th, 2009

A Different Kind of Sentinel by Sir E. J. Drury II A review Having survived the war in Vietnam, without physical injury to himself, the author “had nonetheless incurred the deeper wounds of a house divided against itself.” As a child, had not he experienced his real father’s schizophrenia and, later, his stepfather’s alcoholism as [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | No comments | June 9th, 2009