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The Betrayal of the Body Paperback – April, 1969

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co (April 1969)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0020773005
  • ISBN-13: 978-0020773009
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 4.2 x 6.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGoes to the Core of Human Suffering, With Actual if not Easy Solutions
By Passionate Therapist on January 15, 2011
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This is Lowen's third and 'break out' book, and it is unlike any other book that exists. It goes right to the core of our suffering as individuals and as a society. It takes courage to read this book. Lowen describes 'the schizoid condition' This has only a little to do with the emergence of schizophrenia in some extreme cases. Rather the schizoid condition is simply the dissociation in our lives between the image and the reality. Reality is perceived, but not really preferred.

Life with schizoid traits (and there are many of us that have some) is characterized by the dissociation of the ego from feeling and from the body. Feelings may be expressed according to what one "should feel" in a given situation, but there is no real spontaneity. What the person thinks seems to have little connection to how the person feels or behaves. The link between desire and impulse is completely broken. This leaves a person both short on impulses, but also at a loss to understand his or her own desires. The will is used to motivate action, which gives the behavior an "as if" quality. The eventual outcome is depression and despair.

Lowen's solution is for the person (that is the ego) to become more associated with the natural life of the body, which is always in the present, and in reality. In this way it is possible to become related to the world and other people. The origin of the problem is usually in early life, but an important topic is how many modern social trends push the individual into this split
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5.0 out of 5 starsGround dbreaking book on schizoid condition and how to overcome it. Highly Recommended.
By jd1 on July 13, 2014
Format: Paperback
Much of the current literature on psychology describes schizoid personality disorder as having unknown causes, being untreatable, and that therapist can help with immediate crisis schizoid patients are having only. This book, written over 40 years ago is ground breaking and excellent. The roots of the schizoid disturbance are clearly defined, the family of origin causes of the behavior are explained and the decisions and results of becoming schizoid are explored. Dr. Lowen then explains how the schizoid is numb and detached from his bodily experiences and what types of activities need to be done to connect with and restore the feelings a schizoid person has avoided for good reason most of their life. This reads like a book that came out this week.. someone experiencing schizoid issues will find it invaluable for insight and direction in finding the way back to feeling again.
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By Star watcher on May 10, 2009
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I read Betrayal of the Body in the early seventies & loved it. When I ran across it again on the Internet I just had to get it. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to unite spirit & body.
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