Dr Weiss was a mainstream North American
psychiatrist with a medical degree from Yale. Then, out of the blue, a twenty
seven year old woman called Catherine walked into his clinic and changed his
life. She was suffering from
claustrophobia, severe anxiety, and sleeplessness. She was so terrified of
choking that she could not swallow pills. She was afraid of flying. For eighteen
months Dr. Weiss used psychotherapy to treat her. There was no improvement.
Finally, he tried hypnosis in the hope of uncovering severely repressed
childhood trauma. Catherine related a terrible event that took her back to age
three – when her drunken father had abused her. This was the breakthrough Dr.
Weiss had been waiting for. He was confident her condition would improve.
Strangely enough Catherine’s symptoms persisted.
Artist: HenrikUldalen
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