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Chapter 35

           Ithought,thecunninglittlebitch;they’rethrowingmebackwardsandforwardslikeaball.Ifeltannoyedagain,andatthesametimefascinated.Ismiled."Areyoutryingtotellmeshe’smad?""Madisameaninglessnonmedicalword.Shesuffersfromschizophrenia.""Soshebelievesherselftobeyourlong-deadfiancée?""Igaveherthatrole.Itwasdeliberatelyinduced.Itisquiteharmlessandsheenjoysplayingit.Itisinsomeofherotherrolesthatsheisnotsoharmless.""Roles?""Wait."Hedisappearedindoorsandcamebackaminutelaterwithabook."Thisisastandardtextbookonpsychiatry."Hesearchedforamoment."Allowmetoreadapassage.’Oneofthedefiningcharacteristicsofschizophreniaistheformationofdelusionswhichmaybeelaborateandsystematic,orbizarreandincongruous."Helookedupatme."Lilyfallsintothefirstcategory."Hewentonreading."They,thesedelusions,haveincommonthesametendencytorelatealwaystothepatient;theyoftenincorporateelementsofpopularprejudiceagainstcertaingroupsofactivities;andtheytakethegeneralformofself-glorificationorfeelingsofpersecution.OnepatientmaybelievesheisCleopatra,andwillexpectallaroundhertoconformtoherbelief,whileanothermaybelievethatherownfamilyhavedecidedtomurderherandwillthereforemakeeventheirmostinnocentandsympatheticstatementsandactionsconformtoherfundamentaldelusion.’Andhere.’Therearefrequentlylargeareasofconsciousnessuntouchedbythedelusion.

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