By Alexander Lowen
The Betrayal of the physique is Alexander Lowen's pioneering research of the mind-body break up.
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Many people play certain roles in life without thereby becoming schizoid. It is a matter of degree. When the role dominates the personality, when the whole is lost in the part (the part acted out), when, as in Sarah's case, the person cannot be seen or reached behind the mask and the costume, one is justified in describing such a personality as schizoid. In terms of symptoms each of the four cases Jack, Peter, Jane, and Sarah was different. In terms of the two variables which determine this illness they were alike.
She expressed her problem as follows: contrast Who It's not that I'm unreal, yet I feel that my relations to people are not real. I often wonder what people think of me when I am doing something. I have delusions of grandeur. I feel that they must think I'm great. But really, I see that measure up to I can't cope. My performance doesn't my expectations. I had been aware of an arrogance in Sarah's manner and speech which is typical of certain schizoid individuals. Sarah impressed me as one who thought she had superior When I questioned her about the nature of her delusions of grandeur, she re- qualities or superior intelligence.
Fm surprised that it keeps going on. " THE SCHIZOID BARRICADE Without a basis for his identity in the normal functioning of his body, the schizoid individual depends on his will to maintain the unity of his personality. To do this job the will must be constantly active. As a result, the musculature is in a continual state of contraction. The spasticity of the muscles explains the characteristic rigidity of the schizoid body, which then serves as a barricade against terror. Loss of control is a threat to the schizoid individual because it may engender a disruption of his personality, a literal falling apart of this barricade.
