The Betrayal of the Body. Dr. Alexander Lowen M.D.

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      Books by Alexander Lowen, M.D.

       The Language of the Body (1958)

       Love and Orgasm: A Revolutionary Guide to Sexual Fulfillment (1965)

       The Betrayal of the Body (1967)

       Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life (1970)

       Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind (1976)

       Depression and the Body: The Biological Basis of Faith and Reality (1977)

       The Way to Vibrant Health: A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises, co-author Leslie Lowen (1977)

       Fear of Life (1980)

       Narcissism: Denial of the True Self (1984)

       Love, Sex, and Your Heart (1988)

       The Spirituality of the Body: Bioenergetics for Grace and Harmony (1990)

       Joy: The Surrender to the Body and to Life (1995)

       Honoring the Body: The Autobiography of Alexander Lowen, M.D. (2004)

       The Voice of the Body: Selected Public Lectures 1962-1982 (2005)

       The Betrayal of the Body

      Alexander Lowen, M.D.

      The Alexander Lowen Foundation

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      The Betrayal of the Body

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      Copyright © 1967 by Alexander Lowen, M.D.

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      Library of Congress Control Number 2004106826

      ISBN 978-1-938485-00-8 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-938485-01-5 (ebook)

      First Edition by The Alexander Lowen Foundation, 2012

      Printed in the United States of America

      TO MY PATIENTS

      Whose courage to confront their terror and despair inspires these pages

       Contents

       1. THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY

       The Image versus Reality

       Reality and the Body

       The Ego and the Body

       2. THE SCHIZOID DISTURBANCE

       Varieties of Schizoid Personality and Behavior

       Approaches to the Schizoid Problem

       3. THE DEFENSE AGAINST TERROR

       Fear and Terror

       The Dynamics of the Schizoid Defense

       The Schizoid Barricade

       The Schizoid Retreat

       Breakdown and Schizophrenia

       4. THE FORSAKEN BODY

       Self-possession

       The Schizoid Mask

       Bodily Rigidity, Fragmentation, and Collapse

       5. THE BODY IMAGE

       The Mask of the Clown

       The Doll

       Depersonalization

       Seduction and Rejection

       6. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DESPERATION

       Self-destructive Behavior

       The Technique of Survival

       7. ILLUSION AND REALITY

       Desperation and Illusion

       Despair and Dissociation

       Parental Unreality

       The Reigning Illusions

       8. DEMONS AND MONSTERS

       9. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PANIC

       Respiration

       Energy Metabolism

       Motility

       10.