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Show DAiiCAiimiifi Desire for Importance HnKT- me nCG that th-e WaS a about it? SUIely SOlng lnsane- How? What did he do SiekFIhad7 h was continually children taunted h !m lVt BJQrai1 aj- weak1 child- The otheV r.v,N,.i.,j I.-.. ,luui nis condition and this worried hi m c;.- ho ovr.i-t.-vri l "is conamon and this known vk-ious circle: the more he held himself KSfflJlr less lliey liked hith" ics,!, thej liked him, the more he kept to himself. PK..S.H t. but nil tins time, he longed to have the boys like him; he wanted important to them. Corn? sc C'8hteen' he i" Marine C""" SSdoTiivf "aray to 8 close- He wanted to ! a cessantfy" Thirl wiSli, S7 "PiH ""i 'U1 Finally, after all these years of suffering after a third of Llfushfr byhe d6Cided t0 d0 sonfethiaooSSmf he went to a psychiatrist, who told him to do the opposite of what he had been doing, naturally. He told him to go out among people whether he wanted to or not-to not-to mix and to take an interest in others. Then he told him that an easy way to make a start was to join a class in public speaking, and to get on his feet and talk. His first attempts would be poor, said the doctor, maybe even ludicrous. lu-dicrous. But that wouldn't matter. They would improve. Ilenry said he would do as advised, tho he had no intention inten-tion of carrying out his promise. But since there was no other gate open, he walked down the path that beckoned to him, and joined a public speaking class, and paid for it. Now he would have to attend or lose his money. . Would you believe that during the three weeks that psychiatrist psychia-trist held out a helping hand that Henry Miller was changed from a man who couldn't think straight to a man whose thinking was clear and sound? |