Milton Erickson was a truly inspirational and his books are the tao of psychology in my opinion, NLP and modern so called indirect hypnosis developed greatly after Ericksons proven method and principles.

Andy said: “What saved me wasn’t any bit of advice anyone gave me. It was that I had developed an interest in a book called “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” just about 6 months prior and I remembered to develop an interest in other people. I began to ask each nurse their name and two things they enjoy doing. Lindsey would say I enjoy reading and pets, and then I would ask Deborah what she liked and she said “oh I enjoy cooking and reading”. and I would say something like “Hey Lindsey enjoys reading too, you maybe you two can get together and have a book club or something”.”

Andy, thank you for sharing your experience with us. I have a brother who has schizophrenia. His was the visual/thought type were he would see and think things were there when they weren’t. He hasn’t seen anything since he was around 9 or 10 years old and he is now 27 so I know that people can recover from schizophrenia.

Thanks Alan for another D.I. article, and thanks Andy for sharing your story.

Leon, you may not be Christ but you had more potential for psychology than dr. Rokeach ever did.

David said: “It’s interesting that the deluded women quickly compromised but the men never did.”

Nonsense. Only one women changed her delusion. The explanation is rather likely that she had a less rooted delusion or less progressed disorder. That’s also why she managed to recuperate.

Any way, on its own the control was an ‘experiment’ of N=2, which means nothing. Even if you knew the backgrounds and diagnoses of the 2 patients, which you don’t. It certainly doesn’t justify drawing conclusions on gender based resistance to mental disorders.