Summary of Marin Sardy's The Edge of Every Day

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Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 My mother has described to me the earth, and how it is composed of tectonic plates that move hundreds of miles with ease. She has explained to me that the universe exists in two streams: our tangible, everyday reality, and a separate, inner place of the imagination and spirit.
#2 My mother’s travel habit began in the grip of her descent into psychosis three decades ago, when she was nearly forty and I was ten. She would jet from Hawaii to North Africa to Australia, and then return periodically to many of those places over the next several years.
#3 Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that causes distortions in perception, thought, and emotion. It arises from chemical and physical processes inside the brain. We have not yet fully grasped how the brain creates perception, thought, and emotion.
#4 Schizophrenia is a syndrome that consists of symptoms that typically occur together and are causally linked. It is not a disease as the term is generally understood, but rather a constellation of symptoms that gradually fade into normalcy.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Psychopathology
• Schizophrenia
• Psychology
• Angst

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 17 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822514027
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Marin Sardy's The Edge of Every Day
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My mother has described to me the earth, and how it is composed of tectonic plates that move hundreds of miles with ease. She has explained to me that the universe exists in two streams: our tangible, everyday reality, and a separate, inner place of the imagination and spirit.

#2

My mother’s travel habit began in the grip of her descent into psychosis three decades ago, when she was nearly forty and I was ten. She would jet from Hawaii to North Africa to Australia, and then return periodically to many of those places over the next several years.

#3

Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that causes distortions in perception, thought, and emotion. It arises from chemical and physical processes inside the brain. We have not yet fully grasped how the brain creates perception, thought, and emotion.

#4

Schizophrenia is a syndrome that consists of symptoms that typically occur together and are causally linked. It is not a disease as the term is generally understood, but rather a constellation of symptoms that gradually fade into normalcy.

#5

My mother, who is now in her seventies, has a very clear sense of what sorts of information upset others. She has been in the habit of reserving the discussion of such topics for me and my sisters.

#6

I would sometimes have to remind my mother that she was on her own trip, and it was not my job to fix the unfixable. But she would persist, and sometimes I would have to explain that I wanted to be here right now.

#7

My mother has been looking for a place to live that is safe and secure, but she is too erratic and irrational to find one. She has spent all the money that bought her former houses, a trust fund from my once wealthy grandfather, and her own sporadic earnings.

#8

My mother has schizophrenia, and she has always been difficult to help. She will not accept help, and she prefers to take care of things herself. The harder we push, the more she resists.

#9

My mother divorced my father in 1984, when I was ten, in a period of sustained and probably paranoia-based rage. For years, she referred to my father only as Ree. How is Ree. she would say when I was at her house. Are things okay over there at his house.

#10

My mother’s delusions often involve the idea that someone is taking her things or her children. She has found lost children everywhere she has gone, and she always tries to find them a new family.

#11

My mother always knew that her son was struggling, and she would constantly suggest that I adopt him. She knew that he was homeless, and she understood that his struggles were ultimately up to him to overcome.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1