The Truth in the Lie

<p>This is the story of a basically decent man who hid his true self from others all of his life. It began as a child hiding he was Jewish during the Holocaust period.</p><p>Over the years hiding became his main protection against being hurt-or so he believed until he became trapped in a hidden role unable to extricate himself and desperately wishing to be perceived as the person he truly was.</p><p>As he struggled to penetrate what felt like a permanent barrier he found himself subjected to a new major stress becoming the target of an extremist Sect wishing to damage the reputation of psychiatry his profession of choice.</p><p>He became extremely stressed and full of rage with no ability to escape the barrage of vicious personal attacks.</p><p>He began having vivid dreams where the struggle to drop his mask and reveal his true self competed for space with fantasies of revenge the latter bringing a smile to his face.</p>