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It is the early 1970s, California, in the bosom of the Human Potential Movement. Eastman, an ex-Marine, family man and scholar - stark naked in an encounter group at Esalen - first confronts the horror of a psychological condition that has haunted his life. It does not yet have a name. This fascinating memoir follows Eastman back to the early childhood experiences that shaped his pathological isolation, through desperate and doomed efforts to connect with the world and, at last, to liberation from a schizoid personality disorder. It's a great read, but Freeing the Imprisoned Self is far more than a personal history.