The Case of Paul Schreber
The Case of Paul Schreber
April 2013
The Case of Paul Schreber Upon walking into my office I could tell right away that Paul Schreber was going to be a special case. He was sent to me via his former psychiatrist, Dr. Emil Flechsig, because of the fact that Paul did not feel comfortable with him. Paul believed that Dr. Flechsig was involved in a process that would transform him into a woman prostitute. Right away I knew that there was definitely some time of disorder at work and I just had to get to the bottom of it.
Summary of case
The life of Paul Schreber has been a rough one from the start. He was born into a family of five children as the third child and second boy (One of which committed suicide when he was 35 years old). In the family, there was always stress on performing well because of the vast amount of professionals in it. His father was a Doctor who stated that there should be placed as much pressure on children as possible in order to avoid trouble later in their lives. He stated that babies should be bathed in cold water to toughen them up, and make sure children never cry by punishing them with physical beatings. As a result of these harsh views from his father, Paul and his siblings always lived in constant fear and allowed him to do things to him without complaining. Paul’s father eventually died from a blow to the head by a ladder that had fallen on him three years earlier. However, before he died he was known to have severe headaches, hallucinations, and even stated homicidal intentions. The accident I believe was a trigger to a possible disorder that Paul’s father had. Paul became a successful lawyer and later an esteemed judge and gained the professional status of his family members before him. It wasn’t until after his defeat for political office that Schreber was first admitted to the hospital for suffering a mental breakdown. Over the years, and still to this day Paul has suffered from hypochondriacal delusions, speech
April 2013
The Case of Paul Schreber Upon walking into my office I could tell right away that Paul Schreber was going to be a special case. He was sent to me via his former psychiatrist, Dr. Emil Flechsig, because of the fact that Paul did not feel comfortable with him. Paul believed that Dr. Flechsig was involved in a process that would transform him into a woman prostitute. Right away I knew that there was definitely some time of disorder at work and I just had to get to the bottom of it.
Summary of case
The life of Paul Schreber has been a rough one from the start. He was born into a family of five children as the third child and second boy (One of which committed suicide when he was 35 years old). In the family, there was always stress on performing well because of the vast amount of professionals in it. His father was a Doctor who stated that there should be placed as much pressure on children as possible in order to avoid trouble later in their lives. He stated that babies should be bathed in cold water to toughen them up, and make sure children never cry by punishing them with physical beatings. As a result of these harsh views from his father, Paul and his siblings always lived in constant fear and allowed him to do things to him without complaining. Paul’s father eventually died from a blow to the head by a ladder that had fallen on him three years earlier. However, before he died he was known to have severe headaches, hallucinations, and even stated homicidal intentions. The accident I believe was a trigger to a possible disorder that Paul’s father had. Paul became a successful lawyer and later an esteemed judge and gained the professional status of his family members before him. It wasn’t until after his defeat for political office that Schreber was first admitted to the hospital for suffering a mental breakdown. Over the years, and still to this day Paul has suffered from hypochondriacal delusions, speech