Forty-four year old Susanne is incapable of acting spontaneously. For the past 25 years her thoughts and actions have been dictated by psychological compulsions. When her mother found the situation too much for her to cope with, and the ...See moreForty-four year old Susanne is incapable of acting spontaneously. For the past 25 years her thoughts and actions have been dictated by psychological compulsions. When her mother found the situation too much for her to cope with, and the medication and periods of hospitalization did her no good, a large family decided to take her in. Twenty years have passed since then. Susanne talks with astonishing self-irony and sensitive self-awareness about her illness, what triggered it, and whether she has the courage to be completely well again.
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