NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 31, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- In a dramatic new work that presents well-documented argumentation for the improvement of modern psychology, Richard Heim provides a detailed thesis for legislative cures along with personal remedies for "the average person whose place in...ego driven society is cemented by child abuse and neglect." Origin of Misery (now available through AuthorHouse) is a walk through a century and a half where people have lived in the "trance" of confused identities and poor self images.
"The control of children by fear and pain and shaming is both widespread and generally accepted," writes Heim. "Neuroses abound. Addictions abound. False roles are carried along everywhere (and) rage is on all the faces of the afflicted."
The idea to write Origin of Misery came after Heim began researching the Parke-Castner Changewater slayings that took place in New Jersey in 1843. As he delved into the cause behind the killings and the further loss of lives at the hands of the state, he says he realized the latter was spurred on by "widespread hysteria, namely, the psychological profiles of the victims, the extended families, the community and so forth." His analysis reveals that the tragedy is easily repeatable, he claims, and it is in the interest of changing the nation's collective thought process that he penned Origin of Misery.
"Only drastic change can stem the driving of children into those unintended places of contamination. My work will start to separate the reader from his or her ego and introduce the emotion-based transaction in place of the logic based one," he writes.
Heim's proposed "remedy" involves what he calls "a 'cure' that is contra instinctual" and comes from his own background as "the kid of an addict, an alcoholic and bookie." In the book's final chapters, Heim presents a wake-up call about the importance of mental well being in the children of today's society.
Origin of Misery is an affecting tale of how, if left unchecked, the worst that society has to offer will continue to reap its devastating rewards.
Heim practiced law from 1972 to 1995 and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He has published numerous legal writings and newspaper articles and is also the author of Grace Upon the Rack, a 25-stanza work that appeared in the April 2005 issue of Venture Literary Magazine. Works to be published in 2006 include Vertical Verse and Sunday-Monday: Transforming the Mule.
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