A PERSONAL CANCER CURE

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The theory is that there's a core of helplessness and hopelessness at the center of every cancer personality. And all of these subconscious, negative feelings have to be discovered, dissipated, and reprogrammed into positive feelings of self-worth . . . into the ability to laugh at oneself and one's predicaments . . . and into learning to love—despite weaknesses and mistakes—both oneself and others.

Experts in the field—including the late Dr. Gotthard Booth, a New York City psychiatrist—believe that "overcoming cancer is overcoming despair". Dr. Booth's research showed that a cancer-prone person often experiences this latent anguish because of a childhood devoid of a nurturing relationship with one or both parents. The person never learned to trust, and—consequently—developed a personality that felt secure only when in control of life's situations. When such a man or woman loses control of a main goal (whether that goal involves spouse, child, or career), all the buried despair and helplessness rise to the surface . . . and the cancer process begins.

HELPLESSNESS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE

The more I studied the cancer personality, the more I identified with it. And, within six weeks of the discovery of my illness, I finally tapped the core of my personal problem and was completely inundated by waves of overwhelming helplessness. I realized then that I had felt this way all of my life, but that—like many other cancer personalities—I'd covered these emotions with a great show of self-sufficiency. If I hadn't repressed such feelings. I probably wouldn't have been able to get out of bed in the morning . . . much less cope with life.

It took a lot of hard work to reprogram my emotions. I spent 10 to 15 minutes three times a day telling myself that I was no longer a child at the mercy of sick, neurotic parents . . . that I was an adult now and capable of taking care of myself. I even made a cassette tape, on which I said things like: "You can do anything you want to do, you are strong, you are intelligent," etc. . . . and I listened to it every day.

The therapy which enabled me to uncover the blocked emotions is called "Psychosynthesis", and the treatment has many techniques . . . not only to put patients in touch with their repressed feelings, but also to reprogram those feelings and restructure and integrate the personality. And, from the time I made my "breakthrough", I've progressed rapidly in emotional health.

I also used biofeedback for almost a year ... as a means to reactivate my immune mechanism. Space doesn't permit a detailed discussion of that technique except to describe what I did three times every day:

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