The Battle for Normality A Guide for

This book is primarily for those persons drawn towards homosexuality and who seek practical advice in order to change, or, at least, to deal with it constructively and responsably.

Introduction

9

(10)

PART ONE: INSIGHTS

19

(72)

1. Homosexuality: An Overview

19

(6)

Insights in Brief

19

(2)

Not Normal

21

(2)

The Role of Self-Labeling

23

(2)

2. Development of Homosexuality

25

(26)

Homosexuality in the Genes? In the Brain?

25

(6)

Irreversibly Programmed in the First Years of Life?

31

(2)

Psychological Childhood Factors

33

(9)

The Masculinity/Femininity Inferiority Complex

42

(5)

Self-Dramatization and the Formation of an Inferiority Complex

47

(4)

3. Homosexual Drives

51

(10)

The "Search for Love and Affection"

51

(2)

Homosexual "Love"

53

(4)

Homosexual Sex Addiction

57

(4)

4. The Neuroticism of Homosexuality

61

(20)

Homosexual Relationships

61

(2)

Self-Destructive and Dysfunctional Tendencies

63

(1)

Remaining a Teenager: Infantilism

64

(7)

Neurotic from Discrimination?

71

(4)

Nonneurotic Homosexuals?

75

(1)

Normal in Other Cultures?

76

(3)

Seduction

79

(2)

5. The Question of Morality

81

(10)

Homosexuality and Conscience

81

(4)

Religion and Homosexuality

85

(6)

PART TWO: PRACTICAL RULES FOR (SELF-)THERAPY

91

(58)

6. The Role of Therapy

91

(6)

Sobering Remarks on "Psychotherapy"

91

(2)

The Need for a Therapist

93

(4)

7. Knowing Oneself

97

(16)

Working through Childhood and Adolescence

97

(5)

Knowledge of the Present Self

102

(8)

Moral Self-Knowledge

110

(3)

8. Qualities to Cultivate

113

(10)

Beginning the Battle: Hope, Self-Discipline, Sincerity

113

(2)

Fighting Neurotic Self-Pity; Humor

115

(5)

Patience and Humility

120

(3)

9. Changing Patterns of Thought and Behavior

123

(18)

Fighting Homosexual Feelings

123

(7)

Fighting the Infantile Ego

130

(5)

Mending the Sex Role

135

(6)

10. Relating to Others

141

(8)

Changing One's Views of and Relationships with Others

141

(6)

Changing Relations with the Opposite Sex; Marriage

147

(2)

Bibliography

149

(6)

Index

155

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The Battle for Normality A Guide for (Self-)Therapy for Homosexuality

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