K-PAX by Gene Brewer, Chapter: Session 2

We chatted for a few minutes about fruit. [p20]

It's like having your gonads caught in a vise, except you feel it all over [p22] (Prot on sex for K-PAXians)

"If the experience is so terrible, how do you reproduce?"
"Like your porcupines: as carefully as possible..." [p22]

"On EARTH, children are encouraged to play all the time. This is because you believe they should remain innocent of their approaching adulthood for as long as possible, apparently because the latter is so distasteful. On K-PAX, children and adults are all part of the same thing. On our PLANET life is fun and interesting. There is no need for mindless games, either for children or adults. No need to escape into soap operas, football, alcohol or other drugs." [p30]

The man seemed to be genuinely content with his imaginary lot. [p30]

1. P hates his parents - had he been abused?
2. P hates his job, the government, perhaps society as a whole - had there been a legal problem resulting in a perceived injustice?
3. Did something happen 4 - 5 years ago that underlay all these apparent hatreds?
4. On top of everything else, the patient has a severe sex hangup. [p31]

Extraordinary cases require extraordinary measures [p31]