Harold the feeble-minded

Being feeble minded is part of the horrific self-image that another one of Erickson's patients had. This patient was a young man, and the statement used is indicative of the negative messages he had received and had been taught to use to describe himself. Erickson worked with this young man long enough to find out that that self-description was actually false. This man's name is actually Harold, and his case is mentioned in chapter 4, "Character Revision of the Young Adult."