The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part V, Chapter 24, Lori, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989, Dr. Jane Doller, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989, Chapter 26, Nancy Schiller, Scarsdale, New York, February 1989, Chapter 27, Lori, New York Hospita Summary

Part V, Chapter 24, Lori, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989, Dr. Jane Doller, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, January 1989, Chapter 26, Nancy Schiller, Scarsdale, New York, February 1989, Chapter 27, Lori, New York Hospital, White Plains, New York, March 15th, 1989 - November 6th, 1989 Summary and Analysis

As 1989 began, Lori started to try and understand the Voices, to finally believe that they weren't there. The Voices, she found, weren't her, but reflected her bad feelings. She even started trying to pretend not to hear them. The Voices were simply her own thoughts and had real emotions behind them. Dr. Doller and Dr. Fischer helped her see that she could deal with the Voices by dealing with the emotions behind them. To be safe, Lori compartmentalized her thoughts and when one would be opened, poison would flow out of them.

Lori developed a method of characterizing the strength of the Voices and she also mastered the Quiet Room. It was now a way to calm down, not a punishment. People thought she was making real progress but it was sapping her energy. And she was hallucinating horrible images and creatures everywhere. Lori also still had difficulty...
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