Drama in the Womb: The Surviving Twin Syndrome

Loneliness, inexplicable feelings of guilt, and an unsatisfiable longing for oneness can indicate that one's path into life was accompanied by a twin or multiples. About one in ten embryos had a twin that vanished during pregnancy. For many people this is the unknown origin of deep-rooted feelings of inexplicable longing, unhappiness and guilt. The theme of the vanished and surviving twin, ignored until recently by psychological research, has preoccupied the authors since 1998. Their experiences of their therapeutic work showed them how much inexplicable pain and how many relationship problems arise from the loss of a twin. They have encountered many people who asked us the following desperate questions: "What is wrong with me? Why do I fell so weak?" "Why am I do not have luck with my relationships?" "Why can't I have professional success?" We have met people who were constantly searching for something inexplicable: people who had several times gone on a journey around the globe; people who had tried all kinds of different therapies without much success; people who had sought spiritual enlightenment; people with pets who could not get over the death of their beloved animal for many years. These are just a few examples. The book can give you a better understanding and ideas of solution of this desperate and often unconscious search for the other. Read more