The Octopus Man

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It was during those first few days that she gained her name. “When you first put animals in the tank they look for a place to hide and then they often don’t come out until they’ve had a chance to assess the place,” Scheel says. “We had anticipated that and bought several large snails and released a few crab in the tank. They all hid as well but over the next 10 days or so they disappeared one-by-one in the night time. When she realised there was nothing dangerous, she started to come out during the day.”

The Octopus Man is an incredible piece of writing. It's a story about schizophrenia and psychosis that cleverly observes and examines the problems and contradictions within the British mental health system. After succumbing to the drug trial, Tom falls into the lauded arms of biomedical recovery, a return “to ordinary life, to normality—the consensus perversion (p 313).” The world here is sapped of colour, a stable yet meaningless road of navigating benefits, bad dates and medication regimes, and determining how to afford and prepare a bowl of pasta on PIP with a heavily sedated brain. Compared to the vibrancy of his life as a voice-hearer, when a walk in the forest satiates all senses with beauty, Tom explains his so-called improved life: “I cannot enter these woods as before. I am a ghost now, and cannot share its life (p 200).” On the other hand, if you recognize yourself in the first category, then you have your chance to redeem yourself and peek through the curtain of the taboo that envelopes schizophrenia thanks to this novel.

7. Cunning disguises and escape techniques

I love how Tom sees the world yet I also am terrified of it. His sensitivity gives him an immense creativity and compassion for others as well as deep insight. The writing is excellent, throwing new light on everything the author describes. We are inside Tom’s head so we see the world as he sees it and we find, it sort of makes a lot of sense. Formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the yacht is now owned by Swedish billionaire Roger Samuelsson. I did become confused at points in the novel where there was a lot of dialogue, and I wasn’t always clear who’s voice was speaking. I also got a little lost when Tom was reflecting on moments in the past, and think this could have been presented a little more clearly in an otherwise incredibly well written novel. Inspired by his cousin, who suffered for more than 20 years on long term medication as a diagnosed schizophrenic, Jasper Gibson’s novel is heart-felt and deeply moving.

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The Octopus Man’ is a tragicomedy that like Ken Kesey’s seminal novel before it explores both the camaraderie that occurs between patients in mental health wards along with the abuses that sadly are found in some.

At the very least, Foster’s evident feeling speaks to the transformative power of engaging with the natural world, which he is now working to protect through The Sea Change Project nonprofit – an example that more of us could stand to learn from. But if a documentary’s success is measured by how well it represents its subject, I’d say My Octopus Teacher falls short. In March 2015 A research team led by Paul Gardner Allen has located the Musashi. Musashi was one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced battleships. I had to put the book down several times. It is an intense and disturbing read but it is also always entertaining and full of love and honesty, even hope sometimes although there are times when hope itself seems an impossible dream. The jarring attempt at a happy ending didn't work for me, because so many of these stories don't have a happy ending. The claustrophobic feeling of despair and of helplessness described throughout, the catch-22s, the injustices are all very real and the attempts to cobble together a hopeful ending made me all the more sad that, for so many, there is no escape. Tom has experienced a turbulent youth, abusing alcohol and all sorts of drugs, and his diagnosis indicates that these elements have affected Tom’s psyche to the point where Tom created a voice in his head to save himself from this destructive path.