Table 3 Themes, sub-themes and cross-cutting themes

SHIFTS IN CONTROL

1

VULNERABLE SENSE OF SELF: ‘Hesitance to Exist’

28

HOPE vs HOPELESSNESS

TREATMENT – HARM Vs HELP

2

INTRA-PSYCHIC PROCESSES

2a

Meaning of AN to Self: ‘Double Masquerade’

19

2b

The Disappearing Self

25

3

GLOBAL IMPOVERISHMENT

24

4

INTER-PSYCHIC, TEMPORAL PROCESSES: CHANGE AND RECOVERY

4a

Opening the Self to Other(s)

19

4b

Re-integrating Self

18