"Mythomania:" an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exaggerating."Mythomaniac:" noun or adjective; a pathological liar.How can a normal person function in a Sick Society?In this novel-like memoir, Dr. Michael Mangold recounts what it is like to live in post-9/11 America, where a self-righteous government treats its own citizens as potential enemies, and where "no good deed goes unpunished." Just as importantly, he describes what it is like to live in a household that reflects this cultural pathology or what Dr. M. Scott Peck describes as a "Miniature Sick Society." The hallmarks of both include this self-righteousness, an inability to admit mistakes, victim blaming, the inability to tolerate criticism, manipulation, and lying. In other words, Narcissistic Personality Disorder.Dr. Mangold relates how his mission-centered career was ruined by a rogue special agent of the United States government and how his family life was ruined by a vengeful and histrionic wife. The good doctor was fighting a war on two fronts at the same time. As he explains in the book, "My chief concerns were no longer saving lives, healing, supporting, and teaching but rather survival and avoidance of punishment. I couldn't act and think globally anymore. The federal government has unlimited power and money. I had only limited funds and the conviction that what I did with the tax money from seven years prior was the only right thing to do."What did he do with that tax money? He used it to save his infant son's life.