08-01-2008, 12:42 PM
I just finished reading a book titled, "First Person Plural, My Life as a Multiple" by Cameron West, PhD.
A very good account of what went on in this man's mind as he switched back and forth between alters and the havoc which erupted in his life when he began remembering incest episodes by his mother, grandmother and someone else. This book is not about a programmed multiple. It doesn't go down that road. His biggest challenge was overcoming the powerful denial that his mind actually did dissociate and split into different personalities to cope with the abuse.
A very good account of what went on in this man's mind as he switched back and forth between alters and the havoc which erupted in his life when he began remembering incest episodes by his mother, grandmother and someone else. This book is not about a programmed multiple. It doesn't go down that road. His biggest challenge was overcoming the powerful denial that his mind actually did dissociate and split into different personalities to cope with the abuse.