Dissociative Identity Disorder In A Nutshell: A First-Hand Account
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Author: Shirley J. Davis
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1539948021
ISBN 13: 978-1539948025
Dissociative identity Disorder in a Nutshell is a book dealing with the realities of living with a dissociative disorder without using sensationalism but relying on as many facts as possible. Written by a person who has been through 27 years of intensive therapy to recover from DID the book talks about recovery, integration and finally leaving therapy for good, some topic not discussed at length in other works of its this type.
From the Author
I wrote this book about Dissociative Identity Disorder to help others who live with the condition and Therapists understand what it is like to live with the disorder from a non-professional point of view. I live with this condition and have co-authored two other books The Tears Will Cease and its corresponding workbook to help people understand in simple terms what DID and other trauma related disorders are like, their causes and the reality that recovery is not only possible but the inevitable end of treatment if one keeps working toward it. In this work I address integration in its reality and I take special care to describe what it is like to live on the other side of the therapeutic process. I see the writing of this work as a crowning of my moving on from a life of chaotic misery to living a life of triumph and totality.
About the Author
Shirley J. Davis was born and raised in a small city in rural Illinois. Ms. Davis is a survivor of extreme neglect and childhood abuse at the hands of two close family members. This mistreatment occurred from birth to early adulthood and went way beyond what anyone might consider, as her abusers used various forms of torture and intimidation. As a result, the author formed alternate personalities, a condition known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. Despite this decided handicap Ms. Davis earned her Associate Degree in Psychology in 2015 and has authored several books. She was voted by her college into the Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and plans to continue her education so that she can help in the research of treatment options for people who lie with Dissociative and other Trauma related disorders.
