Down the Hallway: The story of one woman's journey with Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Welcome to Down The Hallway, to the world of Dissociative Identity Disorder, to the world of Charmaine. This has been an experience of writing, living, and learning in ways that I will hold sacred the rest of my life. As I wondered about writing it, as it has now been completed I have sat with all three books gazing at them when it struck me... All three have a Universal theme that runs through them. They all speak loudly to "SURVIVING LIFE" each in their own light, their own way.
As I looked carefully at their covers I was struck by the intensity of those I have been honored to know, personally and professionally; those who have given me the stories in hopes that another will feel validated, know they are never alone. Yes I now know, through caregiving, through trauma, perceived or real threat of loss there is a Universal Connection that ties people together. It is the need of another to at times walk alongside of you, as a guide, a counselor, a therapist perhaps. It is the need of validation of a person's story, pain, triumphs that connect us in spirit. Down The Hallway is a book of one woman's courage as she asked quite simply, "am I crazy". She was so much more as together we journeyed into the realm of the brain, the hallway in her head only to discover Alters that had saved her precious life. I needed new moccasins along the way as the journey was sometimes rocky, often unfamiliar turf, and filled with unknowns... together we walked. Once again, I learned the resiliency of the human spirit as I kept my eyes wide open, my ears perked and my heart in my chest. Charmaine did the hard part, she walked through hell. She ended our time better than she began it, I a better person and professional as a result of it.