The Myth of Sanity
Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 26, 2002
Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife?
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- Who it’s for
- A close look at trauma, dissociation, and the less tidy edges of everyday consciousness.
- Themes
- Trauma and dissociation, Multiple personality, Recognizing altered mental states
- Genres
- Dissociation & DID, PTSD & Trauma, PTSD & Recovery
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A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, The Myth of Sanity shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.
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A close look at trauma, dissociation, and the less tidy edges of everyday consciousness.
Come here for
- Forgotten trauma and dissociation beyond the clinical extreme
- Questions about memory, identity, and ordinary behavior
Expect
- Accounts of lives reshaped by trauma
- A contemplative, unsettling view of divided mental states
Where it sits
| Dissociation & DID | 97% |
|---|---|
| PTSD & Trauma | 66% |
| PTSD & Recovery | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Brain & Nervous System Disorders
- Dissociation & DID
- Personality
- Authors
- Martha Stout
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- February 26, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Trauma and dissociation · Multiple personality · Recognizing altered mental states
- Reading lane
- Brain & Nervous System Disorders