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Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Multiple Personality Disorder Olson, Sarah E

Accounts of Multiple Personality Disorder have usually been written by mental health professionals as texts or case studies Now, in Becoming One, Sarah Olson has allowed us the rare privilege of entering her internal world in her firstperson account of her journey from fragmentation to wholeness Two little girls, the author and her sister, were routinely terrorized and assaulted over a period of years by a family friend One grew up closed and withdrawn, the other angry and selfdestructive And, most painful of all, their common suffering resulted in estrangement from each other Becoming One began as Olsons attempt to provide a written account of her memories for her sister as a means of reconciliation and healing The authors courage and generosity in candidly sharing her remarkable experiences provide important insights into the world of dissociation Here is at once a highly personal look into an individual life, the dynamics of a troubled family, and the healing power of the therapeutic process