All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body
All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body by Kim Noble
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1613744706 | 384 pages | EPUB | 1,6 MB
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1613744706 | 384 pages | EPUB | 1,6 MB
Taking the reader through an extraordinary world where the very nature of reality is different, this personal narrative tells the story of one womanOCOs terrifying battle to understand her own mind. From the desperate struggle to win back the child she loves to the courage and commitment needed to make sense of her life, this account recallsaKim Noble'samany years in and out of mental institutions and various diagnoses until finally being appropriately diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID). Described as a creative way some minds cope with unbearable pain, DID causes Kim's body to play host to more than 20 different personalitiesOCofrom a little boy who speaks only Latin and an elective mute to a gay man and an anorexic teenager. Sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting, this brave illuminationaof the links and intersections between memory, mental illness, and creativity offers a glimpse into the mind of someone with DID and helps readers understand the confusion, frustration, and everyday difficulties in living with this disorder.