9780142000557-0142000558-The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness

The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness

ISBN-13: 9780142000557
ISBN-10: 0142000558
Edition: Reissue
Author: Martha Stout
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780142000557
ISBN-10: 0142000558
Edition: Reissue
Author: Martha Stout
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 272 pages

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The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness (ISBN-13: 9780142000557 and ISBN-10: 0142000558), written by authors Martha Stout, was published by Penguin Publishing Group in 2002. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Dissociative Disorders (Mental Health, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Applied Psychology, Psychology & Counseling, Personality, General, Psychology, Consciousness & Thought, Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Dissociative Disorders books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fiancé to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight?

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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