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Summary: Great Read
Review: This is one of the best books that I've read. After I saw Dr. West on the Oprah show, I went out and got the book from the library and after my first read of it, I've been hooked on it ever since. It is almost as if your in the story right along side Dr. West. I recommend going out and picking up this book.
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Summary: This Book is AMAZING!
Review: I first saw Cameron West on the Oprah Winfrey show and it wasn't 'til about a year later, that i came across the book in a bookstore and immediately grabbed it. I'm not much of a reader, but once i read the first 3 or 4 pages, i was hooked! i litterally couldn't put this book down. It's an amazing book...very detailed and insightful. I had no idea what it was like to know someone with DID, but after reading this book i feel as if i knew Dr. West all my life. I'm not sure what the chances of him are, reading this review...but if you DO read this, let me thank you for opening up my eyes to a whole new world. This book has changed my life in a way i can't describe. it's like i fell in love with all of Cam's Alters...i really enjoyed reading about Clay :)
Anyway, i recommend this book to everyone...you'll all just love it!
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Summary: I Saw Myself
Review: Many multiples I know hate this book. They complain that they, unlike West, can't just pack it all in and move to California when things get rough. They have bigger problems as to whether or not they'll have to sell that second car. And I agree with them there. On the other hand, it WAS well written and presented--at least in my opinion--a good view of what dissociation is like. This was the first book I ever read about multiplicity and I saw myself in it to a certain degree. It helped me know I wasn't alone. Then again, I think all multiples have a soft spot for that first book that made them go, "THAT's what it is." Maybe I'm just soft-hearted, but I'm looking forward to this one being made into a movie.
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Summary: WOW
Review: First Person Plural is an awsome book. It affected me on deep levels. I am currently re-reading it for about the fifth time.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I found the book at a sale last week. I just got around to reading it. This has to be one of the best books I have read in years, and the best book on DID I've read. You get a feel from it, an understanding, that I have not seen before. It pulls you into his life and you cannot put the book down for a second until you've read every word, cover to cover. I cannot find the words to express how good this book is. I've learned more from this book then I could imagine. When things got tough I found myself hoping it would work out and at the end I was rooting for this man in my head. This is a must read!
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Summary: Best DID book I have ever read
Review: Having been diagnosed with DID, I read all the information I can on it. Most of the literature is limited to personal accounts. These are difficult to read as they can be "triggers". Dr. Cameron's book is different. He wrote with a "four H theme"...Honesty, Hope, Help, and Healing. The fact that he DOESN'T go into every detail of every abusive event is what makes this book OUTSTANDING. I don't need to read someone else's horror stories, I have enough of my own. I need to know how to deal with it and that people can heal. OUTSTANDING book!
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Summary: A REMARKABLE INSIGHT TO MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER!
Review: Having studied psychology and worked as a street counsellor in a large Canadian city, I did, in fact, encounter an individual with Multiple Personality Disorder, and I highly recommend this book. It will provide insight and a better understanding of what it is actually like to live with the disorder and the daily and long-term trials and tribulations that one must face each and everyday, not only for the individual who has it, but those who love them. The book revolves around Dr. West who does, in fact, have Multiple personality disorder, his wife, Rikki and their son. Dr. West is fortunate to have the love and strength of strong family support; however, their love and strength is tested to the limit. Rikki, out of desperation and anguish of watching the one she loves live in constant turmoil and his only private demons, turns to another man for comfort. In the end, it is that same love that makes both Dr West and his wife true survivors of this tormenting disorder. Each case is similar, but also unique in its own way. Can you imagine what it must be like to live with twenty or more personalities inside one body? Readers, particularly those who have lived with someone suffering from any chronic, long-term mental disorder or any uncurable illness whether it be mental or physical, will find strength and hope in this book. The manner in which Dr. West has come to terms with his disorder, and the inner strength of his wife and son who must face the hardships and turmoil of each day, are a remarkable example of the ability we each possess to overcome the most difficult situations and how powerful love can truly be.
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Summary: E PLURIBUS UNUM -- OUT OF MANY, IS ONE
Review: Dr. West is a survivor of multiple dissociative disorder and an author. A brilliant, highly accomplished man, Dr. West takes his readers on a harrowing journey through maternal abuse and neglect. Dr. West describes the denial other family members had in re his mentally ill mother and maternal grandmother; hostility and secrecy appear to be the common themes throughout his immediate family. His wife, Rikki, is truly an exceptional woman. She does not succumb to the temptation of an available affair when Dr. West's condition places a strain on their marriage; she really gives Dr. West ballast and a loving voice of reason throughout the book. Their son, Kyle is delightful. A bright, expressive boy, Kyle relates in detail the challenges and blessings of having a parent with this unusual condition. He is the one who keeps a loving eye on both of his parents; it is Kyle who asks Rikki about her "boyfriend" during the period she was contemplating having an affair. It is Kyle who, in effect, helps reel Rikki and Dr. Cameron West in and it is he who has connected them. In February of 1998, Dr. West and his family appeared on the Oprah! show and listening to each family member speak of their own personal involvement with multiple dissociative disorder was quite an eye opener. I was quite impressed. I like the way Dr. West gives the names, ages and descriptions of each of his individual and very distinct personalities. That helps the reader keep track of them and how they play an important role in his life. Dr. West is like a diamond; he is multifaceted and radiates light and beauty in the face of daunting challenges. This book is like a diamond. It is a highly valuable voice of insight into a very curious condition. This is a book I would highly recommend.
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Summary: Insufficient proof, self justification and denial.
Review: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!! I just finished reading this book and while I found it an interesting read, I was disturbed by certain details. 1. The author says that the girl alters were anally and orally raped by a man. But he makes no indication of who this man was. 2. He says that there are usually three people in the incest triangle. The abuser, the abused and one who turns the other way. If that was his father, who was the man in the previous question? 3. Why no mention of his father or his opinion on this? 4. He says that the girl alters were created because those type of rapes were not the things that happen to boys. Does a six-year old know this? 5. He does not account for the possibility that his condition may have allowed him to selectively remember or hear the details of his conversation with your aunt? And of that with other members of his family? 6. Why did he not confront his mother himself? He makes us believe through her silence that she is guilty. He also gives us no idea of his mother's previous relationship with his wife. Maybe that was unstable to begin with. 7. He says that he has a great relationship with your wife. Why then did he have extra-marital affairs? Including the attempt while in the hospital to kiss another DID sufferer. From my reading of the book, I would say that while he indeed has a mental condition like DID, he makes no firm basis to say that it was actually caused by incest. I believe that the idea of incest was triggered by the possibility that his grandmother may have been over-familiar with some of her children and some innuendo that his confused mind has extrapolated into sexual abuse from men and women. It is convenient that it is his wife that offers the explanation of "the fruit falls close to the tree" and not himself. It is also convenient that his wife has the confrontation with his mother. Why doesn't he talk to her? I think it's because he will not be able to face the possibility that he may be mistaken. He is in denial. It strikes me that it is very unlikely to have two women abusers in the same family. Women abusers are very, very rare. It also seems unlikely that his mother would then invite another man to abuse him. I think it is irresponsible of him to blame his mother (and grandmother) for a crime such as child abuse in public without adequate proof. He needs to show the reader and himself that it is not just all in his mind. Heresay is not enough. If he can't find enough proof then he should not have written the book. He is trying to prove through this book that he is the victim, that he is not the one to blame. Blame it on my other personalities, they were the ones having the extra-marital affairs. Blame it on my mother, she was the one that abused me. Blame it on my family, they hid it from me. Blame it on my wife, she wouldn`t accept my mental instability. I think that Cameron was not getting enough attention so that his mental illness manifested itself as a split into separate personalities each of which requires constant maintenance and attention. To the point of negotiating the amount of time that his wife and child must give him each day. He even studied his condition as a kind of self-justification. Look at me, I am the living proof! That would all be fine if it was done in private, but he has put this into the public domain. He has skillfully put his biased view into people's minds to justify his condition. And the movie will cement the idea even further and give him the global justification he requires. He has got the attention, but at what cost? I wonder if he has had many messages like this and I wonder how he denies them. His book in the end is about overcoming denial. Perhaps he has strong answers to the above inconsistencies, but I wonder if he has enough have to break through to the next stage of denial and realise that perhaps he is simply sick for no reason and his mother and those around him are the real victims? DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Captavating Book!
Review: I picked this book up when I was in college at a local bookstore. I began reading it immediately after I left the store and stayed up really late that night reading it. You simply cannot put this book down! It's very insightful and well written. A must for understanding multi-personality disorder!
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