Recovery is my best revenge: My experience of trauma, abuse and dissociative identity disorder

Author: Carolyn SpringPublisher: Pods Trauma Training LtdPaperback:ISBN 10: 0992961939ISBN 13: 978-0992961930What is it like to live with dissociative identity disorder? How does the brain respond to chronic, extreme trauma? Is recovery possible from such suffering?In this combined first and second volumes of her collected essays, Carolyn Spring writes candidly from a number of perspectives about her experiences of living with trauma-related dissociation, and her journey of recovery over ten years.Topics covered include such as shame, denial, child sexual abuse, the complex meanings of 'madness' and the multi-layered subjective experience of a dissociative mind. It is a series of standalone chapters or essays which build on one another to provide not only a unique insight into trauma, attachment and dissociation, but also the long and arduous - but ultimately fulfilling - recovery journey.REVIEWS"A powerful, insightful read. Carolyn's honest, brave, intelligent and poetically written e