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MENDING OURSELVES is a gift from the open hearts of those who are healing, to the wounded, everywhere: a remarkable collection of essays, poetry & art shared by over fifty readers of MANY VOICES, an international newsletter for people healing from trauma-related dissociative disorders. Though many books have been written about "multiple personality" & its variants, this is the first to concentrate on the tasks of healing & self-integration. As children overwhelmed by abuse or pain, these writers & artists are instinctively "hid within," splitting off the agony & despair from consciousness. Guided by therapists, these brave women & men have spent years unfolding their histories, dealing as adults with the walled-off feelings, chaos, & horrible experiences they endured so long ago. But though most lived through a brutal past, this is not a brutal book. It is threaded with hope, with practical advice from people who have "been there". It is not easy to rebuild a unified self. But these survivors show it can be done. MENDING OURSELVES is of particular interest to abuse survivors, family, friends, & their therapists. But the creative power unlocked in the healing process can be appreciated by all who yearn for the triumph of person over pain.Wasnak, Lynn is the author of 'Mending Ourselves Expressions of Healing and Self-Integration' with ISBN 9780963727701 and ISBN 0963727702.
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