Recovery is my Best revenge: Collected essays volumes 1 & 2. My experience of trauma, abuse and dissiciative identity disorder (DIDs) by Carolyn Springby Carolyn Spring

What is it like to live with dissociative identity disorder? How does the brain respond to chronic, extreme trauma? Recovery is always 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. This volume covers topics 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.

Author Bio: 

As a survivor herself, Carolyn has had firsthand experience of complex trauma and therefore fully understands all the emotions and issues that survivors are faced with. Carolyn is brilliant at explaining things in simple terms. She has studied neuro science in great depth and makes psycho education accessible for survivors (a vital resource for recovery). We have learnt so much from attending her training sessions and fom listening to her blogs etc.