Robert B. Oxnam

The harrowing, insightful, and courageous account of a prominent man's struggle with multiple personalities Robert Oxnam was a high-profile, successful man: A renowned scholar and president of the Asia Society, he appeared frequently on television and traveled the world as a sought-after expert. But what the millions of people whod seen him didnt know -- what even those closest to him didnt know -- was that Oxnam suffered from multiple personality disorder. It was only after an intervention staged by family and friends, in response to frequent blackouts and episodic rages assumed to be alcohol-driven, that he sought treatment with Dr. Jeffery Smith; the first of his eleven personalities emerged in a session in 1990. After years of treatment, he has integrated them into three: Robert, Wanda, and Bobby, who take turns narrating this remarkable, unprecedented chronicle.

My Life with Multiple PersonaIity Disorder

A Fractured Mind

We all have many sides to our personalities, which we display to differentriends, colleagues and partners, but what happens if those facets becomeetached from each other, and take on lives of their own? This is what Bobxnam was to discover when he was diagnosed with multiple personalityisorder. The first of Bob's personalities to make himself known duringherapy was an angry young boy named Tommy, who claimed to live in a castlen Bob's mind. Bob's psychiatrist eventually met all 12 'people' who lived inhe castle. He uncovered why Tommy was torturing Bobby in the dungeon, andhe many other layers of terror that had lived in Bob since he was a smallhild. Told in the voices of the different personas, we see the bookishobert take over as dominant personality from Bob, and watch as the otherersonalities successfully merge into the three that share power today.

My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder

Meihua and Lonyan, the offspring of two prominent Chinese families, form a powerful bond in their shared troubles over repressive family expectations until they are forced onto opposing sides in a revolution against a barbaric warlord. By the author of Cinnabar.

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