Name: Sybil
ISBN: 9780446359405

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Sybil

Sybil.

✨Tyler ✨

i literally cannot explain why i liked this book so much. honestly it was probably a 5 star experience but it feels not responsible to rate it that highly. this book must be read with a skeptical and critical eye and having at least read the wiki page for shirley ardell mason before starting. i can't imagine there are many people in 2022 who would actually enjoy reading this book unless they are into "you're wrong about" book club episodes and particularly interested in and enjoy reading controversial books even if they are bad because they have to experience it for themselves.

'How are you today?' the doctor asked. 'I'm fine', was the reply. 'But Sybil isn't. She was so sick she couldn't come. So I came instead.' Sybil is the story of a woman with sixteen separate personalities, and was instrumental in influencing the definition and diagnosis of multiple personality disorder. Sybil's diagnosis has since been called into question - but, forty years after it was first published, her story remains a gripping and disturbing account of one woman's struggle for mental stability and happiness. 'Astonishing book . . . It forces you to look at yourself and the people around you in a new way.' Doris Lessing

The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities

Alesha ponomarenko

Worth reading? Yes. Worth reading as it’s a piece of history in a way. 

Emily C Peterson

This was the worst book I've ever read. The psychoanalysis is total bunk, and honestly, I believe everything in this book was made up. It was about 200 pages longer than it needed to be.

Sybil

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