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Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
"This is the first coherent autobiographical study of its kind, and it is absolutely mesmerizing....Simply not be be missed."
THE DETROIT NEWS
When Joan Frances Casey "awoke" on the ledge of a building ready to jump, she did not know how she had gotten there. And it wasn't the first time she had blanked out. She decided to give therapy another try. And after a few sessions,...more
THE DETROIT NEWS
When Joan Frances Casey "awoke" on the ledge of a building ready to jump, she did not know how she had gotten there. And it wasn't the first time she had blanked out. She decided to give therapy another try. And after a few sessions,...more
Paperback, 303 pages
Published
May 26th 1992
by Ballantine Books
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Author Casey (a pseudonym to protect her privacy) is/was a person with Multiple Personality Disorder, a disassociative disorder. Many people are familiar with the disorder from ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ or ‘Sybil’. This book is unique in that it tells the story of her treatment and integration from the POV of one of the personalities.
Joan Frances Casey was abused terribly when she was a child, both sexually by her father and physically and emotionally by her mother. Her personalities emerged to...more
Joan Frances Casey was abused terribly when she was a child, both sexually by her father and physically and emotionally by her mother. Her personalities emerged to...more
Amazing and compeling. A book you just can't put down, which i now have to say has joined my selective few 'favourite' books.
'The Flock' is a story about 24 seperate personalities,within the body of one woman, each with their own capable function or role to take over when another personality is unable to.
The story is told by "Renee" and delves mainly into the 'autonomous personalities' of Renee, Jo,Joan Frances and Missy. All of whom are fucntioning personalities who would be capable of their ow...more
'The Flock' is a story about 24 seperate personalities,within the body of one woman, each with their own capable function or role to take over when another personality is unable to.
The story is told by "Renee" and delves mainly into the 'autonomous personalities' of Renee, Jo,Joan Frances and Missy. All of whom are fucntioning personalities who would be capable of their ow...more
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This is an interesting and useful book in understanding multiple personality disorder (now referred to as "DID" Dissociative Identity Disorder). The strategies used for treating this young woman are extraordinary, however highly unlikely to be repeatable with another client. What this truly is about is the strength and courage of the young woman with MPD, her therapist and HER husband as they traverse the dangerous path toward healing. It speaks to the power of human beings when they dedicate th...more
Alas, boundary violations abound in this memoir of a psychotherapeutic journey! How does this occur? Let me count the ways! The therapist attends a client's housewarming party, involves her own husband in therapy, and invites her to live with them for the summer!
If I'm able to suspend my incredulity about the aforementioned, what remains is an amazing and beautiful story told by an alter of a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder, which was popularized...more
If I'm able to suspend my incredulity about the aforementioned, what remains is an amazing and beautiful story told by an alter of a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder, which was popularized...more
this is the true story of a woman who lives with multiple personality disorder; much like several different people living in the same body. although clinical accounts are sometimes rather dry, this book was anything but, and takes you through Casey's day to day life, as well as her experience with a therapist who, after several years, manages to integrate her many drastically personalities.
I've talked to people who have been turned off by this book due to some of the subject matter, and while I agree that some parts are hard to read, this book will leave you feeling uplifted. Joan's struggles from infancy through adulthood, written in her own words, leave you first in shock, then full of hope. If she was able to go on living, then there is no doubt that the rest of us can too.
I thought this was a sad but in the end hopeful book. That you got to sometimes work real hard to get rid of past demons. Never read a book like this before. So the story line was new to me, and learned more of this condition than I ever knew before. Of course she had a lot to overcome and she was able to express what she went through so well.
I loved this book. It provided so much information, and a real look into the mind of a multiple. There was so much I didn't understand until I read this book (though there's certainly much much more I could still learn, and still much more I could never understand!) The ending was very sad though, but I was expecting something bad to happen all along, so...
I was hoping for alot more with this book. After reading When Rabbit Howls and Sybil I think I was just expecting more. I did not like the style the author wrote this in. I had a very hard time believing it all to be true. I want to say that I am not sure if it is true or not just did not seem to be for me. I think this had alot to do with how it was written. It was a very fast read for me. The story had so many parts that it sounded like 10 differant books I have read all combined in one. Like...more
Read this for a class, was really impressed with this book. The true story of the main character's bout with D.I.D. is just amazing. Easy but very emotional read from cover to cover.
This book was amazing! Brought tears to my eyes the last few pages. My heart goes out to Jo, and her two therapists. A story of a fight to survive!
Great book! Definitely a page turner. It gave me a different perspective on multiple personality disorder.
I really enjoyed this book. It was fascinating to read about a disorder that I know so little about!
This book as so good that I hated to have to put it down.
This book is amazing. Read it.
Not as in-depth as Sybil :/
Amazing book about DID.
Pretty mind-blowing, especially the part where one personality is writing notes in class at Harvard with one hand and another personality is also writing notes with the other simultaneously in a different handwriting.
Entertaining
Not stunning, but not bad. An interesting read.
Nov 27, 2011
Bonnie
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5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Bonnie by:
Goodreads
Shelves:
mental-illness,
non-fiction
This was a wonderful book on a very controversial subject. I applaud the flock
This was an interesting book. I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but it was how it happened to the author ... works for some, not so much for others. I found the book fascinating, and the ending rather sad.
Sep 05, 2008
Kristina Chomick
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3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Kristina by:
a professor
Shelves:
things-i-read-for-school
I read this book for a class because of the multiple personality aspect but it actually ended up being a really interesting read and would recommend it for general reading too.
Extremely interesting read - I couldn't put it down! The ending was a bit abrupt, but overall an excellent look at what is now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder.
One of the best auto-biographies/memiors I have ever read. About multiple personality disorder. Fascinating!!!
I'm partial to psychology books about multiple's and schizo's and stuff. So I enjoyed this book a lot.
Interesting memior for anyone interested in learning about living with Multiple Personality disorder.
J.F. really turns into a brat towards the end of the book. Really mars my opinion of her.
Amazing book. It gives quite the insight into MPD. I'd recommend it to anyone.
A very good telling of what it must be like to live this experience.
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