Two Stories, One Person
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Life was not easy. We all knew it but never spoke about it. My father was a tough person to deal with. He was not ready for marriage. Not ready to provide for a subservient wife. My father was transplanted from
That’s where I come in. I mentioned life was not easy. I feel this was due to my mother’s dream state and my father’s dissatisfaction with the path that his life was following. As a result, we had a tumultuous family life. My father roamed from job-to-job after continuously being fired for his attitude problem. He just couldn’t take orders. My mother had no idea what to do.
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About the Book
The story that you are about to read is a work of non-fiction. It is an ongoing story of a child, a young girl and eventually a woman who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder – formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. To fully understand the mental complexity of this illness, my story will be told through two different people, Debra and Sivan, both of my personalities. You will see how they interact with each other’s lives and how they often interpret a situation through different viewpoints. I’m hoping that as you read you will be able to discern between the two personalities.
About the Author
Jamie may seem like an ordinary person to the outside world. She goes to work, socializes with friends and is involved in a loving relationship. But on the inside, Jamie battles with two personalities named Sivan and Debra. While Jamie is quiet, timid and satisfied to just let things happen, Sivan, a 28-year-old woman, is loud, demanding, adventurous, homicidal, and often dangerous to both herself and Jamie. Debra, a 6-year-old child is always scared, depressed and crying. She is content with sucking her thumb and holding onto her Cabbage Patch Kid. Jamie has been dealing with Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, for over twenty-eight years. It is an on-going battle of remission and relapse. She hopes that one day, through intense counseling and medication, she will be able to integrate the two personalities and be able to live in peace as a whole person.