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Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd

Memoir of a Mangled Mind (with dust jacket)

How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities

Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd

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English

Steven Shelton
19 November 2024

Memoirs; True crime; Sexual abuse & harassment; Abnormal psychology

When various sexual predators target Steve Simmons as a child in the idyllic small town of Greenwood, Arkansas, his mind fractures into multiple personalities-alters-who give him blackouts as a protective shield.

Steve bravely stands up to an abuser when he's fourteen, but his nightmare isn't over. Two alters begin hijacking his consciousness to live their own lives as a thief and a gay prostitute.

When Steve discovers he has multiple personalities, he decides to keep the mental disorder a secret for fear of being institutionalized. That decision grants his doppelgangers free rein to drag him down the paths of crime and debauchery.

To maintain his freedom and reputation, Steve discards his ethical compass in order to conceal his alters' criminal activities-even after becoming an attorney at one of the world's premier litigation firms.

This deeply personal memoir lays bare Steve's childhood sexual assaults and the poor judgment he exercises to hide his mental disorder caused by the trauma.

How will he navigate the road to redemption?

By: Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd
Imprint: Steven Shelton
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 762g
ISBN: 9781965446126
ISBN 10: 1965446124
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND is Steve's debut. He's a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and has had dissociative identity disorder (DID) since childhood. Born in Arkansas, Steve has a BA degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD (1983); an MA degree from Wayne State University in Detroit (completed 1990); and a JD from Wayne State University Law School (summa cum laude, 1993).As a PR executive before attending law school, he authored articles for health care magazines and newsletters. His law school honors include the Richard B. Gushee Writing Award for the best Wayne Law Review article. Steve hosts The Mangled Mind Podcast where he discussed issues related to DID.

Reviews for Memoir of a Mangled Mind (with dust jacket): How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities

★★★★★ ""Author Steven Simmons Shelton crafts a narrative that reads with all the intensity of a psychological thriller while never losing sight of the deeply personal nature of his story. ...The way he describes the influence of his alters and their impact on his life creates an intimate portrait that helped me understand DID in ways that no clinical description ever could."" K.C. Finn Readers' Favorite Book Reviews