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“I was just thinking that I started off OK," Jo said. "There wasn't anything different or wrong with me when I was born. I wasn't inherently bad or freakish." That's right, Jo," Lynn said. "Other people—my mother and father—did things to me that made me feel all wrong about myself," Jo said, another warm wave of new, sure knowledge washing over her.”

Self AcceptanceDissociative Identity DisorderComplex PtsdAbusive ParentsChild Abuse SurvivorTrauma SurvivorFeeling Broken
Book:The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
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“More than one personality was created in the hope of being the daughter Nancy could consistently love. More than one new personality was created in response to Mother's unexpected fury.”

Emotional AbuseDissociative Identity DisorderAlter PersonalitiesDissociative DisorderAbusive ParentsAbusive MotherAttachment TraumaImpossible StandardsDisorganized Attachment
Book:The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
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“Why didn't I feel that I belonged to my parents? How early could I have known that I was not right? I think it has always been part of me. Can a newborn sense her parents' disappointment and feelings of frustration at not being able to change the unchangeable?”

Abusive ParentsEmotional NeglectUnmet NeedsChild NeglectChildhood NeglectUnwanted Child
Book:The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
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