{"product_id":"the-myth-of-sanity-divided-consciousness-and-the-promise-of-awareness-9780142000557","title":"The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness","description":"Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fianc  to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA startling new study in human consciousness, \u003cb\u003eThe Myth of Sanity\u003c\/b\u003e is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, \u003cb\u003eThe Myth of Sanity\u003c\/b\u003e shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142000557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.08w x 0.62d","brand":"Martha Stout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112750313653,"sku":"9780142000557","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f90f029a-5aa9-41d9-a6a9-6d44bca66449.jpg?v=1715053391","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-myth-of-sanity-divided-consciousness-and-the-promise-of-awareness-9780142000557","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}