Today Im Alice A Young Girls Splintered Mind A Fathers Evil Secret

When Alice was a teenager strange things started happening to her. Hours of her life simply disappeared. Shed hear voices shouting at her telling her she was useless. And the nightmares that had haunted her since early childhood scenes of men abusing her became more detailed . . . more real. Staring at herself in the mirror shed catch her face changing as if someone else was looking out through her eyes. In Today Im Alice she describes her extraordinary journey from a teenage girl battling anorexia and OCD drowning the voices with alcohol to a young woman slipping further and further into mental illness. It was only after years lost in institutions that she was correctly diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. When her alternative personalities were revealed in therapy she discovered how each one had their own memories of abuse and a full picture of her childhood finally emerged. As she learned to live with her many alters she set out to confront the man who had caused her unbearable pain. Moving and ultimately inspiring this is a gripping account of a rare condition and the remarkable story of a courageous woman.