Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities Book

I finished this book last night at 2 AM, I couldn't put it down. This has been the most twisted, disturbing and crazy book I have ever read. I rated four stars, but I wouldn't recommend it to the ladies in my book club! I think I might be sick in the head lol, but I was so fascinated by this book, the same way I am fascinated when I see a fatal car accident on the side of the highway. The things that happened to Karen when she was younger were hard to believe and it is also hard to believe that the human mind is capable of protecting you in the way that it protected Karen. Karen wasn't able to face and accept the horrible things that happened to her and so her mind created alter personalities that could face it. I think once she found a way to cope, it just carried on like a snowball. It was all very organized inside her mind, and she was able to live day to day life with out making it obvious that she had this illness. She had two main alters that controlled everything for her and knew about all the other personalities inside her. When Karen found her self in a confusing situation or one she couldn't handle, one of the main alters would come out and find another alter who's "job" it was to take care of that kind of situation. As I was reading it I had to close the book many times, thinking to my self "this is some crazy stuff!" Wow! I feel like I might be a little sicker in the head for having read this book. What a mind warp!