The Great Read: What It’s Like to Live With One of Psychiatry’s Most Misunderstood Diagnoses
Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.
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What It’s Like to Live With One of Psychiatry’s Most Misunderstood Diagnoses

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

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