Crazy
Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory
Lyn’s memoir tells the story of her discovery of and recovery from
dissociative identity disorder …
Crazy Receives First Place Royal Dragonfly Award
Crazy was named First Place Winner in the Biography/Autobiography/Memoir category among 2022 Ebooks. The Royal Dragonfly Award honors excellence in all types of literature and book marketing, recognizing creativity and hard work for a comprehensive list of genres in 68 categories.
Crazy Receives NIEA Finalist Award
The National Indie Excellence Awards for 2022 have been announced and Crazy was named Finalist Award in the Memoir category. “Winners and Finalists are determined on the basis of superior written content coupled with excellent presentation in each and every facet of the final published product from cover to cover.”
Kirkus Review
“… Barrett’s prose style is precise and rich, and she excels at communicating her complex emotional states, keeping the reader grounded even when she describes the experience of switching between personalities. … An engaging and deeply felt account of mental illness.” ~ Kirkus Review
If I can reclaim my life from
dissociative identity disorder, so can you!
According to a 2016 research study published in the Harvard Review of Psychology*, more than 1% of the population worldwide has dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, caused by chronic childhood trauma. In the United States alone, with a population of 328,000,000, this means 3,280,000 people suffer from this protective coping strategy that was functional in childhood but becomes dysfunctional in adulthood. Experts say this number is probably an underestimate.
If you or a loved has been diagnosed with DID or another dissociative disorder, join me on the road to recovery!
* “Separating Fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder.” Bethany L. Brand, et al, Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2016 Jul; 24(4): 257-270.
coming soon
coming soon
Healing Without Forgiving
a hero’s journey for dissociative survivors
By Lyn Barrett
Illustrated by Gwen Vogel
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”
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