Books like A mind of my own by Chris Costner Sizemore

A true account of Sybil Dorsett, who lived with 16 distinct personalities following childhood abuse and adult blackouts, shaping one of the most cited cases in psychoanalytic history.

xxxv, 338 pages ; 21 cm

William Styron’s memoir recounts his 1985 struggle with severe depression, hospitalization, and recovery, offering an honest portrait of living with mental illness.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Jane Phillips turns a suicide note into a powerful memoir, charting her daily life with Multiple Personality Disorder and her decade‑long partnership with a therapist to uncover painful memories and achieve unity.

Psychiatrist Richard Baer treats Karen Overhill, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder after a traumatic childhood. Through months of therapy, Baer works to integrate her seventeen alters into a single healthy identity.

Elyn R. Saks, a distinguished professor and lawyer, chronicles her lifelong battle with schizophrenia, detailing how she overcame challenges to build a respected career in law, psychology, and psychiatry.

When her passport and wallet are stolen in Morocco, a woman embraces a liberated alter‑ego, masquerading as a famous actress to navigate her newfound freedom.

Robert B. Oxnam recounts his battle with alcoholism and the hidden reality of multiple personality disorder, revealing how therapy uncovered eleven distinct identities rooted in childhood trauma.

Donna Williams, a gifted gatekeeper, takes readers on a journey of self-discovery and triumph in her second book, Nobody Somewhere.

Joan Frances Casey’s memoir reveals how a psychotic episode and subsequent therapy uncover her struggle with Multiple Personality Disorder, as she confronts a hidden history of abuse that threatens her artistic identity.

Debbie Nathan uncovers the real people behind the Sybil case, revealing their lives, struggles, and the journey to understanding dissociative identity disorder.