In 1994 or so, I think, there was a book published called MPD from the Inside Out, which was basically an anthology of short writing by therapy patients. The obvious problem was that it focused on the 'disorder' part, on things like trauma, PTSD and integration, with no mention of healthy multiples, or of the regular day-to-day reality of living as a functional multiple. The assumption seemed to be that after one had dealt with trauma issues, integration would naturally proceed from there. There wasn't much about the positive aspects of being plural, either-- mostly just horror stories.
A couple of years ago, we and a few other systems were throwing around ideas for a healthy-multiple version of that book, with contributions from systems who had originated in various ways but were now living functionally and happily as groups. It never got past the brainstorming phase, really. But you can get just about anything published if you have the capital for it-- the problem is getting publicity for it once it's in print.
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Date: 2005-07-06 02:39 am (UTC)A couple of years ago, we and a few other systems were throwing around ideas for a healthy-multiple version of that book, with contributions from systems who had originated in various ways but were now living functionally and happily as groups. It never got past the brainstorming phase, really. But you can get just about anything published if you have the capital for it-- the problem is getting publicity for it once it's in print.