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finished reading The Dissociative Mind by Elizabeth Howell

Elizabeth Howell: The Dissociative Mind (Hardcover, 2005, Analytic Press) 5 stars

Drawing on the pioneering work of Janet, Freud, Sullivan, and Fairbairn and making extensive use …

Finished reading this a few weeks ago. It was a good review of the different models of dissociation, although the book focused more on psychoanalysis / analytical psychology and did not incorporate any, or otherwise incorporated too few, neuroscientific studies of dissociation and dissociative symptoms. Its relationship to my own life could be felt in the context of my experience of incongruity in different areas in my life, that I've only become more aware of over time. My sense of self felt incoherent, vague, or fractured, and this was very much connected to my CPTSD triggers. It was insightful learning about the hypotheses of the genesis of structural dissociation at the level of personality, as it helped me trace my footsteps back to the kinds of strategies I used to handle trauma and how they relate to consequent structural dissociation or dissociative symptoms.