{"product_id":"9781101161630","title":"The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness","description":"Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fiancé to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA startling new study in human consciousness, \u003cb\u003eThe Myth of Sanity\u003c\/b\u003e is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, \u003cb\u003eThe Myth of Sanity\u003c\/b\u003e shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076989010160,"sku":"9781101161630","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101161630_p0.jpg?v=1763685358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101161630","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}