Finding Mary: A courageous fight for truth

One month after the birth of my second child, at age 22, I disappeared, emerging in a hospital four days later not knowing who I was and with virtually no memory of my early life. A forty year quest followed in search of the truth of my life - my 'Finding Mary'. My first working title was 'Living a Lie' because that is what I constantly felt my whole life was. However, I was persuaded that title may give the impression my story was deceitful. It then became 'The Lost Child' - in reference to the child I never knew. But once diagnosed with Structural Dissociation I identified my two 'sides', Liz, my ANP and Mary, my EP. It became 'Finding Mary' to acknowledge what Mary experienced and my, Liz's final awareness and understanding.