The Flock, by Joan Frances Casey (memoir prose, 1991)

[lb_lee]

"This book is many things. It is the story of a child who was badly hurt, but survived. It is the story of a young woman who had many personalities and became one. It is the story of how one therapist treated one patient. Most of all, however, it is the story of people who found each other at the right moment in their lives and performed magic."

Blurb: The Flock's autobio, mixed with their therapist's notes, about discovering they're multiple, cooperating, and integrating.

Why is it worth your time?: By MPD memoir standards, it is much lighter on the trauma talk, focusing more on daily life, and because there is a section where the system describes forming a government and living cooperatively... right before they integrate and the book ends. It was one of our favorites as wee baby multis, and you might be able to glean a little from it. It still has a really, SUPER-codependent reparenting relationship between the Flock, their therapist, and her husband, though.

Plural Tags: MPD/DID, switching, integration, inner children, abuse intermediate-focus

Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments

Access Notes: Available in ebook and paper forms.

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Content Warnings

[lb_lee]

Self-harm, discussion of child abuse (sexual and physical), and a really codependent reparenting relationships with their therapist and therapist's husband. Though in a shocking real-life plot twist, it's the THERAPIST who dies suddenly and improbably in a boating accident, close to the end of the book. There's also some pretty squicky banging on about how "high-functioning" the Flock are, even though that illusion is maintained by constant self-harm.