Life after mpd: reviews

"I found Life After MPD to be both confirming and comforting...I welcome the spiritual focus of your account. I cannot conceive of integrated success without the spiritual dimension. One of the things I appreciated about Life After MPD was that it was written simply, straight forward, yet intelligently. You maintained your own intellectual integrity while not insulting the intelligence of your reader. Your book should reach a wide audience...May the Holy Spirit go before you and bless your ministry of healing abundantly."

~by R.T., Washington, Medical Social Worker

"Dr. Lighthart provides a rare inside look at what really happens when alter-personalities integrate into one. She describes how she and her empathic therapist followed the lead of her "Holy Spirit" and resolved the damage done to her mind by her abusive parents. This shows how healing occurs when both patient and therapist are led by the same wise Spirit. Since all humans have such a spirit, variously called the Soul, essence, Inner Self Helper, Hidden Observer, etceteras, she gives all suffering humans hope by showing how she, after initially massively resisting, finally followed the good spiritual advice that is available inside all of us, Life After MPD, devoid of any psychological theorizing, will be part of the literature on Spiritual Psychology for years to come."

~Ralph B. Allison, MD. Co-author: Minds in Many Pieces: Revealing the Spiritual Side of Multiple Personality Disorder.

“This autobiographical narrative by Alaskan author, Debra Lighthart, shares a journey into a world glimpsed by most of us only in stories such as Sybil and The Three Faces of Eve. Lighthart courageously tells her own story about extreme childhood abuse and how she coped by dissociating and splitting into multiple personalities or “alters.” Although Lighthart refers to the abuse, this account focuses more on her healing.

Unaware of her alters for most of her life, Lighthart knew only that she had great gaps in her memory and that other people told her she acted like different people. Informed that she occasionally attacked people when startled, Lighthart had no memory of this. It wasn’t until entering therapy that she began to recognize and accept the reality of her diagnosis: Multiple Personality Disorder.

The heart of Lighthart’s story describes her journey to healing through the integration of her many selves. With the help of a compassionate and skilled therapist, she gradually came to feel safe enough to venture into the unknown territory of her past and the many alters who dealt with it.

Lighthart’s strong spiritual belief system provided guidance and safety for her arduous journey to wholeness. In a world where she had learned not to trust, she put trust in her spiritual guidance and it coaxed, challenged, and loved her throughout the healing process. Her therapist, who encouraged this guidance, was also guided by it as he worked with her.

The courage demonstrated by Lighthart as she faced her wounds and brought them to the light to be healed inspires each of us when dealing with our own wounds. Although Lighthart’s story focuses on MPD, it is also about taking responsibility for our own lives and choosing to identify with the wholeness that is at the center of each of us. While Lighthart’s story is specific, the message is universal and offers hope to all who read it.”

~By Delisa Renideo