A Fractured Mind, Robert B. Oxnam
A Fractured Mind, Robert B. Oxnam
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A Fractured Mind
My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder

Author: Robert B. Oxnam

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/08/2024

Synopsis

In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But this dependency masked a problem far more serious: Multiple Personality Disorder.At the peak of his professional career, after having led the Asia Society for nearly a decade, Oxnam was haunted by periodic blackouts and episodic rages. After his family and friends intervened, Oxnam received help from a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffery Smith, and entered a rehab center. It wasn’t until 1990 during a session with Dr. Smith that the first of Oxnam’s eleven alternate personalities – an angry young boy named Tommy – suddenly emerged. With Dr. Smith’s help, Oxnam began the exhausting and fascinating process of uncovering his many personalities and the childhood trauma that caused his condition.A Fractured Mind is the powerful and moving story of one person’s struggle with this terrifying illness. The audiobook includes an epilogue by Dr. Smith in which he describes Oxnam’s case, the treatment, and the nature of multiple personality disorder. Oxnam’s courage in facing his situation and overcoming his painful past makes for a dramatic and inspiring book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on August 29, 2023

Interesting for a psychologist to read, and for all trauma victims who dissociate.......more

Goodreads review by Iamshadow on December 01, 2019

This book starts slowly - the initial sections with Bob describing his life and career in Asian studies and diplomatic relations are quite dull - I would ask that you give this book time to develop, because it's a rare bird in the field of memoirs that deal with multiple systems, and I'll try to exp......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on August 21, 2021

This book was helpful in understanding internal systems present in DID, how alters/personalities function and the process of integration. For reviewers complaining about lack of details of the author's abuse - why? I found this book to be extremely sensitive to survivors of trauma, minimizing upsett......more

Goodreads review by HALLOWGEN on March 25, 2025

From someone with DID, I want sincerely thank the author for writing A Fractured Mind. We need more honest accounts like it. I am so grateful I discovered this book hidden away in the library shelves when I was suffering and looking for answers. I've never seen any text describe a firsthand account......more

Goodreads review by Primeiro on February 27, 2021

It's incredible, and also scary, what the human brain is capable of. While reading, sometimes I felt I was watching the exorcist, but in fact this happens and there are people in the world that struggle every day with MPD. This is a true story of someone that suffered from such a traumatic event in......more

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