The author provides an account of his life as a person with multiple personalities, discussing his efforts to understand what was happening to him, and his struggles to hang on to his family and some semblance of normalcy.
Eric Sanderson, having awakened with no memory, finds a note directing him to a doctor who tells him he is suffering from a dissociative disorder that has flared up on several occasions since the drowning death of his girlfriend three years earlier, and soon discovers, through notes he has written to himself, that he is being pursued by a metaphysical shark that is eating up his memories and sense of himself.
The lives of David, wealthy and popular but still lonely, and Charlie, a soulful outsider, intersect when Rose, the female Companion bot David's parents buy to treat his dissociative disorder, forms a bond with Charlie.
Includes an overview of Dissociative disorders, including diagnosis; symptoms; and treatment, a look at controversies surrounding Dissociative disorders, including questions about how various forms of the disorder are treated; the cause of the disorder; and questions surrounding whether it is a true disorder.
Examines dissociative disorders, their symptoms and manifestations, how they can be controlled and treated, and what it is like to live with a dissociative disorder.
