Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities By Richard K. Baer

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"[A]n absorbing journey through a psychiatrist’s dauntingly challenging first case of multiple personality disorder--from the beginning of therapy to stable integration and recovery." -- Colin Ross, author of Multiple Personality Order and The Osiris ComplexIn 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office seeking help for her depression and a persistent memory problem: she routinely loses parts of her day, finds herself in places she doesn't remember going to, and is told about conversations she doesn’t remember having. While trying to discover the root cause of her memory loss, Baer works to gain Karen's trust, but it's years before he learns the true extent of the trauma buried in her past. What she eventually reveals is nearly beyond belief, a narrative of a childhood spent grappling with unimaginable horror. Then Baer receives an envelope in the mail. It’s marked with Karen’s return address but contains a letter from a little girl who writes that she’s seven years old and lives inside of Karen. Soon Baer receives letters from others claiming to be parts of Karen. Under hypnosis, these alternate Karen personalities reveal themselves in shocking variety. One “alter” is a young boy filled with frightening aggression; another an adult male who considers himself Karen’s protector; a third a sassy flirt who seeks dominance over the others. It’s only by compartmentalizing her pain, guilt, and fear in this fashion that Karen has been able to function since childhood. Realizing that his patient represents an extreme case of multiple personality disorder, Baer faces the daunting task of creating a therapy that will make Karen whole again. As powerful as Sybil or The Three Faces of Eve, Switching Time is the first complete account of such therapy to be told from the perspective of the treating physician, a stunningly devoted healer who worked selflessly for decades so that Karen could one day live as a single human being.

At this time of writing, The Audiobook Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities has garnered 9 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Audiobook is Good TO READ!

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I decided to buy this after reading an excerpt, and I wasn't disappointed. I read it in one day, because I couldn't bear not knowing what would happen next. Dr Baer is a skilled story-teller, aided by his amazingly detailed notes taken during the years of his work with Karen. I love that we see pieces of the letters and some of the art he's given.Although we learn a lot of horrific things about Karen's life, they are told in a matter-of-fact way that is not titillating. I was grateful for that.The most engrossing facet of the book for me, and the reason I read it, was the complex relationship between doctor and patient, told from the doctor's point of view. I was in counseling for years with an excellent male therapist. I struggled with some of the same things Karen did - the nature of his attitude toward me (was he my friend? was this just a job? what did it mean that he seemed so invested in helping me, but it all came down to my paying him to care?) and making myself obey the unspoken boundaries. The book helped me understand & feel better about some of that. It was educational to read about how he approached doing his work, how he felt about it, his methodology. Because he rigidly kept from giving Karen any "leading," the account is absolutely believable as a true record of a woman with real MPD, an astonishing 17 persons inside her.I loved getting to know the alters and watching as Dr Baer gained their trust. Dr Baer told this story with such heart and detail that I loved them all, except Sandy & Karen 2, who to me were just annoying. Miles and Jensen were my favorites, and it was really hard to see them "go." When Holdon integrated, I actually felt some melancholy. He had taken such amazing care of her and the others, as had Miles in his particular way. Miles' distress, and his outburst to Dr Baer about what it would mean for Karen to integrate with him, is beautiful and haunting.It was rewarding to watch Karen become more of a complex, well-rounded woman with each integration. She was presented at the start as a negative, helpless woman who wouldn't do anything to change, but in fact even then she was being courageous beyond words, just in seeking to get help. Her bravery and her determination were admirable and inspirational.I did feel like the last section of the book was a little rushed. It had less detail, less depth the further it went, to the point where I almost felt like I didn't really know who Karen ended up being. For this reason, I'd have given 1/2 a star less if I could've. But this is my only complaint. (Maybe a sequel is in order?)This is by far my longest review ever, and I will end it by giving this riveting memoir my most sincere recommendation.

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