The Girl in the Green Dress (Blair-West George)(Paperback)

''I didn''t know that you''re only supposed to have one personality. I didn''t realise that having lots of voices in your head was abnormal. But you are protecting yourself. You are protecting your soul, and that''s what I did.''An intelligent, poised woman, Jeni Haynes sat in court and listened as the man who had abused her from birth, a man who should have been her protector, a man who tortured and terrified her, was jailed for a non-parole period of 33 years. The man was her father.The abuse that began when Jeni was only a baby is unimaginable to most. It was physically, psychologically and emotionally sadistic and never-ending. The fact she survived may be called a miracle by some - but the reality is, it is testament to the extraordinary strength of Jeni''s mind.What saved her was the process of dissociation - Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - a defence mechanism that saw Jeni create over 2500 separate personalities, or alters, who protected her as best they could from the trauma. This army of alters included four-year-old Symphony, teenage motorcycle-loving Muscles, elegant Linda, forthright Judas and eight-year-old Ricky.With her army, the support of her psychiatrist Dr George Blair-West, and a police officer''s belief in her, Jeni fought to create a life for herself and bring her father to justice. In a history-making ruling, Jeni''s alters were empowered to give evidence in court. In speaking out, Jeni''s courage would see
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