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Dibs In Search of Self is not about dissociation. Dibs was autistic and had a typical upper-class 1950s upbringing; not a great combination. I hope that one day the real Dibs will come forward to reveal his true life story.

Jay

it's a trauma and dissociation list - Dibs was not physically/sexually abused but his mother's behavior was emotionally abusive although perhaps it was not intentional. Neither parent was a proper attachment figure. This was manifested in his behavior - driven through anger.

Is a in child called it dissociative?

Astraea & Ellie - the book list is about trauma as well. A child called it is and Dibs are both trauma only.

Dibs was emotionally abused by his parents, they neglected his needs and made totally unreasonable demands of him. I don't recall autism being mentioned - his behavior was a decision he made as a reaction to how he was treated, unlike autism.

For those who are struggling with trauma/dissociation/mental illness or know someone who is, these books are a must-read:
—The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is a best-selling, compassionate book by one of the world's top experts in mental illness. The book describes the physiology of trauma, dissociation (he even describes it happening to him), case studies, and new non-pharmaceutical treatments. Note: the case studies involve some graphic descriptions of atrocities.

—Trauma and Recovery by Dr. Judith Herman is a classic on the history of the treatment of trauma: how Freud was pressured into retracting his discovery that his female patients were victims of childhood incest (resulting in the cruel psychoanalytic practice of blaming the victim), the use of borderline diagnosis as a pejorative substitute for PTSD, trauma in the military, etc. Note: the Recovery section is out-of-date.

Good fiction can reduce the need for medications by distracting ill readers from their pain. Please vote on and/or add suggestions to this list of healing/humorous books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...