Scared selfless : my journey from abuse and madness to surviving and thriving [electronic resource] / Michelle Stevens ; read by Michelle Stevens.

Downloadable eAudiobook.

Non fiction.

Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she s only eight years old and posing for her mother s beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims. It took fifteen years, three hospitalizations, and multiple suicide attempts for Michelle to work through Gary s dark legacy. She suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and developed multiple personalities. There was Chelsey, the rebellious teenager who told her boss to shove it; Vicious, a tween with homicidal rage; and Sarah, a sweet little girl who brought her teddy bear on a first date. In this harrowing yet unflinching look at her own experience, Michelle, who was inspired to help others heal by becoming a psychotherapist, sheds light on the all-too-real threat of child sexual abuse and the psychological effects on its victims and best methods for healing, based on her own struggle with PTSD and dissociative identity disorder (more commonly known as multiple personality disorder).

Adult.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Duration: 08:41:00.

Read by Michelle Stevens.