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Peter A. Maves, Ph.D., ISSD Fellow
"Got Parts is a very well conceived and useful tool, particularly for those treating DID from a more functional perspective."
Ian Landry, MA MSW RSW, Nova Scotia, Canada
"I strongly recommend this book as a easily read, straightforward and insightful recovery tool for my clients with DID."
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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When I received the book Got Parts, I immediately felt it would be interesting and meaningful. The style from the front cover to the back page is uncomplicated and approachable. The font is clear, the words are practical and to the point. I was not disappointed and found the book to be 'readable' in every sense.
When I received the book Got Parts, I immediately felt it would be interesting and meaningful. The style from the front cover to the back page is uncomplicated and approachable. The font is clear, the words are practical and to the point. I was not disappointed and found the book to be 'readable' in every sense.
It is not a large, heavy book, but it really has a lot of information, support and assistance in it.
It is written in a way that leads you through the book: - A gentle introduction, leading to gentle exercises and information. Towards the end of the book, there is a gradual preparation for the book to end, and you feel a sense of having moved towards something.
Strangely, the end of the book is not the end of the book - thoughts linger on and the exercises lead on to more learning too.
For a subject that is often discussed in very complicated terms I found this very refreshing.
It was informative enough for a first time read on such a delicate, complicated subject. If someone had recently been diagnosed as DID, this would be an excellent first step for them. It is full of options about learning more and viewing DID in different lights.
Personally, I learned so much from it during one reading but will definitely be dipping into it again and again.
Although the book is gentle and encouraging, it can also be very firm - particularly the chapter towards the end. The last sentence sums it up by stating that writing the book is worth it, if someone else is helped.
Well, I feel I have been helped in being able to understand DID more. Reading the book was worthwhile and valuable to me.
Format:Kindle Edition
This book assumes your "people" know each other and talk to each other and meet "within you" as friends. The book describes making a "safe place" for them to meet (but not how to actually do that, nor what they should do when they do meet).
For those of us with DID whereby you switch between personae but they are just that: separate persona operating in one body, then this is a total waste of money.
I wanted a book on how I can combine my people into one/get rid of the others because getting a therapist to help is nigh on impossible (I'm currently refusing to be referred to an eating disorder specialist...); this was a waste of a tenner.
For those of us with DID whereby you switch between personae but they are just that: separate persona operating in one body, then this is a total waste of money.
I wanted a book on how I can combine my people into one/get rid of the others because getting a therapist to help is nigh on impossible (I'm currently refusing to be referred to an eating disorder specialist...); this was a waste of a tenner.
Format:Paperback
The book is written by someone who has/had dissociative identity disorder and as the title suggests, is a guide for how to manage life with DID. The ideas in it are quite practical and there is use of diagrams and sketches.
I was surprised at the thickness of the book when it arrived. It is quite a large looking book on the website but doesn't have many pages in it and the font size is larger than usual so I felt a little bit cheated in terms of quantity for money. To be honest, I feel a little bit unentitled to write this review as I didn't actually make it all the way to the end of the book. I found it difficult to follow: the layout and structure of the book is a bit jumbled and the explanations and use of grammar were not great. I have made several attempts to read it and ended up losing track and giving up then needing to start again, unfortunately. I do intend to finish it eventually and will amend this review if the latter part of the book convinces me but given that I am an avid reader of DID books and have struggled my way through some pretty hard going texts because I hate to give up, it doesn't bode well for my conclusion of the book. I also felt that a lot of the advice being given by the writer was based on their own experience but put across as fact. I don't deny that some of it may work for people, but it didn't seem to have an evidence base and it is put across as 'you must do this' and 'you should do that', as though it is fact.
I feel that in hindsight I would have been better spending my money on a different DID book than this one because it was not well laid out, not professionally written and hard to follow and there was not enough in it in terms of volume of information for the price I paid.
I was surprised at the thickness of the book when it arrived. It is quite a large looking book on the website but doesn't have many pages in it and the font size is larger than usual so I felt a little bit cheated in terms of quantity for money. To be honest, I feel a little bit unentitled to write this review as I didn't actually make it all the way to the end of the book. I found it difficult to follow: the layout and structure of the book is a bit jumbled and the explanations and use of grammar were not great. I have made several attempts to read it and ended up losing track and giving up then needing to start again, unfortunately. I do intend to finish it eventually and will amend this review if the latter part of the book convinces me but given that I am an avid reader of DID books and have struggled my way through some pretty hard going texts because I hate to give up, it doesn't bode well for my conclusion of the book. I also felt that a lot of the advice being given by the writer was based on their own experience but put across as fact. I don't deny that some of it may work for people, but it didn't seem to have an evidence base and it is put across as 'you must do this' and 'you should do that', as though it is fact.
I feel that in hindsight I would have been better spending my money on a different DID book than this one because it was not well laid out, not professionally written and hard to follow and there was not enough in it in terms of volume of information for the price I paid.
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