{"product_id":"memoir-of-a-mangled-mind-with-dust-jacket-how-concealing-my-dissociative-identity-disorder-unleashed-multiple-personalities-hardcover","title":"Memoir of a Mangled Mind (with dust jacket): How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecognized by 30 literary award contests: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *GRAND PRIZE WINNER* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Overall Non-Fiction)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *CATEGORY FINALIST* 2025 Eric Hoffer Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *FINALIST* 2025 International Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *THIRD PLACE* 2025 Outstanding Creator Awards (Best Non-Fiction Book of Spring 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *QUARTERFINALIST* 2024 Publisher Weekly's BookLife Prize (Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *FINALIST* 2024 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (Non-Fiction Books for Adults)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* Spring 2025 The Bookfest Awards, 1st Place, LGBTQ+ Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2024 The Incipere Awards (First Place, Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *2025 B.R.A.G. Medallion Recipient*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *GOLD AWARD WINNER* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Body\/Mind\/Spirit)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2025 International Impact Book Award (Memoir-Transformative Stories)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2025 Literary Titan Book Award ★★★★★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2024 Firebird Book Award Winner (Mental Health, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction Book Cover Design)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2024 Literary Global Book Award Winner (Psychology \u0026amp; Mental Illness, LGBTQ)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2024 Literary Global Book Award Finalist (Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *WINNER* 2024 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award (Best Book in Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *SECOND PLACE* 2025 Outstanding Creator Awards (Autobiographies\/Memoirs, Mental Health\/Mental Illness\/Mental Disorders)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *THIRD PLACE* 2025 Outstanding Creator Awards (LGBTQ+)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *THIRD PLACE* Spring 2025 The Bookfest Awards, Memoir - Transformational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *SILVER AWARD WINNER* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Memoir\/Autobiography\/Biography)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *FINALIST* 2024 SPR Awards (Self-Publishing Review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *FINALIST* 2024 Indies Today Award (Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *TOP 10 FINALIST* 2025 The Under Covers Writing Contest (Non-Fiction Book)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *RUNNER-UP* 2025 Southern California Book Festival Award (Memoir)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *3RD PLACE WINNER* 2024 BooksShelf Writing Award (Nonfiction)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✅ *BRONZE AWARD WINNER* 2024 Global Book Award (LGBT)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Simmons Shelton's award-winning debut is a raw, first-person account of dissociative identity disorder (DID)-once called multiple personality disorder-in which his psyche fractured during childhood trauma, leaving him to fend against alternative personalities who pursued their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten like a psychological thriller, Shelton's \u003cem\u003eMemoir of a Mangled Mind\u003c\/em\u003e holds nothing back in its unflinching portrayal of a misunderstood mental disorder that, in his case, endangered himself and everyone around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eMemoir of a Mangled Mind\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackouts take over Steve's life when he's age sixteen. He loses hours, days, and weeks at a time. Terrified he'll be institutionalized or disbelieved, Steve doesn't tell anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe discovers he has multiple personalities, a mental disorder that developed years earlier when sexual predators targeted him. Originally created as a protective mechanism, these \"alters\" hijack his consciousness to live their own lives-one as a thief and the other as a gay prostitute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy refusing to tell anyone of his condition or seek proper mental health treatment, Steve grants his doppelgangers free rein to drag him down the paths of crime and debauchery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo maintain his freedom and reputation, Steve discards his ethical compass in order to conceal his alters' criminal activities-even after becoming an attorney at one of the world's premier litigation firms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis deeply personal memoir lays bare Steve's childhood sexual assaults and the poor judgment he exercises to hide his mental disorder caused by the trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow will he navigate the road to redemption?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53550529282355,"sku":"9781965446126","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/memoir-of-a-mangled-mind-with-dust-jacket-how-concealing-my-dissociative-identity-disorder-unleashed-multiple-personalities-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}