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Am I a good girl yet?Multiple personality disorder?AM I A GOOD GIRL YET? Carolyn has a superb and honest style and her book title is very appropriate. Anyone with a love for people will want to understand what she has suffered; a condition known as M.P.D. stands for Multiple Personality Disorder, more recently termed D.I.D. (Dissociative Identity Disorder). Only now are we coming to understand this condition. Someone who has been traumatised develops personalities within themselves as a defence against the emotional pain. It is a God-given defence mechanism. Carolyn, in her early childhood, had suffered Satanic sexual abuse which had been repressed in her fragmented mind so that, despite true conversion, Bible College training, Christian service, a happy marriage and fulfilment in motherhood, she could not escape from the increasing torment. She was very spiritual and anxious to please God, but was haunted by the lie that she would never be good enough. Patient counsel over a long period gradually brought about deliverance and she found true rest and acceptance by God that enables her now to help others with similar backgrounds. D.I.D. is a rare condition and needs experienced biblical counsellors to assess the situation, but the support and understanding of other Christians was also vital for Carolyn’s recovery. This book, therefore, is a valuable read for anyone concerned to help troubled believers, and in these days there is increasing need to minister to the abused. D.I D. is little understood, sometimes the manifestations are put down to clever deception, or therapists are accused of creating this hypnosis, but I feel we can trust the integrity of the writer and those involved in her story, and there is much for us to learn about the workings of the mind, the influence of demons and the mighty power of God. Shirley Jebb, © Evangelicals Now - July 2006 |