Interesting just couldn't keep going with it

this book actually changed my life. by far the most challenging book i’ve ever read, but definitely the most influential. this book took months for me to get through, so many passages were unbearable to read. and so many didn’t make much sense. but i strongly recommend this book. definitely an adult book, personally i don’t believe this belonged in my high school library. seriously such an eye-opening read

Not a fun read, but very interesting, particularly if you are interested in psychology. I actually didn't finish the last 3rd of the book in detail, kind of skimmed through it. It was very graphic in parts, which was hard to get through. I think what held me back from really liking it was that it is supposedly true, but the inner skeptic in me kept wondering if it was all true, how the author was able to pen this book "through" her other personalities in the manner she did. Multiple personality disorder/DID sure is a fascinating thing though.

Heartbreaking and eye opening

Arguably the best and most realistic book available on the subject of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Though it is certainly fashionable to doubt the very existence of DID today, those who do so seem to be reacting more to the possibility of Truddi Chase's harrowing upbringing rather than what it caused psychologically. Since I am married to a multiple myself, I can assure any doubters that stories like Chase's happen all the time. Such damage may well be happening to someone right this minute. To dismiss such stories out of hand doesn't do much to help attract those with DID to the help they need. Who wants to seek help for something they are told does not exist?

I really enjoy psychology so this book is right up my alley. I personally believe multiple personalities as a real disorder. This book was incredibly interesting. The book was written at the beginning of her discovery of the many personalities and all the personalities starting to recognize the existence of the each other. This book really stays with you. I think one of the things you don't realize with people with sort of disorder is that they aren't really crazy but have had to become that way to appear normal and go on with their life. It is sort of their own kind of normal, its self preservation. You get a window into what it is like in the head with some with multiple personalities.

Disclaimer - The book can be hard to read at times b/c she talks about the horrific abuse she suffer as a child.

I never give books 1 ⭐️, but it was warrented here. Let me first say that the 1 star rating is not a reflection of Truddi Chase or the horrific child abuse she endured. The 1 star rating is purely from my reading experience.

This book was first off misleading. My understanding of the book going into it was that this was an autobiography written by a woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder (since been changed to D.I.D) stemming from the abuse she suffered through as a child. It was supposedly her story as she received therapy. What I got was, yes her autobiography, but many scenes in this book did not include her or were from the perspective of her therapist, police chief or someone else. Makes absolutely no sense??? Did she write these too?

This book needed an editor badly, and I get it if she truly wrote this, as a reader we would want an authentic experience, but this was so confusing it was almost unreadable. Maybe working with the therapist, and an editor would have created something more understandable. Also the child abuse mentioned and described in this book is extremely hard to stomach.

There were also many things mentioned in here in the form of energy enhancement to give people highs from being around her, messing up electronics and actual mind reading. This in no shape or form for me is believable, and therefore makes me question the validity of the entire book.

I will say, however; if this book is true the quote below is the saddest and scariest thing I’ve ever read.

“In the garden, a squirrel shot under a pile of dead leaves that trembled atop his quivering body. Inside the house the woman stood stock still, gazing out at nothing. Inside her mind there was nothing. No memory, nothing. She had no experience with which to compare that lack; no emotion of her own with which to feel terrified, or even annoyed. For a very small second in time, she looked out of the prison of her own space and knew that except for when the others gave her something, she did not exist.”

This is not one I would recommend unless you really are interested in the the subject of D.I.D. Honestly this book was so exhausting for me I’ve lost interest in the entire topic all together.

Happy reading or in this case happier reading next time…

This book was fascinating, very well written, and very difficult to read. Unlike many other books on the subject, which are written by the clinician involved, When Rabbit Howls is an autobiographical account of living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder) and learning to come to grips with both it and the absolutely obscene abuse that is believed to have led to it (in her case). In an effort to make the experience clear to a lay audience while still conveying the reality of multiplicity, the Troops (as the "collective" calls itself) wrote the book as a first-person perspective told through a third-person narrative, which makes the book challenging at times, but worth the effort of reading. This book is not for the faint of heart or for the easily confused, but I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the topic of psychopathology.

Feel like I slept my way through that book. Small parts made sense and were touching but the majority of it was disjointed and were unbelievable. Overall a complete waste of intellectual time.

Zeer interessant maar echt moeilijk te lezen.

Two months later…I hate writing a bad review for such a vulnerable work, but I found this book incredibly hard to follow and engage with. However, I feel as though that may be the unfortunate reality for many diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder as the author is. As an aspiring psychologist, I am glad I read this first-person account of an experience with this disorder, but concerning writing style, clarity and flow, I had a hard time getting through this book.

Sadly, memory regression caused so many false memories, that nothing can be gained from a book like this.