Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by 16 Separate Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities
by Flora Rheta Schreiber

A controversial cult classic, Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber is the extraordinary story of a woman who suffered from multiple personality disorder.

"How are you today?" the doctor asked.
"I'm fine" was the reply.

But Sybil isn't.
She was so sick she couldn't come.
So I came instead.

A collaboration between journalist Flora Rheta Schreiber and Sybil's psychiatrist, Dr. Cornelia Wilbur.

Sybil is the story of a woman with sixteen separate personalities, and was instrumental in influencing the definition and diagnosis of multiple personality disorder.

Sybil's diagnosis has since been called into question - but, forty years after it was first published, her story remains a gripping and disturbing account of one woman's struggle for mental stability and happiness.