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'Sybil' child abuse and multiple personality disorder author exposed as fake
TOPIC: 'Sybil' child abuse and multiple personality disorder author exposed as fake
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'Sybil' child abuse and multiple personality disorder author exposed as fake 12 Years, 6 Months ago
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049789...or-exposed-FAKE.html
It was a best-selling ‘true story’ that planted the notion of repressed memory syndrome in the American consciousness.
The shocking account of Sybil, a girl with 16 separate personalities that developed as a result of horrendous childhood abuses, sold seven million copies, and even spawned a recognised syndrome, ‘multiple personality disorder.
The 1973 book told the story of Sybil Dorsett, later revealed to be Shirley Mason, whose personality had been splintered into more than a dozen distinct characters including a baby and two males.
But the titillating tale, serialised across the nation, has now been exposed as a fake, concocted by three women as a calculated money-making invention.
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