Dr. Talbon was struck by another very important thing. It all hung together. The stories Cheryl told even though it was upsetting to think people could do stuff like that they were not disjointed They were not repetitive in terms of "I've heard this before". It was not just she'd someone trying consciously or unconsciously to get attention. really processed them out and was done with them. She didn't come up with them again [after telling the story once and dealing with it]. Once it was done, it was done. And I think that was probably the biggest factor for me in her believability. I got no sense that she was using these stories to make herself a really interesting person to me so I'd really want to work with her, or something. Or that she was just living in this stuff like it was her life. Once she dealt with it and processed it, it was gone. We just went on to other things. 'Throughout the whole thing, emotionally Cheryl was getting her life together. Parts of her were integrating where she could say,"I have a sense that some particular alter has folded in with some basic alter", and she didn't bring it up again. She didn't say that this alter has reappeared to cause more problems. That just didn't happen. The therapist had learned from training and experience that when real integration occurs, it is permanent and the patient moves on.
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About Cheryl Hersha, Secret Weapons: How Two Sisters Were Brainwashed To Kill For Their Country
Cheryl Hersha, Secret Weapons: How Two Sisters Were Brainwashed To Kill For Their Country.
Themes
- Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership