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First Person Plural is a book that’s hard to put down. Dr. Cameron West gives a vivid description of his life and his struggles with accepting that he’s different but not crazy. He has Multiple Personality Disorder now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. The book begins with introducing Cam’s personalities (alters), 24 in all. Cam calls his alters “my guys”. They consist of not only men but women and children as well. This introduction was helpful as it allowed us a mere glimpse into the chaos that would soon come. Cameron “Cam” West is in his 30’s, married to Rikki and has a 5-year-old son. He’s a successful business man and seemed to have a great life without any issues other than a severe sinus problem. For years Cam sought after many doctors and had undergone 3 surgeries to correct this problem but nothing seemed to work. Cam found a doctor who specialized in natural healings. This doctor gave Cam …show more content…

She eventually learned their tone and mannerisms so much so that she was able to know who was there as soon as Cam “switched”. Cam and Rikki decided to move themselves and their son Kai to California to start a new life away from Cam’s family. After one of Cam’s alters cut himself, he was put into a hospital that specialize in DID. Cam continues to deny this is real and persists on believing he’s just crazy; his condition worsens. After Rikki finds a new friend to talk to and one of Cam’s alters frightens Kai, (although they tried their best to shield Kai from Cam’s condition for many years) Cam checks into another DID hospital in Texas. Cam’s therapist begins taping their sessions so that Cam is able to see his alters emerge. Cam is then able to accept that he isn’t crazy but has DID and is able to begin truly processing the pain, hurt and abuse he endured as a child. During it all, Cam is able to pursue studies in Psychology and obtain a

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