It is the tale that launched a thousand alter egos: the famous true story of "Sybil", who endured years oftortureatthe hands of her sadistic mother and grew up into the meek, anxiety-ridden adult whose head was said to house 16 personalities. For many, she provided a startling introduction to a rare and intriguing condition: then known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), a disease of the mind affecting mostly women, in which a person hosts several vastly different personalities representing fractured aspects of a haunted past.
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