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334:". Their purported proof of this claim is a session tape in which Wilbur is heard describing to Mason the personalities she has already seen Mason exhibit. Spiegel and Rieber also claim that Wilbur and Schreiber fabricated most of the book. Many details of the real case were changed or removed to protect Mason's privacy.
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The book's narrative describes Sybil's selves gradually becoming co-conscious, able to communicate and share responsibilities, and having musical compositions and art published under their various names. Wilbur attempts to integrate Sybil's various selves, first convincing them via hypnosis that they
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interviews, Sybil manifests sixteen personalities. Wilbur encouraged Sybil's various selves to communicate and reveal information about her life. Wilbur writes that Sybil's multiple personality disorder was a result of the severe physical and sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her
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are all the same age, then encouraging them to merge. At the book's end, a new, optimistic self (called "The Blonde") emerges, preceding Sybil's final integration into a single, whole individual with full knowledge of her past and present life.
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The book begins with a list of Sybil's "alters", together with the year in which each appeared to have dissociated from the central personality. The names of these selves were also changed to ensure privacy.
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by Mark
Lawrence states that Rieber repeatedly distorted the evidence and left out a number of important facts about Mason's case, in order to advance his case against the validity of the diagnosis.
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Sybil In Her Own Words: The Untold Story of
Shirley Mason, Her Multiple Personalities and Paintings.
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Rieber, R. W. (1999). "Hypnosis, false memory and multiple personality: A trinity of affinity".
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Marjorie Dorsett (1928), serene, vivacious, and quick to laugh
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discovered Sybil's true identity. Originally in treatment for
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Victims of memory: sex abuse accusations and shattered lives
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Finding Courage to Speak: Women's Survival of Child Abuse.
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Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder
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Wilbur's psychiatric files were destroyed upon her death.
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