Some dissociations, however, have a systematic quality to them. They appear to serve an autonomous function. Therein lay the distinctness of personality.Flora Rheta Schreiber
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.Flora Rheta Schreiber
Her constant, unvarying complaint was that she was very tired – too tired to think, too tired to feel.Flora Rheta Schreiber
She yearned for friendship and hated it when it came.About Sybil
Life isn't easy, it's complicated. We all have an infrastructure, a life architecture that is hidden from view.Flora Rheta Schreiber
At the core of Sybil’s pathology was a profound fear of loss of love.Flora Rheta Schreiber
If you are still being hurt, the presence of pain should be a sign that you are still in danger.Flora Rheta Schreiber
For Sybil, life was a long, continual flight. From memories, from awareness, from reality – from herself.Flora Rheta Schreiber
Suffocated by a smothering, motherly love, her individuality is repressed until she develops multiple personalities.About Sybil
The subject of multiple personality has always been surrounded by an aura of romanticism, mystery, and disbelief.Flora Rheta Schreiber
Horror is a feeling that cannot be called up; it must come by surprise. The words of acknowledgement made no sense to Sybil. She had no powers of horror.Flora Rheta Schreiber