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Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd

Memoir of a Mangled Mind

How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities

Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd

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English

Steven Shelton
19 November 2024

Memoirs; True crime; Sexual abuse & harassment; Abnormal psychology

Recipient of 21 literary awards:

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*2025 B.R.A.G. Medallion Recipient
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*GRAND PRIZE WINNER
* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Overall Non-Fiction)

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*GOLD AWARD WINNER
* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Body/Mind/Spirit)

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*SILVER AWARD WINNER
* 2024-2025 Reader Views Reviewer Choice Awards (Memoir/Autobiography/Biography)

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*FINALIST
* 2024 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (Non-Fiction Books for Adults)

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*QUARTERFINALIST
* 2024 Publisher Weekly's BookLife Prize (Memoir)

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*WINNER
* 2025 International Impact Book Award (Memoir-Transformative Stories)

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*WINNER
* 2025 Literary Titan Book Award ★★★★★

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*TOP 10 FINALIST
* 2025 The Under Covers Writing Contest (Non-Fiction Book)

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*RUNNER-UP
* 2025 Southern California Book Festival Award (Memoir)

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*WINNER
* 2024 The Incipere Awards (First Place, Memoir)

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*3RD PLACE WINNER
* 2024 BooksShelf Writing Award (Nonfiction)

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*WINNER
* 2024 Firebird Book Award Winner (Mental Health)

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*WINNER
* 2024 Firebird Book Award Winner (LGBTQ Non-Fiction)

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*WINNER
* 2024 Firebird Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction Book Cover Design)

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*BRONZE AWARD WINNER
* 2024 Global Book Award (LGBT)

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*FINALIST
* 2024 Indies Today Award (Memoir)

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*WINNER
* 2024 Literary Global Book Award Winner (Psychology & Mental Illness)

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*WINNER
* 2024 Literary Global Book Award Winner (LGBTQ)

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* 2024 Literary Global Book Award Finalist (Memoir)

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*WINNER
* 2024 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award (Best Book in Memoir)

Steven Simmons Shelton's award-winning debut is a raw, first-person account of dissociative identity disorder (DID)-once called multiple personality disorder-in which his psyche fractured during childhood trauma, leaving him to fend against alternative personalities who pursued their own lives.

Written like a psychological thriller, Shelton's Memoir of a Mangled Mind holds nothing back in its unflinching portrayal of a misunderstood mental disorder that, in his case, endangered himself and everyone around him.

About Memoir of a Mangled Mind:

Blackouts take over Steve's life when he's age sixteen. He loses hours, days, and weeks at a time. Terrified he'll be institutionalized or disbelieved, Steve doesn't tell anyone.

He discovers he has multiple personalities, a mental disorder that developed years earlier when sexual predators targeted him. Originally created as a protective mechanism, these ""alters"" hijack his consciousness to live their own lives-one as a thief and the other as a gay prostitute.

By refusing to tell anyone of his condition or seek proper mental health treatment, Steve grants his doppelgangers free rein to drag him down the paths of crime and debauchery.

To maintain his freedom and reputation, Steve discards his ethical compass in order to conceal his alters' criminal activities-even after becoming an attorney at one of the world's premier litigation firms.

This deeply personal memoir lays bare Steve's childhood sexual assaults and the poor judgment he exercises to hide his mental disorder caused by the trauma.

How will he navigate the road to redemption?

By: Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd
Imprint: Steven Shelton
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781965446133
ISBN 10: 1965446132
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Memoir of a Mangled Mind: How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities

★★★★★ ""Author Steven Simmons Shelton crafts a narrative that reads with all the intensity of a psychological thriller while never losing sight of the deeply personal nature of his story. ...The way he describes the influence of his alters and their impact on his life creates an intimate portrait that helped me understand DID in ways that no clinical description ever could."" K.C. Finn Readers' Favorite Book Reviews