User:MNascone/Truddi Chase/Bibliography

Chase grew up on a farm in the New York in an Irish Catholic family

Truddi Chase was not actually her name at birth--she changed it at age 16 when she ran away to avoid being taken back by her abusive mother and Stepfather

Some skeptics question the authenticity of Chase’s condition itself, describing it as a potential “therapist induced memory recall," meaning Dr. Robert Phillips caused Truddi Chase’s perception of multiple personalities.

Mother emotionally abused her as well… she was not only abused physically but emotionally

When Rabbit Howls begins with an introduction from her therapist/psychologist Dr. Robert Phillips and then presents Truddi Chase’s chaotic experience with her 92 personalities. Truddi describes her collective personalities as "the Troops," and retells her life story through

Truddi Chase did realize she had endured psychological problems from her sexual abuse until she became an adult.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Truddi Chase described how her other personalities remained “dormant” until stressors in her midlife caused extreme anxiety, eventually unravelling all of her characters.