Numb, Party of One: A Memoir of Healing From Dissociation

Maria Cassano thought she was a sociopath—until a trauma therapist diagnosed her with a dissociative disorder and helped her feel again.

On the bright side, Maria Cassano was always the calmest person in the room. On the not-so-bright side, she was pretty sure she’d die alone. All logic and no empathy makes Maria a terrible girlfriend.

Then came the diagnosis: trauma-induced dissociation, not sociopathy. According to her new therapist, this numbness had a name—Depersonalization-Derealization...