First, I Believe You: A True Story of Healing from Hidden Memories of Severe Childhood Trauma

First, I Believe You is a ground-breaking memoir of incredible resilience and recovery. This brave and gritty story is of an affluent, advantaged family that collapsed into alcoholism and a buried and appalling truth. For decades, terrifying visions, sudden fears, and nightmares followed Carol, resulting in compulsive eating, severe depression, and body image distortion. When even her own family doesn't believe her and supports the assailant, she learns to face her debilitating mental disor...