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SCARED SELFLESS
My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving
A powerful memoir of a shocking and improbable journey from torture to recovery, SCARED SELFLESS will do for multiple personality disorder what An Unquiet Mind did for bipolar depression. Michelle Stevens, Ph.D., a psychologist, is the founder and director of Post-Traumatic Success, a nonprofit that educates and inspires those affected by psychological trauma.
A powerful memoir of a shocking and improbable journey from torture to recovery, SCARED SELFLESS will do for multiple personality disorder what An Unquiet Mind did for bipolar depression.
Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen. She’s only eight years old and posing for her mother’s beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist, an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart—and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims.
Michelle can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted the splintered pieces of her life. Just a few years after being confined to a mental hospital, she’s in a cap and gown receiving her Ph.D. in psychology and the university’s award for best dissertation.
The distance between these two points is the improbable journey from torture, loss, and mental illness to recovery that isSCARED SELFLESS.
Gary Lundquist kept Michelle as his sex slave for six years. During that time, he waged a campaign of unimaginable cruelty. He pimped her out to countless men and forced her to perform in kiddie porn. It took fifteen years, three hospitalizations, and multiple suicide attempts for Michelle to work through Gary’s dark legacy. She suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and multiple personalities: the rebellious teenager who told her boss to shove it, a tween with homicidal rage, and a sweet little girl who brought a teddy bear on a first date.
In this unflinching reflection, Michelle, now a psychotherapist, sheds light on the threat of sexual abuse and the effects on its victims and methods for healing. SCARED SELFLESS is an examination of the extraordinary and inexplicable feats of the mind in the face of horrifying trauma and the story of Michelle’s courageous road to healing, recovery, and triumph.
Michelle Stevens, Ph.D., a psychologist, is the founder and director of Post-Traumatic Success, a nonprofit that educates and inspires those affected by psychological trauma. She studied writing at New York University before earning her doctorate from Saybrook University, where her thesis was honored as the Dissertation of Distinction. She works with survivors around the globe, encouraging them to heal, grow, and fight for better lives. She lives in Pasadena, California.
Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen. She’s only eight years old and posing for her mother’s beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist, an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart—and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims.
Michelle can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted the splintered pieces of her life. Just a few years after being confined to a mental hospital, she’s in a cap and gown receiving her Ph.D. in psychology and the university’s award for best dissertation.
The distance between these two points is the improbable journey from torture, loss, and mental illness to recovery that isSCARED SELFLESS.
Gary Lundquist kept Michelle as his sex slave for six years. During that time, he waged a campaign of unimaginable cruelty. He pimped her out to countless men and forced her to perform in kiddie porn. It took fifteen years, three hospitalizations, and multiple suicide attempts for Michelle to work through Gary’s dark legacy. She suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and multiple personalities: the rebellious teenager who told her boss to shove it, a tween with homicidal rage, and a sweet little girl who brought a teddy bear on a first date.
In this unflinching reflection, Michelle, now a psychotherapist, sheds light on the threat of sexual abuse and the effects on its victims and methods for healing. SCARED SELFLESS is an examination of the extraordinary and inexplicable feats of the mind in the face of horrifying trauma and the story of Michelle’s courageous road to healing, recovery, and triumph.
Michelle Stevens, Ph.D., a psychologist, is the founder and director of Post-Traumatic Success, a nonprofit that educates and inspires those affected by psychological trauma. She studied writing at New York University before earning her doctorate from Saybrook University, where her thesis was honored as the Dissertation of Distinction. She works with survivors around the globe, encouraging them to heal, grow, and fight for better lives. She lives in Pasadena, California.
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