![]() The first part of the book, titled “Being,” recounts events in Sybil’s journey to wellness before this episode in Philadelphia, from Sybil’s first becoming a patient of Dr. It recounts a crucial turning point in Sybil’s analysis, the course of which is the subject of the book. This episode vividly illustrates the unnamed, terrifying, and crippling illness Sybil suffers from, from her own perspective. She realizes she has “lost” five days since she her last memory, which was standing by the elevator at Columbia. ![]() ![]() Using a room key, she finds in her purse and lets herself into a hotel room filled with objects she doesn’t recognize. Finally, Sybil discovers that she is in Philadelphia. Panicked, she wanders around in the emptiness, trying to figure out where she is, how she got there, where to go. ![]() When the book opens, Sybil Dorsett has found herself suddenly transported from the halls of Columbia University, where she is obtaining her master’s degree, to a dark, unrecognizable city block. ![]()
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