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	Chase chose not to integrate her identities into one integrated whole, and instead chose to welcome her parts into a cooperating team. In her book, she describes giving talks to convicted [[child molesters]] to explain her abuse history and to warn them of the psychological devastation that child abuse inflicts upon its victims.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>		Chase chose not to integrate her identities into one integrated whole, and instead chose to welcome her parts into a cooperating team. In her book, she describes giving talks to convicted [[child molesters]] to explain her abuse history and to warn them of the psychological devastation that child abuse inflicts upon its victims.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>

	In 1987, Chase published her autobiography, ''When Rabbit Howls'', which was written from the perspective of her many identities, referred to as "the Troops for Truddi Chase".<ref name=PsychologyToday/><ref name=WhenRabbitHowls>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=When Rabbit Howls\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1264345-when-rabbit-howls\|access-date=August 5, 2020\|website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref> It begins with an introduction from her therapist, and then presents Chase's experience with her 92 personalities.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>		In 1987, Chase published her autobiography, ''When Rabbit Howls'', which was written from the perspective of her many identities, referred to as "the Troops for Truddi Chase".<ref name=PsychologyToday/><ref name=WhenRabbitHowls>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=1990\|title=When Rabbit Howls\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1264345-when-rabbit-howls\|access-date=August 5, 2020\|website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref> It begins with an introduction from her therapist, and then presents Chase's experience with her 92 personalities.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>

	When promoting the book during a March 21, 1990, appearance on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', Chase discussed her life with host [[Oprah Winfrey]], including her 92 distinct personalities. Her account of her life moved Winfrey to tears. The host told Chase, "I had gone all the way into the path of truth for myself and also could relate to hers that much more readily, which is what happens when you open yourself up."<ref name=Oprah8.28.12>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase\|title=TV Guide Magazine Moment #21: Truddi Chase\|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=dead\|date=August 28, 2012\|archive-date=December 8, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208045831/http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase}}</ref> Chase also stated that a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter had tracked down her family, including her stepfather, who denied abusing Chase, but that other members of Chase's family confirmed her story.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7\|title=The Woman With 92 Personalities\|language=en-US\|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]\|url-status=live\|page=7\|date=May 21, 1990\|access-date=August 10, 2019\|archive-date=October 9, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009122351/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793&index=34\|title=TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best "Oprah Show" Moments: #21: Oprah's Emotional Response to Truddi Chase\|publisher=[[Oprah Winfrey Network]]\|via=[[YouTube]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|author=[[Winfrey, Oprah]]\|date=August 29, 2012\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230124191843/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793}}</ref>		When promoting the book during a March 21, 1990, appearance on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', Chase discussed her life with host [[Oprah Winfrey]], including her 92 distinct personalities. Her account of her life moved Winfrey to tears. The host told Chase, "I had gone all the way into the path of truth for myself and also could relate to hers that much more readily, which is what happens when you open yourself up."<ref name=Oprah8.28.12>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase\|title=TV Guide Magazine Moment #21: Truddi Chase\|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=dead\|date=August 28, 2012\|archive-date=December 8, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208045831/http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase}}</ref> Chase also stated that a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter had tracked down her family, including her stepfather, who denied abusing Chase, but that other members of Chase's family confirmed her story.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7\|title=The Woman With 92 Personalities\|language=en-US\|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]\|url-status=live\|page=7\|date=May 21, 1990\|access-date=August 10, 2019\|archive-date=October 9, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009122351/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793&index=34\|title=TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best "Oprah Show" Moments: #21: Oprah's Emotional Response to Truddi Chase\|publisher=[[Oprah Winfrey Network]]\|via=[[YouTube]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|author=[[Winfrey, Oprah]]\|date=August 29, 2012\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230124191843/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793}}</ref>

	In 1990, the book was adapted into a two-part [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] miniseries, titled ''[[Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase]],'' which cast [[Shelley Long]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase#overview\|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=~~live~~\|title=Voices Within: The Lives Of Truddi Chase\|date=1990\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=January 19, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119005021/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase}}</ref>		In 1990, the book was adapted into a two-part [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] miniseries, titled ''[[Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase]],'' which cast [[Shelley Long]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase#overview\|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=dead\|title=Voices Within: The Lives Of Truddi Chase\|date=1990\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=January 19, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119005021/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase}}</ref>

	Truddi Chase died on March 10, 2010, at her home in [[Laurel, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129#fbLoggedOut\|title=Truddi M. Chase: Guest Book\|via=[[Legacy.com]]\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|date=March 16, 2010\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=October 11, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011172222/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129}}</ref> at the age of 74.<ref name=Oprah8.28.12/>		Truddi Chase died on March 10, 2010, at her home in [[Laurel, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129#fbLoggedOut\|title=Truddi M. Chase: Guest Book\|via=[[Legacy.com]]\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|date=March 16, 2010\|access-date=January 24, 2023\|archive-date=October 11, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011172222/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129}}</ref> at the age of 74.<ref name=Oprah8.28.12/>

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{{short description|American writer (1935–2010)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Truddi Chase
| birth_date = June 13, 1935
| birth_place = [[Honeoye Falls, New York]], US
| death_date = March 10, 2010 (age 74)
| death_place = [[Laurel, Maryland]], U.S.
| children = Kari Iddings Ainsworth<br/>Paul Ainsworth
| known_for = Author of an autobiography detailing her [[dissociative identity disorder]]
| occupation = Author
}}
'''Truddi Chase''' (June 13, 1935 – March 10, 2010) was an American author. She is best known for the book ''When Rabbit Howls'' (1987), an [[autobiography]] about her experiences after being diagnosed with [[dissociative identity disorder]].

==Life==
According to her own account, Chase was born on a homestead near [[Honeoye Falls, New York]], and grew up in an apartment in the same town.<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{Cite web|last=Sandra|first=Gregg|date=June 20, 1983|title=The Multiperson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/06/20/the-multiperson/5253ed3a-5308-42da-be7f-fba8ec75a1fb/|access-date=July 15, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In her autobiography and in numerous interviews, Chase said that she was repeatedly and violently [[sexual abuse|sexually]] and [[physical abuse|physically abused]] by her stepfather and beaten and neglected by her mother during her childhood and teenage years.<ref>Chase, Truddi, ''When Rabbit Howls: by the Troops for Truddi Chase''. Dutton, 1987.</ref> By her report, she had always remembered that molestation and abuse occurred from the age of two onwards but that she could not focus on details before going into therapy.<ref name=WashingtonPost/> According to her autobiography, Truddi Chase was not her actual birth name.<ref name=PsychologyToday>{{Cite web|author=Stark, Elizabeth|title=Inside the Mind of a Multiple|magazine=[[Psychology Today]]|url=http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/chase-pt.html|access-date=August 5, 2020|via=Astraea}}</ref><ref name=ChicagoTribune>{{Cite web|last=Lavin|first=Cheryl|title=Truddi Chase|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-08-30-8703050949-story.html|access-date=August 5, 2020|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 30, 1987 |language=en-US}}</ref> At age 16, she ran away from her abusive household and changed her name to Truddi Chase to avoid being tracked down by her parents. In an interview with The Chicago Tribune, Truddi Chase described how her other personalities remained "dormant" until stressors in her midlife caused extreme anxiety, eventually unravelling all of her parts.<ref name=ChicagoTribune/> In 1979, Truddi Chase had her first experience with her other identities. She described interactions between her many personality characters as well as interactions between her identities and physical body.<ref name=WashingtonPost/> It was during sessions with [[hypnotherapy|hypnotherapist]], Robert Phillips, that she found that she had 92 identities.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Maryniak, Paul|title=Personality? This Woman Had Plenty (92, Actually): Confusing Study Of A Psychological Disorder|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186201385/|language=en-US|url-status=live|page=34|date=July 21, 1987|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124194257/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186201385/}} (Paywall)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Maryniak, Paul|title=Personality? This Woman Had Plenty (92, Actually): Confusing Study Of A Psychological Disorder|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|via=Astraea|url=http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/chase-philly.html|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 21, 1987|access-date=July 22, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625050509/http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/chase-philly.html}} (No paywall)</ref>

Chase chose not to integrate her identities into one integrated whole, and instead chose to welcome her parts into a cooperating team. In her book, she describes giving talks to convicted [[child molesters]] to explain her abuse history and to warn them of the psychological devastation that child abuse inflicts upon its victims.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>

In 1987, Chase published her autobiography, ''When Rabbit Howls'', which was written from the perspective of her many identities, referred to as "the Troops for Truddi Chase".<ref name=PsychologyToday/><ref name=WhenRabbitHowls>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=When Rabbit Howls|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1264345-when-rabbit-howls|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref> It begins with an introduction from her therapist, and then presents Chase's experience with her 92 personalities.<ref name=PsychologyToday/>

When promoting the book during a March 21, 1990, appearance on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', Chase discussed her life with host [[Oprah Winfrey]], including her 92 distinct personalities. Her account of her life moved Winfrey to tears. The host told Chase, "I had gone all the way into the path of truth for myself and also could relate to hers that much more readily, which is what happens when you open yourself up."<ref name=Oprah8.28.12>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase|title=TV Guide Magazine Moment #21: Truddi Chase|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]|language=en-US|url-status=dead|date=August 28, 2012|archive-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208045831/http://www.oprah.com/own-tv-guide-magazines-top-25-best-oprah-show-moments/TV-Guide-Magazine-Moment-21-Truddi-Chase}}</ref> Chase also stated that a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter had tracked down her family, including her stepfather, who denied abusing Chase, but that other members of Chase's family confirmed her story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7|title=The Woman With 92 Personalities|language=en-US|publisher=[[Oprah.com]]|url-status=live|page=7|date=May 21, 1990|access-date=August 10, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009122351/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Truddi-Chases-Multiple-Personalities/7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793&index=34|title=TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best "Oprah Show" Moments: #21: Oprah's Emotional Response to Truddi Chase|publisher=[[Oprah Winfrey Network]]|via=[[YouTube]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|author=[[Winfrey, Oprah]]|date=August 29, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230124191843/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc0Mea9yIY&list=PLCBC8C65C2C23F793}}</ref>

In 1990, the book was adapted into a two-part [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] miniseries, titled ''[[Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase]],'' which cast [[Shelley Long]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase#overview|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|title=Voices Within: The Lives Of Truddi Chase|date=1990|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119005021/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414657/voices-within-the-lives-of-truddi-chase}}</ref>

Truddi Chase died on March 10, 2010, at her home in [[Laurel, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129#fbLoggedOut|title=Truddi M. Chase: Guest Book|via=[[Legacy.com]]|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011172222/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/truddi-chase-obituary?id=5938129}}</ref> at the age of 74.<ref name=Oprah8.28.12/>

==In media==
Writer [[Grant Morrison]] was inspired by Chase's first memoir to co-create the [[DC Comics]] superhero [[Crazy Jane]], which first appeared in the volume 2 of the ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' comic book series in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-grant-morrison-20140824-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Review: 'Doom Patrol Omnibus' shows Grant Morrison's master plan|author=Wolk, Douglas|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 21, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2023|archive-date=August 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822012621/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-grant-morrison-20140824-story.html}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0100884|Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase}}

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