Herschel walker reveals he suffers from multiple personality. Walker reveals struggles with mental disorder in justreleased book. Herschel walker shares his battle against mental illness. The nfl legend and heisman trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity. Herschel explains how dpd affected his life, but the book does not go into depth about the disorder or his experience with it. In the book, walker relates the experience of living with dissociative identity disorder did and details events and actions that were found shocking by those who know him. Herschel shows how this disorder played an integral role in his accomplishments and how he has learned to live with it today.
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