Sizemore was born
Christine Costner on April 4, 1927, to Asa "Acie" Costner and Eunice Zueline Hastings in
Edgefield, South Carolina. In her book, ''
I'm Eve (1977), Christine describes many phases of her life; the first she titles the separation,
labelled the years 1927 to 1946, wherein she identifies a selection of the selves or alters and their memories. The first alter she calls from her memory is the red haired stranger'' who witnesses these very first traumatic events with Christine, whereby she can recollect this girl (one alter) in her memories. These memories match the ones Thigpen had attributed to her development of multiple personalities. • Her earliest memory, at 10 months old, is of the funeral of a five-month-old cousin. She writes of her fear of the white casket, her aunts mourning, her father closing the casket lid, and her concern that her cousin might be scared of the dark, alluding to her own fears of darkness and of death. She later describes, in her book, her guilt about still being alive when her cousin could not be. • Thigpen pointed to three traumatic events Christine witnessed at age 2 as causing her dissociation. The first she recalls is of a drunken old man who had died in a water-filled ditch and was retrieved by her uncle and father. She describes the old man’s decomposition and being scolded by her mother for having witnessed this. • In the second event, Christine is again scolded by her mother, this time for sitting under her legs. As Christine's mother is churning milk, the glass jar breaks unexpectedly and the mother presses the shards to her body to prevent Christine from being cut. Christine observes in horror as her mother's arm is slashed and is too paralyzed with fear to get aid for her mother. • The final event is an incident that occurred at the saw mill where her father worked. When Christine’s mother hears the whistle that indicates an accident at the mill, she and Christine go to the mill and witness the dismemberment of a worker. Following these incidents, Christine is chronically and intensely worried about the potential illness and/or death of her family members and loved ones. == Diagnosis and
The Three Faces of Eve ==