Frequently Asked Questions

It is a psychological memoir about 65 years of compartmentalization — the process of mentally separating parts of a life so completely they do not touch. Written by Benjamin F Sautter, it traces his life from 1954 through a defining moment in 1988.

Yes. Mr. Hyde and Me is a memoir — a true account of Benjamin F Sautter's life and the psychological compartmentalization he lived for 65 years.

Compartmentalization is a defense mechanism where a person separates conflicting thoughts, emotions, or parts of their life into distinct mental compartments that do not interact with each other.

The Jekyll and Hyde framework emerged organically through the writing process as the most accurate lens for understanding how Ben mentally separated his two identities across a lifetime.

A stroke in 2017 began breaking down the psychological walls between his compartments — becoming the catalyst that led him to write Mr. Hyde and Me.

No. This memoir is a reckoning, not a redemption. It does not offer resolution or self-pity. It is an honest case study told from the perpetrator's perspective

Readers interested in psychology, identity, memoir, and the hidden mechanisms behind human behavior. Particularly those drawn to honest, unflinching personal narratives.

Mr. Hyde and Me is now available on Amazon. Several links to Amazon are on my site.

I have had it in mind to write stories of my life but I didn’t really plan to write a book. I like telling stories and many of my stories are fun and exciting. Once I started writing in September 2025 this book sort of just showed up.

I started writing in 2016 and wrote randomly for a year and a half when I stepped away and didn’t pick it up again until September 2025. At that time, I started writing and couldn’t stop. I wrote nearly every day for ten weeks and I had a ninety-two-thousand-word first draft.

My story comes from my life experiences but Helen said to me one morning “You’re like a Jekyll and Hyde.” That one sentence changed everything I was writing.

Once I started writing, my biggest challenge was for my typing to keep up with the thoughts that were pouring out of my mind. And I should say I type quite well and fast.

This psychological memoir wasn't written after redemption, it was written during the reckoning. Written by the subject himself, as victim and perpetrator. That doesn’t exist anywhere else. Also, this book changes people’s lives.

Learning how to choose words intentionally, deliberately, effectively and efficiently. This writing process also lends to speaking more purposefully, with intention and more accurately.

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