This is the story of Ashli. When she was six, she was diagnosed with dissociative personality disorder, also known as DID. Currently, Ashli is 13 and up until now, has only had 2 different personalities. Her primary one is very normal, named Sophi, and has helped her earn loyal friends. The second personality, is the exact opposite. It’s very introverted and makes her go into “ shutdown mode”. She has managed to keep “shutdown” hidden for most of the time, but that doesn’t stop it from popping out. BZZT!! Ah, time for school. Every morning was the same: wake up, get dressed, brush teeth, and eat breakfast. After that, Sophi went to school and began her routine to keep calm in case she got called upon. “Geez, Alex is so annoying,” Sophi whispered under her breath. Her friend, Maia, heard her. …show more content…
Sophi did not have a fight with her younger sister that, did not exist at all. She only had her daily struggle of fighting her alter ego or “Alex”. Sophi and her friend refered to Alex as Sophi’s little sister Class dragged as usual, then nutrition break for a snack, more classes, then finally lunch. To her friends, lunch was freedom, but to Sophi it was a battle against the social world. I’ve controlled it during class, why lose control now? Then, she saw him. The picture of utter..... annoyance, Ryan. Sophi found him revolting. Stuck-up and “super-popular” he ruled the school. Unfortunately, he brought out the Alex in Sophi. But today was special, someone new was coming and Sophi would not be ready for it. “Hey Alex,” said Ryan,
Her obsessive desire to belong and integrate into her new school environment soon provoked the various conflicts to arise which had pernicious impacts on herself and those around her. The novel follows fourteen-year-old Avalon as she moves from the country to an urban high school and finds herself in the centre of a brutal, bullying campaign in which she is inundated with loathsome messages from the anonymous students at her school who constantly exhibit hostility towards her as a result of her reputation. Avalon’s hopes of fitting into her new school environment are hindered when she is rejected by the popular girls and in turn, is forced to question and constantly doubt herself as to why she was not integrating with the others at school. This is established when Avalon overheard one of the popular girls say to her other friend that she is completely up herself, which prompted her to question as to why they rejected her and what she had done wrong to them “ It really worried me. I wasn’t sure what reason anyone would have not to like me. I hadn’t done anything wrong - though I felt like everything I did was wrong ”. This quote tells the reader that Avalon’s desire to fit was the sole instigator of her inner conflict due to being rejected by the popular girls. As an aftermath of this conflict, Avalon's behavior begins to change negatively engendering conflict between herself and family due to her behavior changes and hostile attitude she exhibited towards her younger sister, Ruby. McCaffrey establishes the fact that the conflict she had infuriated her to an extent in which she couldn't control her emotions, thus the need to exhibit anger and exasperation towards her family. Furthermore, another deleterious impact which was a result
Ashley has a previous diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Ashley has poor judgment, is impulsive, and is defiant toward authority figures and peers. This affects Ashley’s ability to achieve to her fullest potential academically, and have positive interactions with adults, or peers. She also displays low frustration tolerance, and is easily triggered in situations and by other people. Her impulsive reactivity often worsen situations, especially due to the lack of insight Ashley has about her behaviors. Ashley’s inability to regulate her emotions heightens her reactivity in triggering situations. Her sexual acting out, and reason for referral can be attributed to her poor judgment, and inability to control her
Now I wished that I could pen a letter to my school to be read at the opening assembly that would tell them how wrong we had all been. You should see Zachary Taylor, I’d say.” Lily is realizing now that beauty comes in all colors. She is also again being exposed to the fact that her way of being raised was wrong, that years and years of history was false. “The whole time we worked, I marveled at how mixed up people got when it came to love.
Isn 't it ironic when theres a clown but he 's not happy like his painted smile portrays, he’s actually quite depressed. In fact he 's actually more than so an individual who can 't seem to get his life in order. In Tandolfo the Great we meet Rodney, a troubled young man who seems to have lost it after reading a letter from his supposed love. Along the way we are met with images of “this isn 't me” and actions that bring us to the question of “Is this really Rodney or could it be a alter ego?” Rodneys ' action consist of “self-destructive behavior, mood swings, and depression” as presented by the National Institute of Mental Health these are all actions and symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder, DID,. Heartbreak can cause many things
This dissociative identity disorder therapy encourages communication of conflicts and insight into any problems. Problems helped by psychotherapy include difficulties in coping with daily life- Barry was the only personality able to cope with daily functions due to his sessions with Dr. Fletcher. The impact of trauma, and abuse was the reason Dennis's personality was created. Kevin’s (host body) created this personality to defend and protect him by assuring everything was tidy, and done properly. Psychotherapy can aid by controlling or eliminateting any troubling symptoms so the individual can improve and increase there health and properly heal. This was the form of therapy that Barry and Dr. Fletcher had. Another common form of therapy is called cognitive
Cognitive therapy, which involves changing dysfunctional thought patterns. Family therapy, which helps to educate the family about the disorder, recognize its presence as well as work through issues that have developed in the family because of dissociative identity disorder. And also Hypnotherapy which can be used in conjunction with psychotherapy and can help clients access repressed memories, control problematic behaviors, such as self-mutilation and eating disorders, and help fuse thier other personalities during the process. Some indications that therapy might be needed include sysmptoms like: memory loss, a sense of being detached from themselves and their emotions, distorted Perception, a blurred sense of identity, significant stress or problems in life, inability to cope well with emotional or professional stress, and mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. DID requires a medical diagnosis, and treatment should always be conducted by professionals that specialize in dissociative identity disorder as it is a rare and challenging condition to treat. There are also contraindications onvolving the treatment of DID. Caution needs to be taken while treating people with DID with medications because any effects they may experience, good or bad, may
People often think that D.I.D. (Dissociative Identity Disorder) is something made up, something that a person is just inventing in order to get attention; that statement couldn’t be more Incorrect. Dissociative Identity Disorder, formally known at Multiple Personality Disorder, is a dissociative disorder, not a personality disorder or a psychosis. D.I.D. is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, emotion, behavior, or sense of identity. D.I.D. is thought to stem from trauma experienced by the person with the disorder. The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism; the person literally dissociates himself or herself from a situation or experience that is too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with his or her conscious self.
Dissociative disorders can affect someone’s memory and make someone forget some of the important things in his or her life suck as their own identity. “When a dissociative identity disorder comes in to a person life it normally can make that person seem very distant and never aware of the other people in their lives.” (Diseases; 1) Which means that this person has absolutely no socials life. This person, when having a traumatic childhood, he or she can establish two or more different sets of personality. As an adult, this person may see an object that triggers the other personalities to come out; meanwhile, attempt to take control over the body.1a. SV; conj. adv, SV.) This other personality can be a different gender and he or she will most likely go by a different name. When this personality is in play the person’s original personality will have no memory of what the other being inside of him or her may have done.
Multiple Personality Disorder is a mental illness which most commonly has been referred to as Dissociative disorder or DID in recent years[1]. The illness commonly disassociated with schizophrenia finds a person experiencing two or more clearly differing personalities which will in habit assume control at some stage. Changing from one personality to another in a matter of seconds, the person will actually believe that they have more than one personality. DID can co-occur with other illnesses which include a range of anxiety disorders. The causes of DID are still not proven but it is thought to have occurred in response to a traumatic childhood experience[1]. The diagnosis is not constructed as a set test and so the mental health professional is required to test a patient using a mental status exam. The various symptoms of the illness can be treated through a range of treatments ranging from talk therapy to medications, but this does not always smooth out the outcomes resulting in a chaotic, imbalanced life. A great amount of controversy surrounds DID and is disputed by mental health professionals, some even believing that it does not exist[1]. Whatever the case, DID is displayed powerfully throughout the miniseries ‘Sybil’ in which a young emergency teacher finds herself with DID in response to horrific childhood memories[4].
Do you ever feel like you just can’t take reality anymore? You just want to escape it and in order to do so, your conscious awareness becomes separated from all the painful things you can’t stand, including your painful memories. Then suddenly you’re a totally different person. Another identity takes your place in suffering all the painful things you want to escape. Today, I’m going to talk to you about dissociative identity disorder (DID). I will be talking about what DID is, what causes DID and how it affects the individual (host/core). I will also mention a famous case in psychology.
In the book Sybil, written by Flora Rheta Schreiber discuss the life story of Sybil Isabel Dorsett, who has developed 16 distinct personalities because of her childhood abuse. Sybil story became one of the most severe cases ever recorded with multiple personalities. Which is currently called Dissociative Identity Disorder in the current DSM-V. “Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness” (Psychology Today, 2008, para 1). Sybil’s distinct sense of selves helped protect her from the trauma she experienced as a child.
The story of Sybil is one that was rarely heard of in the 1970’s when this movie was created. Discovering dissociative identity disorder, or then multiple personality disorder was a groundbreaking discovery for psychology. Sybil who is the main character is a woman who endured unspeakable acts of violence at the hands of her mentally ill mother. To deal with the trauma of her past she created several different personalities to keep herself from remembering and healing from the abuse. In the movie, she encounters a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Wilbur. Dr. Wilbur becomes her psychiatrist after Sybil has disassociated several times, and has cut herself with glass. Sybil wakes up in the office not knowing where she was or how she got there. One of the symptoms mentioned in the text about Dissociative Identity Disorder is that the patient will lose vast amount of time where they cannot recall any memory.
My topic of choice for this research paper is Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This appellation is rather new; therefore, most are more familiar with the disorder's older, less technical name: Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD. When first presented with the task of selecting a topic on which to center this paper, I immediately dismissed Dissociative Identity Disorder (which for the sake of brevity will be referred to as DID for the remainder of this paper) as a viable topic due to the sheer scope of the disorder. However after an exhaustive examination of other prospective topics, I found myself back at my original choice. There are several reasons why I chose DID. The foremost of which is the widespread fascination of this disorder by many different types of people; most of whom otherwise have no interest in psychology or its associated fields. One would be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t been captivated at one time or another by the extraordinary, all too well known symptoms of this disorder. This fascination… dare I say ‘allure’ to this disorder is exemplified by the myriad of motion pictures that have been produced based on cases, real or fictitious, of DID. Another reason for my choice is what I feel is the insufficiency of effective treatments for DID. Despite what is known about this disorder, (which is relatively a lot) there are only two chief treatments for DID; the first and most prevalent is psychotherapy; also known as ”talk therapy”, the second is medication. The third and final reason for my choice is my own enchantment with DID. I must admit that ever since I read about Sue Tinker, a woman who was diagnosed with over 200 different personalities. In writing this paper I hope to discover more about this disorder and perhaps be able to identify a few areas that I feel might require more research on the part of psychologists specializing in DID.
Catharsis is paramount for Nina to settle her internal conflicts and overcome her problems. Hypnotherapy should be applied during regular therapy sessions to combat Nina’s dissociative identity disorder. Her sub-personality must be integrated and merged into a single personality, before other sub-personalities appear. If these therapies and medications are continued consistently and Nina cooperates with treatment, the likelihood of a successful recovery is high.
Secret Window, released in 2004, is a film based on Stephen King's novel Secret Window, Secret Garden. The film follows increasingly disturbing events around a character called Mort Rainey, who is portrayed by Johnny Depp & John Turturro. This character appears to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Rainey is a middle-aged novelist recently estranged from his wife; as a result, he has isolated himself at his cottage. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that Rainey has another personality called Shooter, and Rainey himself comes to the realisation that Shooter is an identity that he has created to protect himself from the pain of his marital breakdown. Shooter takes over Rainey’s mind one last time to murder his wife and the man she cheated with. After his vengeance is carried out, Rainey seems at ease and jovial, and as the film ends, Rainey seems to be in a positive emotional state. This is an ambiguous ending that leaves the viewer unsure of Rainey’s mental health status.