Kim Noble Case Study Essay

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The case study I found was about a woman named Kim Noble who is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Before Noble was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, the doctor misdiagnosed her as having schizophrenia. She had a rough childhood in which her parents physically abused her. This is significant because severe trauma can trigger dissociative identity disorder. Her multiple personalities started to emerge at young age, but her parents ignored her antics. Not until her teenage years was she referred to a psychiatrist. Noble says ‘Kim Noble’ does not really exist, as her multiple personalities have taken over her. The most dominant one is balled Patricia. She was able to write a book and take care of her fourteen-year-old …show more content…

Although each case is different, therapy is the most affective because their therapist can keep track of their patients many personalities. This also shows that people with dissociative identity disorder can have an infinite about of personalities. Noble is said to exhibit more than 20 personalities, and other cases, people have shown more than 100 types of personalities. What we have also learned is that, certain personalities cannot help themselves. Even if they do get into crime or something illegal, they are excused because the person did not recall what they have done, so they plead that they have a mental …show more content…

Castelli suffered from physical and sexual abuse. She was also diagnosed with having schizophrenia and was hospitalized multiple times. It seems like a trend in people with dissociative identity order that a dominant personality will take over, there are rational and childish personalities, and harmful suicidal ones. Castelli has shown at least 44 kinds of personalities, some are ‘Big Judy’, who is confident and funny, ‘Little Judy’ who acts childish, and Squeaky, who is jumbled in her thoughts and is clumsy. Like Kim Noble’s ‘Patricia’, the dominant personality for Castelli is ‘Big Judy’ who also paints. On a happier note, Castelli became very successful, making career of singing, painting, and becoming an entrepreneur. These cases are important because again, it shows how trauma can affect someone. Both articles were also vague in treating someone with dissociative identity disorder. Therapy is a must, but no medications were mentioned, just the fact they both abused drugs. It also shows that having dissociative identity disorder cannot stop someone from being successful. Both women found refuge in painting and writing a book, which made them successful. Although having dissociative identity disorder can disrupt one’s life, they can still live with it and live a happy

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