Have you ever known anyone with a split personality?

Allergies are biological, not phsychological. The only thing simmilar would be a phobia that one personality does not have. This report I did wuickly on multiple personality disorder should explain it to you a bit. It was just a quick thingy following some guidlines.

Multiple Personality Disorder
(Dissociative identity disorder)

Multiple Personality Disorder (otherwise known as Dissociative Identity Disorder) is when one individual has 2 or more conscious personalities inside of one mind. These conscious(s) must both take control over the person for an amount of time, with the associated memory loss from that period of time.

Multiple personality disorder can be caused by many things. Physical and sexual trauma are some of the leading causes, possible because the subjects mind was desperate to escape the situation, badly enough to have to make another personality. Brain scans of people with multiple personality disorder show changes on blood flow in areas of the brain such as the cerebral cortex.

People of all ages are susceptible to multiple personality disorder. It does not matter how old you are, but the right physical conditions and possibly the experiences that the individual has gone through. People who have experienced trauma are much more likely to develop multiple personality disorder.

Multiple personality disorder can affect people lives in many devastating ways. The switching of personality leaves the other personality with a gap in it’s memory. This could lead to the other personality ending up in a situation that the other personality got into, possibly a job or a troublesome situation. The person could have committed a crime, and ended up in jail, but then the other personality would emerge, and the person would have no idea what is happening.

Multiple Personality Disorder has no cure. Because the disorder changes, it is unique to each and every patient. It has no strict guideline of causes because it can be caused from many things, from trauma to brain defects. This makes getting to the root of Multiple Personality Disorder very difficult, and finding a cure near impossible. There has been research into therapy, with just the one person, or in a group. Both cases have proved mostly ineffective, and difficult. Also, a moral question comes to mind. If you could remove a personality from the subject, which one would it be? Sometimes you might not be able to tell which one is the original. What if the second personality has important regressed memories from the other personality. What effects would take place from having one personality eradicated? The effects cannot possibly be known, the only way to find out would be to remove one personality from someone, with possibly lethal results. Perhaps advances in psychology and technology will find a way to remove one personality, or merge the two together.

No one verifiable. lol

MPD is a serious mental disorder and one I know relatively little about, other than there is often some serious abuse that has been blocked out,( as @XOIIO mentioned above, ) hence the dissociative reflex and other disturbances in the persons psyche.

I know what it is, and why it happens….I just wondered if anyone has known someone personally.

I work at a mental hospital when I’m not teaching wilderness skills. I think if I asked around, I could find one.

One family member has mpd. (I have such a high maintenance extended family) It was strange talking to her when I was younger. She would be very engaged then her knee would start bouncing and she would get this dreamy look in her eyes. No one would talk to her for a while because she became so disengaged and mumbled. Then she would come back and be able to have a good conversation.

My ex wife. The key word here is EX.

Yes, both women. Freaky ass shit when it happens. Who are you?? Where did YOU come from!! :O

I don’t want to offend anyone. So I hope it is okay to tell this yoke, since it is social. They just installed a new answering system at the clinic. It asks anyone suffering from obsessive/compulsive disorder to press one repeatedly. If he or she is paranoid, press two but don’t look behind you. If you have multiple personalities, have your alter ego, Mr. Pretzels, press three, four and five. And, if you have a self-esteem problem, don’t waste our time.

@bkcunningham LOL, nice yoke

No one personally, although my former therapist specialized in DID (I saw her for other reasons).

@XOIIO There’s no cure, but there’s lots of treatment for integrating the personalities. It’s not like in 3 Faces of Eve where 2 go away and one stays, but rather you put different parts all together. I think of it as like baking ingredients before and after you stir them in the bowl.

@Cruiser Silly. That’s called PMS. Sheesh.

No, but I have had the unfortunate experience of ‘seeing’ someone change their personality right before my eyes, to the point that I thought I was losing my mind.

@FutureMemory Specifics, man!

@Dutchess_III Eh, old girlfriend spontaneously changed her personality from top to bottom. Was an ugly experience.

Someone should invent a vaccine for that shit.