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Dissociative Identity In Jennifer's Abuse

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Jennifer Walters initially wanted to become a professional dancer in her youth contrary to her mother's hopes of Jennifer becoming a police officer following in her father, Morris Walter’s footsteps. Due to the nature of Walter’s profession he had many enemies including mobster Nicholas Trask, who in an attempt to murder Morris Walters instead killed Elaine Walters. Elaine was on her way to one of Jennifer’s dance recitals, which broke Jennifer’s heart also leaving her with survivor’s guilt. This traumatic incident led Jennifer to the law track to defend a wrongly convicted rival of Trask Lou Monkton in an attempt to draw evidence on Trask’s crimes. This led to Trask placing a hit on Jennifer getting her shot. The trauma from her mother’s accident …show more content…

Jennifer begins to show physical symptoms of her distress doubling over in pain and sweating profusely at even the thought of what happened to her. Especially after Civil War II, Jennifer is seen locking herself away into her apartment and cutting herself off from the outside world, which are sure signs of her PTSD. As the She-Hulk she is confident,free, and assertive against her enemies. As Jennifer she was timid and fragile in her normal form. This split between two completely different people gives way to Jennifer’s Dissociative Identity Disorder. Jennifer prefers the She-Hulk over her normal form and even becomes the She-Hulk permanently, which her colleagues believed to be out of her control and a physical issue. Unbeknownst even to Jennifer herself she could have transformed back into herself but it was her own psychological self holding her back. Most dissociative disorders are almost completely psychological, however, Jennifer’s is very much physical and mental. There are numerous distinct differences between the She-Hulk and Jennifer and although fully conscious and aware of her

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