The Movie Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative identity disorder is a condition of mystery that is not clearly understood because of its way of presenting in a patient. In this research article there will be in depth analysis of the condition that is so publically recognized by Hollywood but at times ignored by medical professionals. There will analysis of demographics and who is affected more; male or female will also be looked at closely. There will also be a review of what factors predispose individuals to Dissociative Identity Disorder, and how it is diagnosed. There will also be information of how the disorder is treated via therapy and medication. The usual signs and symptoms will also be discussed and

Michael, nicknamed Fresh is a 12-year old kid running drugs for gangsters. Because he is smart and honest, they respect him. Fresh lives with 11 other children in the spotless, orderly apartment of his aunt. His father has become a street bum, but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess.   Fresh's sister is also a junkie who sleeps with the dealers who Fresh sells for.

Mike is a 55 year old who gave the following history. The patient was born female and had a famous mother involved in show business. The patient's father died shortly after she was born so she took care of a very well known family growing up. The patient later admits that her stepfather sexually abused her as a child and her step mother often punished her with enemas. Being severely abused as a child, at nine years old she felt that she will never get the help she deserved and gave up and trying to get help. The patient recalls dissociating since she was six years old. She claims that while she was younger she transitioned into male personalities often was very good at ice hockey, and often found herself on the boy's lunch line at school. When she was 11, she lived with her biological mother and at the time she had eight different identities as opposed to now she has over 32. Two of the male alters named John and Mike began to dominate her

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a disorder distinguished by the existence of two or more distinct personality states. It is also known as DID or Multiple Personality Disorder. It is very rare, with only 20,000 to 200,000 known US cases per year. Currently, there is no known cure, but treatment can sometimes help. Many believe that DID can be caused by a significant trauma and is used as a coping mechanism to help avoid bad memories. The disorders most often form in kids victim to long-term physical, sexual or emotional abuse or, sometimes just a home environment that 's frightening or highly unpredictable. The stress of war or natural disasters close by also can bring on dissociative disorders.

Notably for his character, Evan experience a variety of traumatic events, events that are only repressed by him and not those around him witnessing the same slights. According to merriam webster, the term repression, also known as dissociative amnesia, is defined as “a mental process by which distressing thoughts, memories, or impulses that may give rise to anxiety are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconsciousness”, simply meaning they are excluded from the conscious memory. In the film, the repressed memories would lead to blackouts at the time of event and holes in the memory after the event. tThe repressed memories included being filmed in a child pornogrpahy, witnessing the death of a woman and newborn, death of

Can someone have more than one personality lingering within them? Is it possible for someone to have missing pieces from their memories because another person within them is taking over at certain periods of time? These are all questions that many psychologists and psychiatrists find themselves asking within the psychology community. This is a topic filled with controversy still to this day. Psychology is a field that has been around for a long time, but we are still discovering new illnesses all the time. One mental illness that is becoming more apparent is dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, but some argue that this illness is not real.

Psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and non-verbal therapy seem to be the most effective treatment methods for DID (Kaplan par. 11-12). No immediate results are expected from these treatments. for the management of dissociative identity disorder is a long-term course of action. Psychotherapy is when the patient and psychiatrist talk through the patient’s thoughts and emotions without the. use of medicine. This method could go along with hypnotherapy, which is used to retrieve memories that may be in the subconscious of the patient or in the memory of the alters within the patient. Nonverbal therapy consists of art and play therapy, which is more of an indirect, nonetheless creative and helpful, way of expressing the patient’s feelings. The underlying purpose of each treatment method listed is to find out what traumatic event took place in the. patient’s childhood to spawn the alters. Needless to say that this part of therapy is the hardest. Once the patient comes to terms with what happened, one can no longer rely on the alters to protect him/her from the past nor the emotions accompanied by. those memories. What exactly happens to the alters once the patient’s therapy is complete? The different personalities do not go away, they are simply “integrated into the host personality” (Prerost par. 14). The host adopts certain characteristics from his/her alters and uses those traits to protect him/herself without dissociating. This way, the host becomes one with the alters without losing time or control of one’s body. According to Kaplan, “60% of patients who undergo treatment maintain stable integration” (Kaplan par.

Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is defined as: “The result of a marvelously creative defense mechanism that a young child uses to cope with extremely overwhelming trauma” (Hawkins, 2003, p. 3). Ross describes DID in this way: “In its childhood onset forms, the disorder is an effective strategy for coping with a traumatic environment: It becomes dysfunctional because environmental circumstances have changed by adulthood” (1997, p, 62). What types of traumatic environments are we talking about here? Often children who form DID are involved in some sort of abuse. These types of abuses can be physical, sexual and even ritual. Such abuses are not meant for children to have to endure, however, the mind

Sexual molestation, beating, neglect, burning, and verbal abuse. All of these horrible happenings are believed to be linked to a condition known as Multiple personality disorder (MPD). Multiple personality disorder, also known as dissociative identity disorder, is a mental illness in which a person has two or more identities or personalities. Single personalities randomly take control of the individual's behavior. Usually, the sufferer gives the personalities their own names. These multiple personalities almost always have characteristics that greatly differ from the person's primary identity. A person with this disorder always experiences some amount of amnesia. Most of the time the individual forgets

The disorder I chose to research for my paper was Dissociative Identity Disorder. Dissociative Identity Disorder is formerly known as multiple personality disorder and is characterized as an individual presenting two or more alternate personalities. Those said personalities are said to essentially help an individual escape the stress and overwhelming struggles of everyday life (Traub, 2009). As for my topic I chose to explore was whether or not Dissociative Identity Disorder even existed.

Immediately, it becomes evident that he has an abundant imagination and enjoys fantasizing about various experiences and situations. Interestingly, as his insomnia worsens, the narrator reveals to his doctor that he often finds himself waking up in strange places without any memory of how he got there (quote movie). This revelation of amnesiac episodes becomes the first indicator of a potentially dissociative disorder. Correspondingly, the doctor tells him to get more rest and assures him that if he would like to experience true suffering, he should visit a support group for testicular cancer. Thus, the narrator begins his voyage into numerous support groups in an attempt to relieve his stress-induced insomnia. While attending group sessions, he experiences relaxation by pretending to be someone else, reflecting his ability to role play. As the movie progresses, the narrator is introduced to Tyler Durden while on a plane for a work trip. Straightaway, he notices that they both have the same briefcase and eventually they begin talking. Tyler fascinates the narrator with subjects of homemade bombs and anti-capitalist ideologies and they promptly become friends. Herein lies the first misconception, or stigmatization, of dissociative identity disorder. When the narrator meets Tyler Durden for the first time, and as he continues to interact with

The psychological disorder which was illustrated in Fight Club was Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or Multiple Personality disorder, meaning that their consciousness is disrupted as well as their memory and identity (Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner, & Nock, 2014). The narrator, who halfway through the movie we discover his name is Jack, is the one suffering from this psychological illness. The narrator was quite abnormal as his behavior changed drastically as he first struggles with insomnia, which could be considered a small issue, and then later ends up partaking in a criminal offense group and even murders a man. Another odd scene was when the viewers began realizing that he is actually suffering from an illness which occurred when he began hitting himself and acting as if someone (Tyler) was punching him.

The movie Split is an American thriller that is centered around the fictional character known as Kevin Crumb. Kevin suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder which leads to him being known as many other names. Kevin is also commonly known as Hedwig, a young boy, Dennis, a perverted man who suffers from OCD, and Patricia, an older classy woman. These are only some of the personalities Kevin has taken on. These personalities began to develop young in Kevin’s life as a defense mechanism to help protect him from his abusive mother. Kevin has many other personalities, some of which are evil. These evil personalities are what give the movie its thriller genre. Kevin kidnaps a girl, and she experiences all of these different personalities until a new one emerges that dominates over the others. “The beast” as it is referred to is the one that causes all the scare factors in the movie. When Kevin sees the damage that his other personalities have done, he is horrified and scared because he does not know how to control himself.

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is considered by the American Psychiatric Association to be one of 4 main kinds of dissociative disorders (DSM-IV): "The essential feature of dissociative disorders is a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrative functions of identity, memory, or consciousness" (8). If identity is the main function affected, the person is said to have DID.

This research paper aims to explore the mental disease known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder. I explore the meaning, symptoms, and effects of DID. My research describes those diagnosed with DID and the probable reasons of why they have the disorder. This study also explains the many different treatments and the effects those treatments might have on a person that has the disorder. I include a research study done on someone diagnosed with DID, the method used to help treat her, and the results of her treatment. Lastly, I state my opinion on DID and the methods I believe with help people prevent, treat, and cope with