The Movie Dissociative Identity Disorder

On January 20th 2017, a movie named Split came into theatre’s. The film is about a man named Kevin who has 23 personalities. This film was meant to demonstrate dissociative identity disorder. The film demonstrates Kevin as a middle age man majority of the time, who is very polite and horrified about what his other personalities do. Some of his other personalities take over sometimes such as Dennis who at the time was the person who abducts the girls. Other personality is Hedwig who is a nine-year-old boy and Patricia who is seen to be very cold and precise. In this film psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher is a key component who stays submerged in Kevin because he has introduced all 23 personalities to her. The film starts out with the introduction

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.

“Dissociative identity disorder is a condition in which a person manifests at least two or more distinct identities or personality states that alternate in some way in taking control of behavior” (Butcher, 2013, p. 285). Dissociative identity disorder has taken the place of the term "multiple personality’s disorder" because they needed a more accurate name for the disorder due to the fact that "the alternate identities are now seen as fragments of a single personality like a mirror broken into shards sometime in childhood." (Lost in the mirror: Women with multiple

Undoubtedly, Kevin is a shattered man and a rare case of the confirmed, yet, controversial Dissociative Identity Disorder, which to some, is the doorway to the obscure corners of the human psyche.

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.

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a severe form of dissociation which is a mental process that produces a lack of connection in thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. This disorder can occur after experiencing a traumatic experience such as rape or abuse, and this disorder can be described as a copying mechanism. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a "copying mechanism" due to the alters the person portrays, each alter can have its own name, age, sex, personality, and race. Every alter has its own posture, way of speaking, and gestures, though some alters are imaginary or animals. When these personalities reveal themselves, they control the individual's behavior and thoughts through switching. Switching is where an individual

According to (Nedelman 2017) Dr. Garrett Marie Deckel psychiatry and specialist on dissociation identity disorder at the Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine stated that individual with identity disorders are not violent like it portraits character of Kevin Wendell Crumbs in the movie “Split” displayed. During the interview Dr. Deckel disagreed with psychology aspect displayed in the movie. Dr. Deckel stated that there were minor or no evidence of identity disorder within the movie; however, in some part of the movie the character seems to battle with some type of identity disorder according to the American Psychiatric Association definition for dissociation identity disorder. (Brown 2017) On the contrary of Dr. Deckel’s opinion, psychologist

The major point of Split is about the three teenage girls-Casey, Claire and Marcia who are kidnapped by Kevin, a mentally ill man with more than 23 personalities that are more dangerous than regular human. While the girls are seeking escape, Kevin has meeting with his psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher and finally finds his multiple identities reaching a war with one another. Obviously, a twenty-fourth personality, the Beast who dominates all of the others is emerging. This movie contains six main characters. Firstly, James McAvoy acted as Kevin Wendell Crumb who is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, has 24 different personalities and abducts three teenage girls.

The universe as we know it is expanding at a rate faster than light for reasons that we do not know. Like the universe, the movie K-PAX presents the viewer with a dilemma about the identity of Robert Porter without explicitly stating the identity of Porter. Due to the information presented in the movie, “Prot,” is a fictitious persona of Robert Porter. This is the claim will be argued throughout the essay. It will first be seen that Porter’s traumatic experiences are horrifying enough to make Porter mentally ill. The next aspect that will be discussed is the specific mental illness that Porter has and displays, which is dissociative identity disorder. It will then be shown that he uses this disorder to cope with his issues. Following this, the arguments that attempt to prove “Prot” is an alien, will be analyzed and shown flawed.

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID for short and popularly known as multiple personality disorder) is one of the more fascinating and simultaneously terrifying of the formal mental disorders. Probably due in part to DID’s fantastic, almost unbelievable nature, it is also one of the more controversial disorders that has been formally included in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In the most recent DSM, DSM-5, the signature criteria for DID is the “disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality parts… (that) may be observed by others, or reported by the patient” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This disorder manifests as an individual displaying distinct and often radically

On August 20th 1951, Mrs. Eve White met Dr. Luther for the first time. Mrs. White was referred to him because she was experiencing intense headaches followed by blackout spells. Mrs. White’s first personality we met is Miss Eve Black, and Miss Black is the complete opposite of Mrs. White. Miss Black loves to go out dancing, doesn’t believe she is married or has a child, Bonnie. Mrs. White ends up divorcing her husband, Ralph.

Split (2016) Split is a psychological horror written and directed by M Night Shymalan, about a man named Kevin (James McAvoy) with 23 distinct personalities who kidnaps three teenaged girls and the girls have to work out which of the personalities will try to help them and which personalities will try to stop them. Shymalan uses a range of directing techniques to convey the multiple personalities. In the opening and closing credits (fig 1.1) are split into 24 frames to symbolise the 23 personalities Kevin shows throughout the film and the mythical 24th that appears near the end of the film, called “The Beast”. In the first scene in the psychologist’s office, Kevin, as ‘Barry’ focuses on the bowl of sweets before withdrawing, saying he is “too impulsive”. It is later shown that another of Kevin’s personalities ‘Dennis’ has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the personalities come into conflict with each other, while also reflecting the seemingly random switches between the personalities Kevin goes through.

In M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological horror-thriller film Split (2016), we follow Kevin, a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder, who kidnaps three teenage girls. Throughout this film, we witness Kevin cycle through his 23 distinct personalities as he interacts with the kidnapped girls in his underground living quarters. Dr. Fletcher, Kevin’s psychiatrist, received 20 emails from Barry, one of Kevin’s personalities, asking for help because of Kevin’s 24th emerging personality. Dr. Fletcher worries that this 24th personality is one that can alter Kevin’s physical limitations, and this becomes a reality in the film’s shocking plot twist. The Beast is unleashed, altering Kevin’s physically limitations, which causes chaos throughout the city

Do you like thrillers? If so did you see the movie Split? Split is a horror/thriller movie about a man who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder or (Split) Personality Disorder. This condition has been studied upon for years by professionals in the medical field trying to figure out what Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is and what causes someone to have this particular disorder, Multiple Personality Disorder, is caused by childhood abuse and trauma.

The character that I chose to write about is Kevin Wendell Crumb from the movie “Split”. Kevin suffers from dissociative identity disorder which causes him to experience 23 different personalities within his mind. Dissociative identity disorder used to be called multiple personality disorder and is defined as a person’s identity that is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities. The most common cause for dissociative identity disorder is severe abuse whether it be physical, emotional and sexual or a mix of all three. The personalities are said to live their own life, have their own characteristics and memories, when the personalities switch there is no recollection of the memories that the other personalities had. Gaps of time