The Role Of Personality Disorder On Children

As she grows she discovers more of what she is capable of. Now she realizes that even though she is going crazy, she is still alive. Above all, she does not want to hide anymore and is not afraid to come out of her shell of guilt. “I don’t want to hang out in my hidey-hole anymore…. I don’t feel like hiding anymore” (p.191-192). She comments about not wanting to go back to her closet because she is not afraid of what might happen to her. In the same way she says that she, in no matter what condition, is still alive and breathing. “I have survived… Confused, screwed up but still here” (p.188). She is happy that she survived and that it does not matter if she is frustrated, she still has to stay for the ones who love her. In order which she has to take care of the old Melinda she was and let go of the Melinda she was after the party. After this realization she understood that she is not perfect but she can grow to love those

My thoughts on the Frontline video on Insanity was this case was very sad for all that were involved. Everyone seemed to realize that this person truly was insane; however, by legal definition he was not insane. I really like the part in the video where they discussed not being able to obtain a person from the medical community to testify, since they all clearly knew the person was insane and mentally ill. I am not sure why the judge did not allow the jurors to know what would have happened if they found guilty but with reason of insanity. The most touching part to me in the front line video was the brother discussing how he was a guard at the place his brother was being held. I can only imagine how scared he was for his brother.

Melinda debates whether to tell Rachel that her current boyfriend was an assaulter. “I could talk to Rachel. (Yeah, right.) I could say I'd heard bad things about Andy. (It would only make him more attractive.) I could maybe tell her what happened. (As if she'd listen. What if she told Andy? What would he do?) (…) I need to do something about Rachel, something for her. Maya tells me without saying anything. I stall. Rachel will hate me. (She already hates me.) She won't listen. (I have to try.) I groan and rip out a piece of notebook paper. I write her a note, a left-handed note, so she won't know it's from me.” (151-152). Melinda finally confronts Rachel and tells her what exactly happened to her, but Rachel did not believe Melinda as she really liked Andy. Rachel apologizes to Melinda when she realizes when Andy attacks Melinda again because he got to know what she told Rachel. Melinda was brave even though she was unexpectedly attacked by Andy for the second time. This time, she fought back before Andy could do anything that was seriously harmful to her and she threatened to stab him with a piece of sharp broken glass. This shows us how Melinda developed from a scared girl to a person who threatened to kill her

Melinda is emotionally traumatized and depressed after being raped at an end of summer party by Andy Evans.

Multiple personality Disorder, (MPD) was first recognized in the 1700’s but was not understood so therefore was soon forgotten. Many cases showed up during the years, but was overlooked, or misdiagnosed as either schizophrenia or psychosis. Many in the medical profession did not believe that a person could have more than one personality in a body, unknowingly, even after the 1950’s. In 1993, records show that three to five thousand people were being treated for MPD, compared to the hundred cases reported ten years earlier. The disease is commonly found in adults who were abused mentally, physically, emotionally, and or sexually as children, between birth to eight years of age. The child uses a process called disassociation to separate himself/herself from the abusive situation. This is when the child makes up a personality to take control of the mind and body. During abuse, usually there is a personality for every emotion and feeling when the abuse is taking place. Symptoms of the disease include: amnesia, hallucinations, depression, and suicidal thoughts, and tendencies, and there can be anywhere from two to over a hundred different personalities. Usually each personality will fall into one of the following categories: host, core, child, teenager, artistic, adult, animals, intimate members, self-helpers, persecutor, rescuer and helper. The child is usually under the age of twelve, with according behaviors,

According to “Healthy Place”, 89% of people who suffer from Dissociative identity disorder (or Multiple Personality Disorder) are misdiagnosed (B.J.). Therefore, Dissociative identity disorder is labeled as “The Hidden Epidemic,” because it is never diagnosed as it really is, but hidden by other illnesses (Slack pg. 43). Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is often triggered with traumatic events like experiencing severe abuse. People with Dissociative identity disorder can come to a realization that they are diagnosed if they start having symptoms such as self harm, mood swings etc. Some people think it is some other disorder or disease, but majority do not know what DID is or of they are diagnosed with it. Although DID is incurable, there

Mothers who also have borderline personality disorder will sometimes punish their children severely and not monitor their actions properly. Mothers with borderline personality disorder act differently than mothers without BPD, such as lashing out, not monitoring their children because of depression, and can lead to children mimicking their behavior or their bad habits. They can also get irritated with their children easier. Mothers who have borderline personality disorder will have a harder time being emotionally there for their children. Children are more likely to have attention disorders, aggressive behavior, or low self-esteem. Children may feel that their mothers love is toxic to them. Having borderline personality disorder as an adolescent

Anderson depicts how a once friendly girl can gradually change from being all bubbly to pessimistic. Ever since Melinda’s unfortunate mishap, she was no longer the same and that is completely normal because there are children who cannot comprehend what occurs and are not able to cope with all the emotions (“Sexual Abuse” 1). As a result, she shuts people out, spends her time alone, is mute, and isolates herself from others. But throughout the novel she did continue to make progress. Melinda does not want to see Andy hurt anyone else, so she writes an anonymous note and in it said, “he is not what he pretends to be. I heard he attacked a ninth-grader. Be very, very careful… P.S. Tell Greta-Ingrid, too” (Anderson 152). She believes that it is essential for the girls to be careful provided that anything happens. Like Melinda, there are people who use their experience as an approach to reach out to

This movie was a pretty accurate portrayal of a patient with dependent personality, multi-phobic personality disorder, extreme need for family connections and acute separation anxiety. This movie is not only funny to watch but also a psychological movie for counselors to

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

According to the author “Therapist tend to believe their clients that they experienced childhood sexual abuse if they presented “symptomatology (low self-esteem, sexual dysfunction, self-destructive behavior), or body memories (voice frozen at young age, rash on body matching inflicted injury)” (Loftus, 1993). In the video, Divided Memories the author states that “Jane was under therapy for 6 years because she had grew up as a troubled young woman; after her mother confirmed the sexual abuse, Jane felt that everything make sense of all the things it didn’t make sense before” (Divided Memories).Researchers have created several experiments in order to determine the degree of memory construction. According to the author “the creation of a fake story among college students during childhood proved that only 75% of the students refused to remember the event (Matlin & Farmer, 2016, p. 184). In addition, clinical therapist claim that individuals who had recovered memories claim that always or in the majority of the times to feel uncomfortable (during adolescence or adulthood) around the individual who inflicted the sexual abuse.

Lesa, you made some excellent points in your assessment of the video of Mrs. Caldwell. The right amount of direction the therapist pushed Mrs. Caldwell to think about the correlation of her childhood experiences and her current situation. Mrs. Caldwell focused on the father figure role and how her father didn’t want her, however her husband loves his children. I believe the therapist wanted to point out to Mrs. Caldwell that even though her husband loves and wants his children he is not being a good father because of the abuse just as her father wasn’t. I believe in time Mrs. Caldwell will begin to recognize the similarities.

The video on sexual abuse is very interesting also. Sexual abuse and lifetime cycle of mental health diagnosis are in tandem with one another. Sexual abuse is related to anxiety, eating disorders, and PTSD, along with others. Sexual abuse survivors have increased need of clinical

Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D), also known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a mental disease and illness portrayed by at least two distinct personalities usually caused to avoid the victim/host of this illness from reflecting to old traumatic events/memories (Thomson, 1990). There are at least 200,000 cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder each year with women nine times more likely to be recipients of this disorder. A study by Nissen (cited by Gillig, P. M., 2009) states biological abusive relationships are to take into major account for the development of D.I.D. Whenever a drastic event happens in a person’s life, during those times our brains release cortisol and norepinephrine which have an influence on the brain. They influence the part of the brain that controls all our memories and where they are stored. Also, studies show after taking a picture of someone’s brain during a memory of a traumatic event, there is a decrease in the Broca’s Area, which helps translate your experiences into words to speak, and increases the area of the right hemisphere of your brain, which controls the emotion and visual stimulus. The memories/events are stored into a different part of your brain where it manifests itself into its own identity. Thus, when your mind is visited by these horrific memories, your brain copes with this by creating its own identity and personality to fit or protect itself from the event that

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