Multiple Personalities

Multiple Personalities

  • Yes I know someone with Multiple Personalities

    Votes: 19 47.5%

  • Yes I have Multiple Personalities

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • Yes I have & know someone with Multiple Personalities

    Votes: 2 5.0%

  • No I don't have or know someone with Multiple Personalities

    Votes: 16 40.0%

  • Don't really care about Multiple Personalities

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • Total voters
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deafmedicalpoet said:
Ahh gotcha.....but MPD is sort of weird, it is like you never know what is going to be coming out of a person with it.
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Right. And the even weirder part, is they don't know either.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
EOD (Emotional Disturbance) and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) are not same as ADD and ADHD... They are different.

EOD is the worst than ADD and ADHD.

I myself has ADD son... I helped him with therapies when he was a little boy... He is 13 years old now and his ADD behavior do not show anymore now...
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my little one (the one I adopted) has ODD and ADHD. I knew along that she has some kind of emotional problem because of her birth mother used drugs while she was pregnant. Been struggling for 6 years and finally took her to psychiatrist to have her put on medicine. What a major improvement since she started the med last month. I was hoping to avoid medication but I realized that her body / mind is chemically-unbalanced and there was nothing I can to do to improve her behaviors. Sigh..
 
As Far as I know with my 16 years of knowledge with medical things. I have researched the history of many things. I was shocked about 12-14 years ago about MPD's history. I found out this when I was searching the history: During the past decade in North America, a growing number of mental health professionals have reported that between 25% and 50% of their patients in treatment for multiple personality disorder (MPD) have recovered early childhood traumatic memories of ritual torture, incestuous rape, sexual debauchery, sacrificial murder, infanticide, and cannibalism perpetrated by members of clandestine satanic cults. Although hundreds of local and federal police investigations have failed to corroborate patients' therapeutically constructed accounts, because the satanic etiology of MPD is logically coherent with the neodissociative, traumatic theory of psychopathology, conspiracy theory has emerged as the nucleus of a consistent pattern of contemporary clinical interpretation. Resolutely logical and thoroughly operational, ultrascientific psychodemonology remains paradoxically oblivious to its own irrational premises. When the hermetic logic of conspiracy theory is stripped away by historical and socio/psychological analysis, however, the hypothetical perpetrators of satanic ritual abuse simply disappear, leaving in their wake the very real human suffering of all those who have been caught up in the social delusion.

The History I do see with MPD/DID States when it was starting to be seen and more so here is a good amount of my researched text to help show when we first understood it. I will also post the link too. Here it is: There have been stories throughout history of people who have behaved strangely, and who later were unable to recall their actions. But the first medical studies of what we now call MPD/DID did not appear until the 1800s. It was regarded as a very rare medical curiosity until the mid 1950's. Dr. Bennett Braun reports that a 1944 "review of the literature by Taylor and Martin found only 76 documented cases of MPD" worldwide prior to that time. 1 Ofshe & Watters refer to a 1979 study which found "only two hundred cases of MPD in all recorded medical history." 2 The appearance of Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT) in the 1980s gave therapists a method which appeared to recover images of early childhood abuse. These images often coalesced over time into memories which the therapist and patient believe were the root cause of MPD. Beliefs in Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) became popular about the same time. This gave a rationale for therapists to expect high levels of MPD in the general population. "By 1984 the number of reported cases had jumped to a thousand, and by 1989 to four thousand." 11 During the 1990s, "some psychiatrists and psychologists specializing in the treatment of MPD ...estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people" suffered from the disorder. 11

A fictional novel, presented as a documentary, The Three Faces of Eve (1956), described a woman who was believed to have three personalities. 6 This was the first multiple personality book to catch the attention of the public. It was later made into a movie in 1957. It had a profound effect on the public, convincing many that multiple personalities were both possible and common. Joanne Woodward won an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for her portrayal of Eve.

In 1968, MPD was defined in the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-II) as a hysterical neuroses. It was redefined in DSM-III (1980), as one of four dissociative disorders. These disorders have in common "a sudden, temporary alteration in the normally integrative functions of consciousness, identity, or motor behavior." MPD is differentiated from other dissociative disorders by the following symptoms:
bullet The individual switches between two or more distinct personalities
bullet Control of the individual is held by whichever personality is in control at a given time
bullet "Each individual personality is complex and integrated with its own unique behavior patterns and social relationships." 3

A second book, also presented as a documentary, described a woman who was believed to be possessed by 16 personalities. This was Sybil (1973). 7 It also came out in a made-for-TV movie version in 1976. Sally Field on an Emmy for her performance as Sybil. Joanne Woodward played the role of Sybil's mother. The movie made a major contribution to the public's perception and acceptance of MPD.

Dr. Herbert Spiegel was Sybil's backup therapist when her main psychiatrist, Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, was out of town. He concluded that Sybil's "personalities" were artificially generated during therapy when Dr. Wilbur gave names to Sybil's various emotional states. He said that Sybil told him that Dr. Wilbur wanted her "to be Helen" when she discussed a specific past occurrence. Dr. Spiegel suggested that she talk about the event simply as Sybil. "Then she discovered she didn't have to act like Helen in order to talk about it." 11,12,13

Audio tapes of Sybil's original therapeutic sessions have emerged; they confirm that the personalities were artificially generated by the therapist. Dr. Robert Rieber of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice obtained a set of audio tapes of conversation between Sybil, her psychiatrist and the author of the book. In a paper delivered to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1998-AUG, he said that the tapes show that the three were "not totally unaware" that the story that they told was wrong. "Yet at the same time they wished to believe it, no matter what. I would prefer to believe that there was as much self-deception as deception of others. They were not malicious people." 4

This novel/movie first introduced the concept that abuse during early childhood was a cause of MPD. This belief has since gained near universal acceptance among MPD therapists.

The American Psychiatric Association renamed MPD as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) in DSM-IV (1994).

As increasing numbers of therapists became active in the MPD field, new concepts were introduced. Patients were no longer limited to only a few alters. The novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) -- "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1866) -- described two alters. "Eve" in the 1950s had three; Sybil had 16. More recently, therapists uncovered dozens of alters - even hundreds, and eventually as many as 4,500 within some individuals. Alters "may present themselves as differing from the body in age, appearance, sex, language and even species. Some therapists claim to have uncovered vegetable and even inanimate personalities." 3 Some alters appear as animals; others are inanimate objects, like clouds. 5 Different personalities exhibit different speech patterns, mannerisms, attitudes, thoughts, and gender. Alters are said to differ in allergies, handedness, eyeglass prescription or even the presence/absence of diabetes. "Some alters are allergic to penicillin or certain foods, whereas the host personality is not." 8

According to the DSM, the client is under the control of one personality or alter at a time; she/he usually cannot recall events that happened when the other alters were in control.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the number of people diagnosed with MPD increased enormously. 40,000 cases of MPD were diagnosed between 1985 and 1995. 10 In 1998, there were over two dozen clinics in North America which specialize in this disorder.

The site that I read it at is: MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Well I will post more as to when I am able to find my old searches
 
OH OK!! I guess I can understand how she felt then. Maybe also the parents had her do it to learn to comunicate more with the deaf? I don't know how she got by the school system though, unless they got paid more for her to go to school there. Never know:ugh3:




jazzy said:
U have to remember some KODA tend to pretend to be deaf alike their deaf parents and deaf sibilings. I used to babysit one deaf family and they have one youngest sibling, only one who is not deaf. He had to be alike them, be deaf and not speaking. I remember my then boyfriend made him to speak when he asked him what do u want from burger king. He finally spoke. Thing with this woman I used went to school with, her parents believed she was deaf so they send her to deaf school. She accepted it and play along. I do not know how she slipped thru school system by not with our teacher who suspected it but allowed her to stay in our program. That is all she knew how. She never felt fit in hearing world but in deaf world. Truly sad.
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Oh jazzy..I'm so sorry to hear:hug:
You know when I made this thread, it was not my intention to upset you or anyone else about these things. Any type of Mental Illness is not fun regardless what it is. It really sucks to have to be medicated to anything even if its not Mental Illness.


jazzy said:
Let me telling u something, very personal experience I am about to expose to u and others on this AD. I went from sane one day to very sick within few weeks and landed me in hospital all because it came down to herb diets I was taking and I sweared thought I was being possessed by some unknown being. But truthfully it was never happen, only thing I was did by allowed it happened to me. I lost self control and almost died because my brain was not fucntion properly with those herb diets and starve my brain and my body. It led me to alike having MDP which it is not. Finally it hit me hard at the bottom so I went back to eat junk food and took me few years to bring my body back to normal but alot of damaged to my body. I believe so many people who is similar as mine came from somewhere else not from mental illness alike I did with herb dieting which I made biggest mistake. For some reason I do not beleive in those word MDP. I have problem with people who labeling others, oh I know of someone who has MDP, what hell does this person know about them? They can not say it unless they were in their shoes as I had. I do not like anyone to say I have MPD which I knew it was all lies. Thank God I am on medicine to help my one of malfunction gland to keep me normal.
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Sorry to hear about your nephew Liebling:))):hug:

Things like that happening at a young adult age is not a very good start for the good years to come & feel so sorry for him.




Liebling:-))) said:
Oh dear, I´m very sorry how and what you had through. :hug:

I can tell from your description that you do not have MPD but eat disorder. I know what I´m saying because my nephew has sort of MPD... He use few different personailities a day. (He obessed cleanness as neat person... when he go somewhere and act different into violence/aggressive.... and like to dirt his body... then next day he is panic and don´t know why dirt on him... so he obessed to cleaness more and more... wash dirt off and become obessed cleaness... He has problem with relationships - He is only 21 years old .. .what a sad :( ) He has EOD when he was a little boy... very problem with emotional disorder...
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He is very lucky to have a loving, wonderful, caring Aunt like you:aw:


Liebling:-))) said:
Thanks... I still feel bad for him... He is such lovely lad... *sigh* He hate his mother for that.. .really hate her... I told him to try to keep his mother in good memory.

Yes, my nephew see therapy a lot because he want the help which is a good. His ED behavior is terrible one but I really have no problem with him. He like to talk to me and my both sons... My Dad & siblings often tell me how and what he did to them... of course he beat them up... his own mother, Uncle, Aunt & Grandpa... He destory furniture with knife... trouble with police dozen of times for mugged people for money.... Oh my dear... I saw him for a first time last May 2006 after 5 years no see... he was in secure home, that´s time... He is very nice to me and hug and kiss me... like to talk with me... share the photos together... I saw how/why/where he come from.... Example: he go to pick milk up from fridge and was about drink... My Dad blew his head up and scream on him... to not drink milk without ask him permission etc... I saw how my nephew´s behavior... oh my god... I tried to stop my nephew... He did not push or hurt me up and move me back gentle and go off... My brother told my Dad off and ran after him... I told Dad that he should not do that... Please calm down and have a good talk to him, not jump.. it make him worst... I begged him to :hug: him but Dad said that he cannot hug him... I see now where my nephew come from... what a :( he can´t control his temper when they jump and attack him... Dad don´t like when I invite him to have a dinner because of his lazy.. .no job, etc... don´t like him to come for foods etc... He began to have the problem with his different personalities when he become fully adult.

It´s good thing is my niece and I contact each other via email... yes we talked about him, her brother. I know more and more where he come from... I tried to help her what I can...
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Either way one or the other is not fun to have. I'm very familar with ADD/ADHD also. But its something that doesn't have to ruin your life.:)




Liebling:-))) said:
EOD (Emotional Disturbance) and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) are not same as ADD and ADHD... They are different.

EOD is the worst than ADD and ADHD.

I myself has ADD son... I helped him with therapies when he was a little boy... He is 13 years old now and his ADD behavior do not show anymore now...
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EyesBlueDeaf said:
Thought you'd be interested in learning more about Sybil Dorsett Sybil Isabel Dorsett I found this link interesting.
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Yeah, I just said it in my previous post earlier in this thread. lol Now you mentioned it. :lol:

Sybil Isabel Dorsett wasn't her real name. She passed away in late 1990's, I think.

Her real name was Shirley Ardell Mason.
 
I'm really glad that this thread didnt get locked up because we are actually learning alot from it :ty:
 
Thank you for nice compliment, jillio & JLKWildKat... :hug:

Yes, it's not very easy but I hope him best for his future...
 
EyesBlueDeaf said:
my little one (the one I adopted) has ODD and ADHD. I knew along that she has some kind of emotional problem because of her birth mother used drugs while she was pregnant. Been struggling for 6 years and finally took her to psychiatrist to have her put on medicine. What a major improvement since she started the med last month. I was hoping to avoid medication but I realized that her body / mind is chemically-unbalanced and there was nothing I can to do to improve her behaviors. Sigh..
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Oh dear, I know it's not very easy job for the parents to care of problematic children like this. I noticed my son's movement when he was 6 months old... I knew it's not normal... Of course I check with child pysican... He suggested me to wait for few years... He confirmed my son has ADD thru test. He send us to therapy to improve his behavior development... It took me over 2 years to accompany him to therapies... I choose to not give him medication but therapy... I aware that the therapy is not alway work on all children but medication. The therapy tried to do everything with tips until it work on them then no medciation necassary. I know and agree with you about medication. I can feel your pain when you see something change on your daughter's body & mind. *sigh :hug:*
 
sorry to ask this but ADD, ADHD, ED, ODD, MPD/DID, BPD and another BPD. How are these all related??? Very confusing!! ouchies with trying to understand them all. CAn JLFWildKat or someone clear this for me please? Even with my 16 years of medical research.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
Oh dear, I´m very sorry how and what you had through. :hug:

I can tell from your description that you do not have MPD but eat disorder. I know what I´m saying because my nephew has sort of MPD... He use few different personailities a day. (He obessed cleanness as neat person... when he go somewhere and act different into violence/aggressive.... and like to dirt his body... then next day he is panic and don´t know why dirt on him... so he obessed to cleaness more and more... wash dirt off and become obessed cleaness... He has problem with relationships - He is only 21 years old .. .what a sad :( ) He has EOD when he was a little boy... very problem with emotional disorder...
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Thank you for concern and (((((hug)))) about your nephew. Sound alike your nephew has OCD. Obession Complsive Disorder, not alike MDP. But then again I am not professional to say this. My husand has little bit OCD because of his learning disablitiy, everything has to be right order so he won't get confuse but he also has panic attack and anxiety attacks now unlikely before. I guess it goes with his chronic pain from failing surgery on his shoulder three years ago. Yeah I do have eating disorder not alike bulima or anerioxa but was obession to stay fit and eat right kind of food and take herbs. After that I stay away from it and end up got diabetic. Oh well.
 
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