Multiple Personality Disorders
Sometimes people undergo traumatic experiences in their lives that are either physical or mental and maybe even a combination of both. If the experience was so intense, and so horrible, that the mind didn't want to remember it, or possibly didn't know how to deal or cope with it, then that one experience has the power to split a person's mind into "another personality". If this happens, the other personality or personalities come out when a person who has MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) is put in a situation that he/she doesn't know how to handle or feels that the other personality can handle it better. People suffering from MPD also have the risk of developing some symptoms of MPD that include fugue and amnesia. Fugue is the loss of identity in which the person suffering from fugue would not know who they are, who their family and friends are, where they worked, etc. Amnesia is a temporary loss of memory. If a person experiences amnesia they are not going to remember a specific event or experience in their life. People with amnesia know who they are but do not know of a traumatic event that happened in their life. If someone has MPD then fugue and/or amnesia are most likely present
as well. I will be writing brief descriptions of a few people who suffer from multiple personality disorder. Gretchen, John, Barb, and Beth plus are all people diagnosed with MPD. Beth plus has many personalities. Beth is married with children. Some of Beth's personalities include: "Beth Ann" who is an eight year old girl. "Margaret", remembers bad side of abuser. "Megan" remembers the good side of abuser. "Frenchy", twenty-three year old female nymphomaniac who came out to deal with the sexual abuse. "Billy" is an eighteen year old male who is the "protector" personality. "Cheyanne" is a six year old girl and was the first multiple to appear to the therapist. "Janet" comes out to drive. "Carol" comes out to grocery shop. "Mary" is the financial keeper. "Skeptic" claims that Beth is a liar and is acting everything. "Yardwoman" takes care of the yard. Beth once caused her family to be $6,000 in debt because all her personalities had a combined seventeen credit cards and ran them up. Beth was abused and raped from age ten until the age fourteen. Barb has been married for nine years and has three children. Barb has many personalities and has no control over any of them. One personality, Mae, acts like a child and comes out sometimes when she passes toys, or is around something childish. The way Mae talks, her thoughts, and her sight, is equal to that of a five year old. One time Barb woke up and her husband was sleeping next to her, and she didn't know who she was and she told her husband that she was nine years old. Barb has been to therapy for depression; she was also physically, sexually, and mentally abused a
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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