Multiple personality disorder

The multiple personalities of “Sybil”.

The Multiple Personalities of “Sybil”.

In the movie “Sybil”, Sybil has multiple personality disorder. This means that she has a rare disorder in which two or more distinct and different personalities live within one person. Multiple personality disorder is often caused by physical and sexual abuse in children (NAMI, 1996). Sybil created an escape and defense from the abuse she suffered. Different personalities were created to help her with everyday problems; this is called dissociation. Healing from this illness is a very long, hard process. A therapist has to earn a close relationship to the patient and as many of the alter personalities as possible. Eventually, after working with a therapist for a while, a patient can learn to start dealing with everyday problems without using alter personalities.

“Sybil” has many different personalities in the movie. Her main personality is a sweet, quiet, confused substitute teacher. At first she has no idea of her condition. “Sybil” just

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