multiple personality disorder stories

Multiple Personality Disorder Stories

The stranger within….

Do multiple personality disorder stories really exist? This question remained unanswered for many years until this condition also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder was formally identified in the first years of the 20th century and gained popularity in recent years wherein more than 200 cases were registered. Since childhood, we are obsessed by the fairy tales which we hear from our parents and grandparents however as time goes by, most of us forget them and start living in reality however there are some who are left behind in the shadows of darkness wherein they keep on looking for a magic door and lost kingdoms.

Different stories concede various mesmerizing insights which raised challenging questions about the unconscious mind. Do we all have an alter ego??? Is there any relationship between remembering and forgetting? What do people exactly mean by personality development???? These questions aroused when people heard different multiple personality disorder stories.

Researchers found theories based on these stories which believe that there is a second self, which is separate
from a one’s original personality. The separate and diverse personalities marked in these multiple personality disorder stories features unique behavior and professional interests. In order to study of the disorder, scientists used to monitor distinctive patterns with different inspiration activities of the multiple personalities. There are many people who are related to these multiple personality disorder stories and have captured everyone’s attention and have been described through books and films.

One was Sybil, a girl with the sixteen separate personalities emerged over a period of 40 years. This disorder was developed because of the result of horrendous childhood abuses. As per the researchers, the disorder is more common among females compared to males with ratio deviating from 9 to 1. The normal age for the start of the disorder is in early childhood however once this disorder is established, it will last for a lifetime if not treated at right time. The other symptoms in this disorder are depression, abuse, personality and eating disorders etc. There’s another story of Karen Overhill whose story got published in mail online few years ago. She was a victim for the same reasons. She had 17 alter egos aged from two to 34 to bear the burden of the abuse. She was physically abused by her father and grandfather during her childhood. She also drew a sketch of her all 17 alter egos. The doctor who is helping her in recovery got inspiration from her and had written a book to tell his experiences. There’s a famous movie of 1957 based on the true story of Chris Costner Sizemore, also known as Eve, a woman with 22 personalities. Joanne Woodward played the role in motion picture “The Three Faces of Eve”. And also Corbett Thigpen wrote the book with the same name title. Chris Costner Sizemore wrote a book titled I’m Eve, sharing her experiences as a multiple personality disorder patient.To conclude it won’t be wrong to say that treating our facts with imagination is one thing, however imagining them is different thing. So, whether multiple personality disorder stories exist or not, there are people who experienced it in their lifetime.