What is your take on multiple personality disorder?

Question

This is for a college class. Get peoples perspective on this disorder, do you think it could be possession? I would appreciate any answers. Have a nice day.

Answer 1

Boy, could I give you an earful...Yes, I do think it can be a possession...I have known someone like this...I have actually seen their face change, when the other personality comes through...one side of them is kind, and loving and meek...when the other one 'takes' over..it was like watching a deviant,..a sadisitic, cruel animal torturer,...a monster,...and the person I saw,...didn't remember doing any of it..even to the point of trying to hurt someone he loved...and always ran from anything to do with Christ Jesus...yes..I also believe what the Bible tells us about demon possession...I think that a certain mental illness, is nothing less than that..and many will agree with me...email me if you want..I can give you an earful. and why I believe it is a demonic possession..

Answer 2

No i don't think it is possession, I have known a lady who suffered from multiple personality disorder for many years. It is sparked by events in ones life that are painful and the individual is unable to cope so they invent another "personality" that can take over and deal with the situation. each person can invent as many personalities as is needed to deal with things they are unable to handle.

Answer 3

I think people should stop trying to throw religion into every d*mn thing. That's what I think.

But to answer... No I do NOT think one is "possessed."

The Mind is a Very, VERY complicated, complex part of the body. We only use a small percentage of our brains so any and all is possible without proper explanation.

Answer 4

read the book, "When Rabbit Howls" if you haven't already. It is by the Troops for Trudi Chase. This book is an awe inspiring journey through her childhood to the realization of her troops. It describes her core's & the splits from them to form 92 different personalities. Religion was used as a tool by her mother & stepfather to '"make her behave." The book explains why, for her, religion is vile. Although, one of her personalities is a catholic nun, Sister Mary Catherine.
I have read it twice & couldn't put it down either time.

Answer 5

Multiple personality disorder, which is now called Dissociative Indentity Disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis described in the DSM 4th edition Revised as " the existence in an individual of two or more distinct personalities or ego-states, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. To qualify as dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder), at least two personalities must routinely take alternate control of the individual's behavior, and there must be a loss of memory that goes beyond normal forgetfulness. This memory loss is often referred to as "switching". These symptoms must occur independently of substance abuse or a general medical condition."

Dissociation can be described as a temporary mental escape (similar to self-hypnosis) from the fear and pain of the trauma. A person with DID, the most severe type of dissociative disorder, has two or more different personality states -- sometimes referred to as "alters" (short for alternate personality states) -- each of whom takes control over the person's behavior at some time. Each alter might have distinct traits, personal history, and way of thinking about and relating to his or her surroundings.

It is generally accepted that DID results from extreme and repeated trauma that occurs during important periods of development during childhood. The trauma often involves severe emotional, physical or sexual abuse, but also might be linked to a natural disaster or war. An important early loss, such as the loss of a parent, also might be a factor in the development of DID.

The fact that DID seems to run in families also suggests that there might be an inherited tendency to dissociate. DID appears to be more common in women than in men. This might be due to the higher rate of sexual abuse in females.

So to answer your question in short, NO it is not possession and as far as my perspecitive, yes it is a very real disorder although sometimes it is misdiagnosed or people may self-diagnosis themselves and say that they have it when they may not.

Answer 6

When a person at any age is faced with a crisis they can't or don't want to face ... their brain can handle it it in many ways .... one of which is to create a personality that can cope with the problem.... another is to forget it(temporal amnesia)