Would this be a symptom of a multiple personality disorder?

Question

Okay. I have a friend who used to call herself "Bloodrane" and thought she was evil, and etc. Now, she tells me shes a spy (Shes convinced she is, like no joke, she's told me she's not joking) and that she was sent to our school to spy on me, and 3 of her friends. She says she has a boss, who like has people watching me and her friends right as we speak outside our windows, etc. May I remind you, she is 15. Her father cusses her out everyday, and she kinda hates where she lives. She's totally convinced she's a spy, and that it's no joke. We had cops called to our school a day ago, two cop cars to be exact. She calims the police that were there were sent to "watch her", and etc. Could all this be a sign of immaturity, a multiple personality disorder, or a cry for attention or all three?. Mind you what her dad does is considered emotional abuse, cause he does cuss at her alot. She tells me that she can't fall in love with anyone until her mission(s) are done, and etc.

Answer 1

I have a cousin who exhibits very similar behavior. She is schizophrenic. She wasn't diagnosed until she was about 18. Apparently, the traumatic death of her mother triggered her episodes.

Answer 2

No, your friend is suffering from two major symptoms of schizophrenia, a psychotic mental illness. Those two symptoms are delusions and paranoia. Both of these symptoms are sub-symptoms of one bigger condition which sets schizophrenia apart from most mental illnesses: psychosis. Psychosis is only experienced by people who suffer from schizophrenia, severe mania during bipolar disorder manic episodes, psychotic major depression, and by people who use drugs that produce hallucinations.
Psychosis is characterized by hallucinations (perceptions that are not reality), which can be visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile (touching) and then delusions (false beliefs that are not culturally or religiously based and cannot be dissuaded by contrary evidence).
Unfortunately, schizophrenia and other illnesses which produce psychosis are usually long-term or life-long. People with schizophrenia can be divided into the thirds rule. 1/3 will recover and never have psychosis again. 1/3 will have episodes of psychosis, and 1/3 will never recover from the psychosis.
Fortunately, there are now widely available drugs which stop psychosis. One common example is respirdal, an anti-psychotic medication which stops psychosis gradually over approximately three weeks. After that, daily dosage can keep psychotic symptoms away for the rest of a person's life.
These drugs are now available because neuroscientists have discovered that psychosis is caused by an abnormally high number of dopamine 2 receptors in the brains of patients who experience psychosis. Anti-psychotic medications block dopamine absorption and therefore stop the psychosis.

I suggest that you do whatever it takes (within reason) to get your friend the mental health help that she needs. With psychotherapy, medication, and life-long self-awareness on her part and regular check-ups from doctors, your friend can lead a fulfilling life. Please do help her though. She needs it.

Answer 3

She could be seriously mentally ill, in that case it cold get much worse. Or she could just be doing all of this as a way of escapism from her miserable life. However very few people seriously have multiple personalities, and from what I've read about that it doesn't sound like what you are saying.

Answer 4

No not Multiply Personality Disorder but possibly Paranoid Schizophrenia.

Answer 5

this is a cry out for attention, she needs an adult to talk to and that is one she can trust,she is headed for a nervous breakdown, why isn't someone doing something about her father and where is the support in school?has anyone ever thought of reporting this man?verbal abuse is just as bad as getting punched,bruises heal but the mind is more vulnerable it can change who you are

Answer 6

Hi. I'm gonna e-mail you directly. It's what I do. I mentor mentally ill abused teen and grown women as a peer who's been threw it. I'm asfraid she's ill. I'll try to reach you. PEACE. KIM

Answer 7

If you're convinced that she's serious about all this spy crap, I'd seriously go see my school guidance counselor and tell her/him about this.

Answer 8

No...this is not MPD at all. I don't know exactly what it could be (schizophrenia? paranoia? delusion?) but I do know that MPD is very different than everything you are describing.

Answer 9

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