I have suffered from depression and anxiety since I was nine years old, and since around that time I have lived as two-the one before and the one that appeared mid-childhood. When alone, or with people I have known since I was nine I am Amelia. And when I am at school (sophomore) or around strangers of any kind I am an insecure young girl, Lucie. It has never been and ideal situation, but it worked well enough. Neither of us have control over the other, we are seperate. The people I could really trust took the time to get to know both of us. Within the past year or so though, different people have been popping out of strange places. I will speak in a different voice, and do all sorts of things both Amelia and Lucie would be horrified by. Some of them are cruel. It creates trouble, and having so many voices in my head holding conversations and watching for an opportunity to surface is maddening. Each one of us is afraid of dissapearing, of dying. What is happening?
2007-12-29 20:04:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
You don't have MPD...or you wouldn't know about the other one or what the other one is doing...you would be in fact, in total denial and probably become extremely angry at the suggestion that there are two...now you might just think that you have two personalities but it sounds like to me, that you were extremely traumatized at the age of nine, and it left you feeling like you needed to create another personality to survive...I do think you should get into some therapy, and I also think that you should pray on this deeply, and sincerely....
2007-12-29 20:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by MotherKittyKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With MPD you have no awareness of the other personalities and what they are doing.
Sounds like you may have a very active imagination or trying to push your own negative behavior onto some other personality. It is very very rare that a person actually has this and most smart psychiatrists can see through it. I've had many people try to pass themselves off as this and the first sign is that they have an awareness of the "personalities". In fact, it is no longer even referred to as multiple personalities. You'll do much better in life if you start working on your real problems rather than creating one that most likely doesn't exist.
2007-12-29 20:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it could be a mild form of MPD, having psychotic episodes (or dissociative episodes) the fact that you are aware of them means that you can seek help before it gets out of hand. see a GP or go to another health proffessional, they can help you!
my mum is exactly the same, she has MPD but she can sometimes recall the dissociative incident, i have inherited that too, i dissociate but am aware of it... im sorry i really dont know if its the right diagnosis or not, i just know what its like.
hope you get the help you need! take care
2007-12-29 20:49:57 · answer #3 · answered by Bethany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mental Health textbooks state that one personality cannot have knowledge of another personality existing within the same mind.
You may be labeling different aspects of how you feel. You feel like Amelia when you are lonely.
The auditory hallucinations may be different voices and may speak to one another with you listening to them, but different personalities cannot interact by my understanding.
2007-12-29 20:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by Dillon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could be having schizoid episodes or MPD. The fact that you are still lucid enough to distinguish the personalities is good. Please seek a psychiatrist for proper diagnosis. Good luck - I know you are suffering.
2007-12-29 20:11:22 · answer #5 · answered by Crissy H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋