SH+2015+P6+Multiple-personality+disorder

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Multiple personality disorder affects modern society by causing chaotic lives and creating pain for the people who have it or are affected by it. In an essay about this disorder the author conveys, “ This makes living everyday life somewhat of a minefield, as almost anything can become a trigger and cause rapid and destabilising switching” (Spring). Multiple personality disorder causes the victim to create more than one distinct identity in order to cope with their behavior. This means that a person will be triggered and randomly change their personality. Something like this happening can really affect a person’s life and not only the person who has it but also the people around them and their loved ones. If a person is erratically changing the way they act, it can be very confusing and cause a lot of chaos in one’s life. The person’s loved ones may be pained because the person they love and know is not always there. While only about 1% of today’s population is affected by multiple personality disorder, it is an extremely burdensome disorder to deal with and affects these people and their loved ones very negatively.

Works Cited //"An Introduction to Dissociative Identity Disorder | Patient."// Patient. Web. 2 Aug. 2015.

//"Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)//: Signs, Symptoms, Treatment." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 02 Aug. 2015.

Fig.1. Kobayashi, Chaki. //"The Power of Belief: Dissociative Identity Disorder."// Our Mind Is the Limit. Web. 2 Aug. 2015.

//"Mental Disorders.//" Dissociative Identity Disorder. Web. 2 Aug. 2015.

Pais, Shobhai. //"Dissociative Identity Disorder .//" Dissociative Identity Disorder. Web. 2 Aug. 2015.

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The audience of Multiple Personality Disorder is anyone who has it, and anyone who is affected by it. According to written piece on this subject, dissociative identity disorder, a.k.a. Multiple Personality Disorder, is defined as, “a severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. Dissociative identity disorder is thought to stem from trauma experienced by the person with the disorder. The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism -- the person literally dissociates himself from a situation or experience that's too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with his conscious self” (WebMD.com). So, a person with this disorder separates himself or herself from the real world, and basically becomes a different person because they let their mind take over. This can affect their daily life because at any time, they could go into that state of dissociation, and become a different person, which could affect any situation that they are in. It would also really affect the people that are all around them. A person could be talking to someone with the disorder, and suddenly, that person could switch to a different identity very quickly. That new identity could be something potentially violent, so the people around them, or the secondary audience, would definitely be affected by that.

Works Cited // "Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder): Signs, Symptoms, Treatment." // WebMD. WebMD. Web. 2 Aug. 2015.

Fig.1. Grant, S. //"10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter - Listverse."// Listverse. 20 May 2013. Web. 3 Aug. 2015.

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Multiple Personality Disorder or D issociative Identity Disorder is a dangerous condition in which a person has multiple identities or personalities. In an informational article it was described that, “The ‘alters’ or different identities have their own age, sex, or race. Each has his or her own postures, gestures, and distinct way of talking. Sometimes the alters are imaginary people; sometimes they are animals. As each personality reveals itself and controls the individuals' behavior and thoughts, it's called ‘switching’”(WebMD.com). Stressors can evoke the switch and the individual can have fluctuations in their memory when it happens. Also, this condition is thought to be created from a traumatic event the person has experienced. When a situation becomes too much for them they cope by removing him or herself and subsequently letting their alters take over. This altogether makes the condition dangerous to the person and to others because the person loses himself or herself and behaves in ways they normally wouldn’t.

Works Cited //"Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder): Signs, Symptoms, Treatment."// WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 02 Aug. 2015.

Fig.1. //"Multiple Personalities."// By Paigeypoo243 on DeviantArt. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Aug. 2015.

Sydney Carruth: Historical
Fig.1. "How Dissociative Identity Disorder Affects a Person's Life - YAHown Care." YAHown Care Site Wide Activity RSS. N.p., 12 May 2015. Web. 03 Aug. 2015.

The historical background of multiple personality disorder affects the modern culture of today because it is the reason we have treatment options and knowledge of the disease. The very first case of multiple personality disorder was reported in 1811, however there was no name for it. Most people and doctors assumed the victim was merely insane and gave it no other thought until the 1900’s when hypnotic therapy became popular. For example, Pierre Janet, an important theorist in discovering MPD, thought the following, “Janet argued that hypnosis was actually a different type of divided conscious instead of someone being unconscious under hypnosis. He said this different state of consciousness was always there but would sometimes appear to be ‘different personalities’. His work is what the dissociation theory is based off of” (Rieber). Janet laid the groundwork for the official diagnostic that was formed in the 1980’s and theorized the hypnosis treatment plan. Another important figure in discovering what the disease is, and how to treat it was Morton Prince. He agreed with Janet's theory and attempted to further it, for example, “His theory dealt with different levels of thought process that he believed people had. Prince believed that his theory was promising because it explained why information could be recorded but not perceived in the conscious state but can be perceived in the subconscious state” (Rieber). Without these psychological theorists, the advancements made in discovering MPD would not have been possible. Therefore, there would not be the advanced level of treatment and understanding offered by medical professionals today. In other words, the early theorists paved the road for today’s psychologists and medical doctors.

Works Cited "Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder): Signs, Symptoms, Treatment." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 03 Aug. 2015

Fig.1. "How Dissociative Identity Disorder Affects a Person's Life - YAHown Care." YAHown Care Site Wide Activity RSS. N.p., 12 May 2015. Web. 03 Aug. 2015.

"History - Dissociative Identity Disorder." History - Dissociative Identity Disorder. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Aug. 2015.