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ClassIsInSession -> RE: Multiple Personality Disorder (8/22/2011 1:02:14 PM)
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I personally knew a girl in college that was a true MPD and she had at one time something like 8 personalities and had integrated all but 2 by the time we met. It's a very real and valid albeit rare condition. It doesn't however typically manifest in extremes of violence, though varying alters may be say more lewd, or prone to criminal behavior. You have a lot going on with this kid.
Another possilibility and I'm sure I'll raise the controversy here, is that it could in fact be possession. However, if that is the case, you would typically see some supernatural phenoma, things like spontaneous bruising/scratches, speaking in other languages, telekinesis and the like. I know this isn't widely believed in, but I have encountered situations that warrant the consideration that it's possible. Whether you want to take the stance that these would be archetypes or another psychological mechanism or a true "demon" or "evil spirit" in my mind is irrelevant if for practical purposes treatment through exorcism by a qualified priest or shaman was performed.
In both cases, whether dealing with psychiatrists or theologians, realize, that the potential for having a good or bad practitioner, is always an adjunct problem of its own. Psychology and psychiatry still have a long way to go as sciences.
It's a tragic case for sure.
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