Regarding the movie "SPILT" (Chinese translation: "Split"), foreign patients with dissociative identity disorder (DID, namely multiple personality disorder/schizophrenia MPD) have pointed out that this drama not only does not truthfully reflect dissociative identity disorder The real situation will further increase the public's misunderstanding of it, and aggravate stigma and misunderstanding. Movies that use split personality as a gimmick but are full of bad information will only plague their lives with trauma and dissociation, suffer more unnecessary suffering, and make it more difficult for them to get proper support.
The following information, chat for reference:
● The prevalence rate of DID in the general population may be as high as 1% to 3%, and the prevalence rate in the psychiatric patient group is higher (ISSTD, 2011; Şar, 2011)
● DID is an internationally recognized mental illness. Both the American Psychiatric Association's "DSM-5" and the World Health Organization's "ICD-10" clearly state that DID/MPD is an official psychiatric diagnosis
● People suffering from psychological problems are not necessarily more violent or aggressive than others
● Most DID lives will not be as dramatic as described in Hollywood movies or fictional plots
● DID patients can also have good abilities. They usually have good thinking skills (such as logic and memory) and artistic talents. In fact, many DID patients are professionals or have high social achievements (for example, Robert Oxnam is a former White House consultant, Herschel Walker is a famous athlete, and Dr. Cameron West, author of the autobiographical documentary novel "First-person Plural/24 Personality", is a PhD in psychology)
● DID is "the ultimate survival mechanism for smart children in the face of unbearable suffering"-Dr. Jeffrey Smith
● DID patients may know that they have other parts of their personality, or they may not know that each personality supports each other from time to time
● The appearance of alternate personality is to protect each other and survive the plight of life full of misfortune
● Patients with DID are usually not easily detected, and sudden personality changes are rarely revealed
● In many countries and regions, DID patients are often misdiagnosed as other psychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
● DID patients are more likely to have more positive symptoms (Schneiderian first-rank symptoms) (such as auditory hallucinations, hallucinations) than schizophrenia patients (Ellason & Ross, 1995)
● DID is closely related to childhood trauma. The experience of childhood adversity can have a profound negative impact on a person’s physical and mental health
● With appropriate support, DID ──just like other post-traumatic psychological disorders──can recover well
● In the treatment of DID, psychological intervention is the first priority, while drug treatment is only auxiliary (ISSTD, 2011; Steinberg & Schnall, 2000)
// In fact, while people with DID are organized differently inside (instead of one identity, we have several “alter” identities) we're no more likely to hurt people than anyone else. Our alters are there to protect us and to help us function in spite of our emotional wounds. //
See: "How the New M. Night Shyamalan Movie Hurts People With Dissociative Identity Disorder" (https://themighty.com/2016/12/split-dissociative-identity-disorder/)
For new knowledge about DID, please refer to:
International Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) website, http://www.isst-d.org/
International academic journal "Journal of Trauma and Dissociation", http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjtd20/current
"Trauma and Dissociation" Trauma and Dissociation Facebook page
Full text quoted from Andy HW Fung Hong Kong Dissociation Disorder Concern Association
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