http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1200266.htm
In the movie, Me, Myself and Irene, Jim Carey plays a state trooper with two personalities - Hank and Charlie. He is told that a "split personality" is part of the diagnosis of his condition of "schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage". According to a Harris Poll conducted for the National Organization on Disability in the USA, about two-thirds of people surveyed believe that "split personality" is part of schizophrenia. But medically speaking, "split personality" has nothing to do with "schizophrenia".
(Paragraphs on "schizophrenia" here)
But let's get back to the mythical connection between schizophrenia and split personalities.
In the 19th Century, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about the two personalities of the good Dr. Jeckyll and the wicked Mr. Hyde in the body of one person. The term "Split Personality" re-entered the popular language in 1957, when C. H. Thigpen and H. M. Checkley wrote their famous book, The Three Faces of Eve, based on one of their patients. The popular belief was that the person would oscillate between two or more quite different personalities. Back then, the disorder was called Multiple Personality Disorder, but now it's been renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
Even so, the diagnosis is somewhat controversial. Some psychiatrists believe that DID is rare or non-existent, while others say that it is much more common than originally assumed. One of the very first cases of what we now know as DID was that of Mary Reynolds way back in 1817. Between 1817 and 1944, a total of only 76 cases of DID had been diagnosed. And indeed, in 1984, Thigpen and Checkley (the authors of The Three Faces of Eve) wrote that they were now doubtful of the accuracy of a diagnosis of MPD. In other words, maybe there's no such thing as "split personality".
(More paragraphs on "schizophrenia" here)
(Paragraphs on "schizophrenia" here)
But let's get back to the mythical connection between schizophrenia and split personalities.
In the 19th Century, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about the two personalities of the good Dr. Jeckyll and the wicked Mr. Hyde in the body of one person. The term "Split Personality" re-entered the popular language in 1957, when C. H. Thigpen and H. M. Checkley wrote their famous book, The Three Faces of Eve, based on one of their patients. The popular belief was that the person would oscillate between two or more quite different personalities. Back then, the disorder was called Multiple Personality Disorder, but now it's been renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
Even so, the diagnosis is somewhat controversial. Some psychiatrists believe that DID is rare or non-existent, while others say that it is much more common than originally assumed. One of the very first cases of what we now know as DID was that of Mary Reynolds way back in 1817. Between 1817 and 1944, a total of only 76 cases of DID had been diagnosed. And indeed, in 1984, Thigpen and Checkley (the authors of The Three Faces of Eve) wrote that they were now doubtful of the accuracy of a diagnosis of MPD. In other words, maybe there's no such thing as "split personality".
(More paragraphs on "schizophrenia" here)
I have a few little buddies. They live in my head, and often control me. Here they are in age order.
Name: Nashwa
Age: Nashwa dates back to old Egypt
Profession: Tombrobber
Hobbies: Painting my face
Name: Hoshiko
Age: 506. I'm not sure if thats her actual age. She claims to be from Feudal Japan.
Profession: Female Samurai
Hobbies: Chasing Rei-tei with sticks.
Name: Mika
Age: 456. She's 50 years younger that Hoshiko.
Profession: Ninja
Hobbies: Cursing off Hoshiko
Name: Chakalaluka
Age: 406 or 306. She's a hippy.
Profession: Student at death.
Hobbies: Trying to break up Hoshiko and Mika
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