Descriptive Identity Disorder In The Movie: A Dissociative Mind

A Dissociative Mind

People go through hardships every single day in their life. When no one is around to protect them they have no other choice besides to stand up for themselves. Every person is different in the way they cope with things. Some people cope with life in different ways such as eating, exercising, while some may make their mind wander to different places. When people make their minds believe that they are in a different place or situation it is called dissociation. According to BehaveNet, dissociative identity disorder is an “alteration of two or more distinct personality states” (1995 p. 1). Dissociative identity disorder is rare among the rest of the dissociative disorders and one that is commonly missed diagnosed.

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Instead of the man getting up and doing it himself, he threw his keys to Charlie and made a rude comment. Since the personality of Charlie does not confront people, he did as he was told. As Charlie walks towards the car there is a noticeable difference about him. He begins to walk with a harder step, more of a rough look on his face, and becomes very blunt as he walks by people. It becomes obvious that this was a different personality since he drives the car right through the front window of the barber where his friends remained talking. It was clear that the personality of Hank was the one that was driving the car and caused such a scene. Later on in the movie when the personality of Charlie was present, he was asked about the incident. Charlie sat there confused and had no recollection of what had recently occurred. Another major symptom of DID. A person diagnosed with DID has “memory gaps” (Nevid et al., p.202); a period of time where the person is unable to recall certain events that occurred in that time

Hank would come out whenever and Charlie had no control. Hank would cause trouble around town. Charlie would be present one second and then Hank would come out and cause major problems. An example of this would be when Charlie and another character were out to eat. One second it was Charlie who was all quite and nice and then Hank would appear. Hank made very rude comments to the waiter who became very surprised with what he said. The waiter fought back and it ended up in a fight in the restaurant. Hank ended up getting kicked out of the restaurant. Once the personality of Charlie was back, he was not able to recall anything that happened. He was shocked when he was told about what happened and what he said. Charlie did not believe that he was the one that said such things. No recollection of events that occurred is a clear symptom of DID. Since Charlie was unable to recall certain events he was eventually fired from the police station. His boss claimed that he was a liability. The fact that Charlie could not explain why these certain events occurred they could not handle having him on the