Movie Review: Psych 270: A Dissociative Mind

A Dissociative Mind

Breana Hoynes

Bismarck State College

Psych 270

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 them selves. Every person is different in the way they cope with things. Some people cope with life factors by 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

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 to 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” (BOOK); a period of time where the person is unable to recall certain events that occurred in that time

He was devastated and his confidence was completely gone. From that day forward, Charlie felt alone. He let people use him, which led him being unable to confront people. He would never talk about what happened that day. He would keep his feeling suppressed inside which led up to the building of all these emotions. He dealt with this along side of raising 3 kids all by himself. In a way of coping with all these emotions over the years, he developed symptoms of DID. Hank was an escape from reality for Charlie, even though he did not know it. Hank was the personality that did everything that Charlie was unable to do. Hank was the confident and loud type. He said and did everything Charlie should have done over the years. It was building up for many years that it resulted in an alter personality. Hank gained controlled over Charlie and was able to come and go as he pleases. Charlie had no idea about this Hank man besides of what others would tell him. Hank on the other hand knew about Charlie. Being said, that supports the idea that the “host personality is unaware of other identities”