Behind Closed Doors: The Correlation Between Multiple Personality Disorder And Child Abuse

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we hear it from "the voices."

Using the psychoanalytical approach, I will show how past abusive experiences
have driven some to MPD. Citing case studies from such books as When Rabbit
Howls, The Truddi Chase Story, Sybil, and Jennifer and Herselves the correlation
between MPD and abuse will be made. There are more similarities to these
examples than just MPD, all were driven to MPD due to excessive physical, ual,
or emotional abuse from a parental figure. Also, each of these studies show the
cause and effects this disorder has on .

Most MPD sufferers are , in fact female MPD sufferers outnumber men by a
ratio of nine to one (Hales, 1993). This may be true because will keep
their feelings of hostility toward others to themselves, whereas men would be
more likely to lash out in random acts of . For instance, Anna doesn't
want to believe that she is getting beaten, so she believes if she becomes
someone else, it is not really her that is taking the ...

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A male, who is either protector or abuser. A strong female, who
doesn't need anyone, and assorted other personalities.

But are the personalities just personalities? Not in their mind. Multiples
believe that they are all different people, they just happen to be sharing the
same body, they can be brothers, sisters, or just close friends. As strange as
it sounds, this statement may have some bearing. Psychologists have long been
able to tell their patients apart from "the others," just by their faces, body
language and posture change, they actually look like someone else. Tests have
also shown that each personality has its own blood pressure, heart rate, and so
on. It ...

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