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Multiple Personalits
Documen tary

end.I haUe
to watch the
film to the
Was apprehensINe about Contioung
ingfes
and iet out a decp sigh euery few
fake a moment t6 muself
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happeoing in this movie.By

the ena of 0
DEcausecan4qrasp whoat
Disorder (M.P-D)
toncluded that people with Multiple
Pcrsonality
film, oan
show
whom expeci.enced traumatic eveats as children,
most o
wITD
extraordinary capacity o the miod to devise pewN Ways of_coping
es illus tcates the
fhe ttemendous trauma they uufferced. Their (toci
roc gel4 =healing
when ceuegiing its deeps
mind's temarkable capalbilty
eccets

Joho,a0d barb,
A thost tragedies had uPeng.eq_ the ises of Gretchc0,
saddeas me t h a t man9
eif bbth fury and uymp.athuor them.Jt
peeded. They wec
peopie may haue NP.D but nevc get the help 4hey
Once chldren who lacked the uuppo.cf cutem hec.esarcu or tnem
td
ac
flourish and dtueldp o heic mot tremendous pojentialThe
that their abusers Ce immuat 0 leaa) Consequ.e.nces Just make thngs
WOCSe. fheu possibly Ctil CXISt fodaq, unrepentanf for theic uciOnS

refcheo made an cf{ort jo really uve, not justCxisT. At ficst, she dida't
thiok it was btcause of hec Chulas trouna , as h e raid sh e had manu

the defense
happu Childhood _memories. And then |remem berca
mechanism ot repression An act.of brain unconsciously repressing
tcaumatic and elf-destroying memories to profect Garetcme0 as a

ChttdSoe tnen ins tiactwely Cbostucts a perso nality that can cave
her wnen nceded, nowever,Gretchen_also ha s a harmful personaltu
where uhe Constantly mutilates henself for years Despite that

thc_displays coucagtunil PnE ena 9inSIS Hin9 gheLShcs to coatioce

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lhing: Gretchen beli eves she cant move pac what happen ed Ho
htc uniesS che fuly understands uhat occueced and nas had a Chance

fo deal wth it. Her

body and ife ace in danger, ruggies
and uhe t
0
Keep hem aliveI believt Ahat uhc go1 MPD because h e strong
aEsires fo bury her painí ul expeeiences and Icately cauced conflucts-

fier brain tarted to shut down as uhe inally knew the trutn and

KneN htr abuser. fhis is how Gretch ecn protected herself wDen.
h e wOC a
cnild

un thc other nand.John has upit personaities due ts being cexually

rapta by numerous peoplc. includin.q a piiest,and thtn-being ele cfro

CAfea
by placing q box oflist wices in his fcet nands,tomach,
and
genitalia. His uutfering as qeeatiy exacerbated by this. with
aretcheaj things are lignt ly diff erent beca ue Joan ic auare oii
hisbther persdnas_are up tD He hag aluaus known theu were
there and nas esen communicated uuth them Stin,he nasrationa
1edthi as a natural and unconrcuous ocCurence,notrealizing
that rhes were the uolc es o4 traunatize d childrea(him aB diff.

0qes ut the yoices neNer ceR.al Sohn 6wn histoco0 of abuse.

When tne gituation calls foc id, his bBher self emergeS, prott.cting
John i0 the bbu eruec colt much k e Scouts does foc Soho Scout
claimed that he bccauioRalls pOJIdes Johoa with Hhe de tails ne
needs fhe ofh ec ecion of himselfJohouis a ten ycac old bog,
CLna tne other persdna driueS quite quickIq.
Ac a police officer,nc advocatcs fo child buse and lookKs
for muder weapons As a resulf,t_ Conçiuded that John unconcCibuS
choice to ursue his Chosen fitld was Anfluencta by nis repressed
frelings oj abuse and a desie to help othecc

Tn the meanFime , bacb is a wft and a mother_0f two mall daua htec
a d she.too Sufters rom MPD
Uh0itrucK me mos about the
Oerconaltu cwap wacthat at0ge 9barb has pecfect
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Ana
Batb utars thick y g l a s c e s .
Whereas the prtseni- day
upCan g to mind. S Alll
brain uddenly
then thr Ana Phy oF the
ea
why Barbk euecigni impro
d want to hear the th Cories on

personality.
tha1s tecrific. Ana
of other
her
auring an episode because h e
wds

b e l i e v e that barb endurcd the most poin

foTaTC

pnyuical, and uey ual

tCTed to psucholoqucal <piritual.
fof a cnsiderobie time at aoung age
apuse all o NS a r b to moUt o
Amneg\a for her childhood

b u t tht trauma is neuer h6nestlu orgo11Co

wtn her lift
in the broios b hec altefna
pecolle.ciionu are stotd
Ihose
tell pacos
NItN Ahtir on stories to
indiuiduals
elues. Unique
ip

dad would nvte friends buer who NeR Nilling to cng0g

hed make mon eu 64f O4it ou
Sexual activitq NIth_heC, and
having his frieods pay tor privelege
tne
daugnicr barb father
Instedd oi louung and protecting bis
couldo't p nysically ercapt
Cause her unLmaquoable an0uish. barb
memocies 6 tortuct
her father, sbdhe tcans fecced hec darkes
barb Created a pecconality
t a differe.n Nercion of herself:
to tolerate her abuse A pe.csona that
hai made it_Easier
focm-
thioksana feels peculiarluy_reg.arding hec physical

Thanks tb Psuchology fhe pemay tceadme ot or multiple peccOnalite

disorder mode porrible,wnich ic long-ieem psychstherapy

deconstruct and integrate tne dit ferer perzonaiuties into sne.
I'm also thanicfuly watchung this film.Inow houe a better grasp
of M-P.D. and he xperienceu ot otnens who Guffers fro m itthi_
exprrience has pcepaced me for my futuret role ac a nucse by

teachinq_me now to have heraptuticConuercations l t h patitnts

Ond adUOCate for preuenting child abuse and neqlect.

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