But I know that, in the case of MPD, the patient's Original Personality (yes, teachers, the only one they have) goes "into hiding" at the time of a life threatening assault before the age of seven. Therefore, there is "no one home" to have the Disorder of Identity. The Original Personality is the only one capable of having such a "false belief," but she is not in executive control of the body or participating in social life at all. But the Allisonian ISH I met in these patients had created all sorts of alters to run the body in the absence of the Original Personality.
Grade V hypnotizability is a characteristic of the Emotional Self and is a trait given to it at birth. This trait is accompanied by other characteristics, such as psychic abilities, exquisite sensitivity to the emotions of others, fantasy proneness, flamboyance, and "hysterical" traits of all kinds.
The first effect is dissociation of the Intellectual Self from the Emotional Self. The Intellectual Self (aka Essence, Risei) then sends the Emotional Self (aka Original Personality, Kanjou) into hiding somewhere in Thoughtspace, so the Original Personality abdicates executive control over the physical body. The Essence takes on the role of Inner Self Helper (Damage Control Officer) and has to go to work making the first False-Front Alter-Personality to run the body. The ISH designs and programs all alters to do whatever is necessary to keep the child alive.
Each alter is designed to do a job and only that job. It is endowed with characteristic traits which the Original Personality would have taken on, if it were in charge. The situation can be viewed as operating a doll factory, with only the outfits of clothes being produced. The doll, itself, is not present. The alters are the sets of clothes, but there is no doll inside any of them. Therefore, they cannot grow and change. They can only do what the ISH has programmed them to do.
DID
The essential feature of Dissociative Identity Disorder is the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (Criterion A) that recurrently take control of behavior (Criterion B). There is an inability to recall important personal information, the extent of which is too great to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness (Criterion C). The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition (Criterion D). In children, the symptoms cannot be attributed to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play
I always thought that maybe I was just.. a bit different, after all.. I've been living with it for like years and years.... and years....
... its strange isn't it...
somehow... I seem to fit all the criteria flat for having Multiple Personality Disorder AND Dissociative Identity Disorder
MPD
1) I had a life threatening encounter at 5 years old
2) There is no "One Home" to 'him', and he is unable to participate almost completely in social activities
3) There is one very obvious strange trait in me, which is the ability to live in my mind, and live in the world. One which I have full control (perceptibly) and one which I don't have any control at all.
4) The "hiding into Thoughtspace" seem to relate very well to both 'him' and me.
5) 'He' can be considered a "damage control officer" because he is ALOT stronger then me, and he has a 'false-front alter personality' too...
6) He has a goal and job too.... obviously.
DID
Criterion A) Obviously.
Criterion B) Within the transition period, I forget a lot of stuff that happened to me during that period, i.e. What I eat, what I did, who I met, where did I go etc.... It can happen simultaneously or one by one.
Criterion C) Yah. Its too obvious to be explained by mere forgetfulness
Criterion D) Nope.. I ain't sick or anything...
I.... wonder... =/
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