Krung Krung Files: Multiple Personality Disorder
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hide.
Harvey Dent. Two Face.
When I was still a university student back then, I used to take Abnormal Psychology as one of my subjects. Although, my course is not technically specializing in the clinical set-up, it still made me curious about the makings of the human mind and behavior. One of the fascinating topics that we have discussed in our AP is Multiple Personality Disorder.
What is Multiple Personality Disorder?
Dissociative Identity Disorder is the other term for Multiple Personality Disorder. Ano ba ang nangyayari sa isang tao kung meron siyang ganitong condition? All of us have one solid identity, as in pagkakakilanlan. Pero para sa isang tao na may MPD or DID, nagkakaroon ng isa pang katauhan within himself. Itong katauhan na ito or alter-ego exists somewhat independently than the other identity. Parang dalawang tao sa loob ng isang katawan.
Ano ba ang nagiging sanhi ng kakrung-krungan na ito?
Ayon sa ilang pagsusuri, ang MPD ay maaring resulta ng child abuse sa isang tao. Sa tindi ng pag-abuso, naging defense mechanism na nang taong yun ang pagbuo ng isang alter-ego to shield himself from the pain he is going through. Napakahirap i-diagnose ng kasong ito dahil madalas mapagkamalang schizophrenia or psychosis.
There are cases na sa dami ng identities ng isang pasyente na may MPD, talagang nakakagulantang kung sakaling ma-encounter mo ang isa pa nyang alter-ego. Parehas man ang mukha pero ang personalidad e tunay na kakaiba. There are times na parang nakikipagdebate pa sa kanya ang alter-ego nya. Kausapin ba ang sarili? LOL.
The 1953 movie The Three Faces of Eve tells the story of Chris Sizemore, a real-life woman with the disorder. She was thought to develop DID in reaction to witnessing several terrible accidents at a young age. That movie described three personalities that were successfully merged or integrated into one within one year. More accurately, the person depicted in that movie had to contend with 22 personalities that took more than 45 years to be able to coexist in a functional way.
O eto check nyo ang symptoms ng MPD, baka yung katabi nyo dyan e meron na. 
Signs and symptoms of dissociative identity disorder include:
- lapses in memory (dissociation), particularly of significant life events, like birthdays, wedding, or birth of a child;
- blackouts in time, resulting in finding oneself in places but not recalling how one traveled there;
- being frequently accused of lying when they do not believe they are lying (for example, being told of things they did but do not recall);
- finding items in one’s possession but not recalling how those things were acquired;
- encountering people with whom one is unfamiliar but who seem to know them as someone else;
- being called names that are completely unlike their own name or nickname;
- finding items they have clearly written but are in handwriting other than their own;
- hearing voices inside their head that are not their own;
- not recognizing themselves in the mirror;
- feeling unreal (derealization);
- feeling like they are watching themselves move through life rather than living their own life; and
- feeling like more than one person.
Parang katulad sa ating mga politicians here, pag malapit na ang election e nagbabago na ng personalities. Di kaya meron din silang MPD? Hehe.
It fascinates me how dynamic, complex and complicated the human psyche is. Whatever na nangyayari sa atin, it will surely have an effect on our personas. Alam naman natin na sa pang-araw-araw nating buhay, sa dami ng nangyayari, kung ano man ang na-experience mo kahapon ay siguradong may impact din sa iyo kinabukasan. Nakakalungkot nga lang isipin na merong ilan sa atin na hindi kaya ang ilang dagok sa buhay at naapektuhan nito, therefore, it results to extreme cases like nung MPD.
Anyway, we are the masters of our destiny and the one who hold our sanity together. Kahit anong hirap ng buhay, whatever your reason is, siguro naman, hindi tayo dapat nagpapatalo, di ba?
O teka, baka isa sa mga katabi ko ngayon e iba na ang personality.
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silver is the blogger behind Dare to Speak Out, a personal and commentary blog.She graduated with a degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She posts blogs that ranges in different topics – from trivial to the political. She currently works as a freelance writer.
Whew, what a relief. Mabuti na lang at wala ako nung mga symptoms stated above. Medyo matino pa pala ako. Hahaha!
Sometimes kasi when I get hurt (charing!) by ‘men’, I created this characters named Samantha and Gabrielle. In charge sila to avenge moi. So far, successful naman sila in hurting back those who hurt me. Hahaha! Lukaret talaga ako noh?
Samantha and Gabrielle…
Hihi…di ka pa lukaret Mel. Marami pa dyang mas malakas ang tama kesa sa iyo. Hahahhaa.
Same here. Done some self-checking at thank God, wala naman ako. *LOLz*
Kidding aside, if you know someone who has an MPD, ipagamot agad para hindi na lumalala pa. Minsan kasi ang mga ganitong tao ay nakaramdam ng matinding pain or rejection sa mundo kaya nawawala ang ‘normal outlook’ niya sa buhay.
Snow,
Inaabot ng ilang taon ang therapy for MPD patients. Lalo na kung maraming alter-egos silang nadevelop.
I agree sis pero di ba kapag medyo may nakita kang tao na depressed dapat talaga ipasuri agad sa doctor para malunasan?
Lalo na kapag kasama sa bahay…
Yes sis.
Especially kung malalim ang pagkadepress. Dapat medyo ipatingin sa psychologist para i-assess ang situation nya.
I agree. Dapat talaga medyo vigilant din sa mga kasambahay.
fascinated din ako jan sa multiple personality disorder… i love sidney sheldon’s novel tell me your dreams, yun heroine nya dun may 3 personalities … and yun fave movie ko ni papa brad pitt na fight club alter ego sya ni edward norton dun
at dati kala ko meron ako ganyan, pero di pa naman ako nawawala sa sarili na magigising na lang kung san hahaha
LOL pusa.
Hahahhha. Akala ko din e meron ako nyan dati. Buti din e wala. Otherwise, ako na malamang ang resident krung krung dito sa Barrio. LOL.
informative ito.
hala. di biro ang ganyang sakit.
nakakatakot.
teacher silver natawa ako sa politician hahaha
pero tama ka nga, meron sila talaga nyan. LOL
Meron sila dencios.
Tuwing election e nagiiba sila ng personalities. LOL.
me movie si Jim Carrey na Me, Myself & Whatever. teka.. yung symptoms, parang meron ako lahat?
dati kumpleto ako sa testing materials nyan. kaya tuwing inuman, tinetesting ko lahat ng kainuman ko kung sino ang siraulo. kaya pala wala akong makita, puro slight lang, ako pala ang me topak. darn!
wahahhaha! nyahahaha!
kaya tuwing may magswi-suicide ako ang tinatawag para mang-awat at mang-psychologize.
LOL buraot…hahahha…
Ikaw pala e nagpsychometrics habang lasheng. Hahhahahahha.
Hahahhaha….
Wala ka pang namemeet na engkanto dyan bloop? Ako madalas kong kainuman ng shoktong ang mga yan. LOL.
reality check:
- lapses in memory – mga utang lang ako nagkakaron nang lapses. counted ba yon?
- blackouts in time – well, pag hinanap ako nang boylet ko kung saan ako pumunta, nagkakaron nang time blackout ang diary ko. hmmm..
- being frequently accused of lying – anak nang leche! eh si chuva walang ginawa tawagin ako liar ah!
- finding items in one’s possession – maraming beses na tong nangyari saken. makikita ko na lang ang mga kaperahan ko, cellphone, minsan pati buong pitaka andun sa pantalon nang mga boylets ko. litsi masama na to! hmpt!
- encountering people with whom one is unfamiliar but who seem to know them as someone else; – oo naman! hehehe! minsan sa kalsada, pag me tumingin na gwapong lalaki taz ngumiti, alam ko familiar sya hehehe di ko lang matandaan kung saan! hahaha
- being called names that are completely unlike their own name or nickname; – hallerrr! nakalimutan mo na ba? dami ko kamong pangalan. delusional, internet drama queen, jologs, moonbat, basta ang haba nang mga nicknames ko hehe
- finding items they have clearly written but are in handwriting other than their own; – oo, mga notes nang boylets nakasulat “send money o kaya send load”
- hearing voices inside their head that are not their own; – oo! nagsimula to nung nabasa ko ang lecheng KPOP entry mo! hanggang ngayon, buo pa sa utak ko ang nowbadi bachuuu! leche oo!
- not recognizing themselves in the mirror; – nangyari na to, nagtitili ako sa takot nung me makita ako sa mirror. ako pala yon.
- feeling unreal (derealization); unreal ba yong darna ako?
- feeling like they are watching themselves move through life rather than living their own life; – hindi ko alam to
- feeling like more than one person. – oo! bipolar ako. alam nyo na yon.
masama na to! tsk! tsk! tsk!
hahahhahaha
natawa ako kamahalan.
Nyahahahhahah….
MOONBAT!!!!
Leche, tawa ako sa iyo Reynz. Hahahahhaha.
Wala ka pang MPD oy! Masyado ka lang maganda noh! Daming inggit sa beauty mo dyan!
for your information, ingat kyo sa mga katabi nyo, like me, demented na psycho pa…LOL! you’ll never know di ba??? hahaha.
Chi,
Sa akin ka mag-ingat kasi mas matindi ang psychosis ko kesa sa iyo. Bwahahahahha….
wait, kasama ba sa symptomas yun hanap ng hanap ng panyo, tapos nailagay ko pala sa likod ko…tsaka yun hanap ng hanap ng ballpen eh nasa ibabaw pala ng tenga ko?? answer meeee pleeeasssee
HAHAHHA
Signs of old age yan malensky! hahaha… *peace*
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
signs of again lang pala…kelanga ko siguro ng Olay!!! HAHA
oil of olay is good to our skin malensky. in fact, i use it every night! hahaha… feeling commercial model
Wow.
Olay pala ang gamot sa MPD. Nyahahahhaha.
Nice one Malen. Gulong talaga ako sa iyo sa katatawa sa mga comments mo. Hahahhaha.