Have you ever known someone with multiple personality disorder (also called dissociative identity disorder)?

Yes, I have it. i've had it most of my life, but didn't know what it was or the name for it until 12 years ago. after becoming co-concious it's easier to figure out why the different facets are for and recognizing them when they appear so you can function on a daily basis. no one has ever guessed my afflication, except while in therapy. it can be well hidden.

I have been with a man with d.I.d. for the last ten years.

I know someone with this disorder. She appears to have a "split personality" although, it is not called that anymore. This disorder is characterized by 2 or more distinct "split identities". I have only seen one. Here is an example of her behavior below (w/out using her real name):

SUPPOSE my name is Angela and I am very paranoid and believe everyone is trying to kill me. I am with my parents and I say: "Angela says you are trying to kill her". I have now stepped out of my "real self" and have a "personality" who is claiming my parents are trying to kill me.

I do odd things like hand them a knife and tell them to kill me. I accuse my parents and friends of trying to take away all my possessions. I tell them that they are trying to poison me and refuse to eat. I can't sleep and I am very stressed out.

I hear voices in my head that tell me my parents are trying to kill me or that my boyfriend is cheating on me with my Mom.

Sometimes I go wandering off in the middle of the night and come back home the next morning (while everyone has been frantically looking for me) and I have bruises from falling.

These are all examples of HER behavior. I wish I knew more about it myself. She always ends up in the mental hospital for several weeks. They put her on meds, which she takes dutifully. When she has had enough of the hospital, she puts on her best act and they let her go home.

As soon as she gets home, she decides she doesn't want to take the meds and then the odd behaviors come back and she ends up in the mental hospital again. The psychiatrists say that the " very intelligent" patients will do this time and time again.

Most patients with this disorder claim child abuse; physical and/or sexual. I know this to be her background for a fact.

It's awful wondering how this will all end. Will she walk out in the middle of a busy street and get hit by a car? What if she burns the house down? She has also shown violent tendencies. Anything could happen!

Although they have many meds to treat the disorder - the side effects alone can make you feel like you are going insane. Can you blame her for not wanting to take them?

I hope I have given you the information you were seeking. If you know anyone with this disorder, then you pretty much know how it feels - at both ends.

No not that I'm aware of. One possible exception is an ex-boyfriend of mine. Now and then he would suddenly look very angry and accuse me of taunting him that he couldn't make it in life and he was a failure when I had said no such thing. It was his father who used to say that to him years ago.

He didn't seem to be looking at me but rather through me. He wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcoholo. When I tried to argue with him and said his name I got no reaction. Minutes later he was back to himself and carrying on as if nothing had happened. I never called him on it. Perhaps I should have.

I don't know for sure but I have known a few people who were all over the place personality-wise, temperament-wise and every other way -wise and perhaps they had that disorder. Happy Saturday muffin! :)