#5: Dissociative Identity Disorder -- "Me, Myself, and Irene"
On July 25, 2008 at 9:45 in the evening, I watched the movie "Me, Myself, and Irene" about a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. It was a comedy about a man with split personalities. All of his life, Charlie remained calm and let all his anger and problems bottle up inside of him. It started with his wife having an affair and leaving him with the children from the affair. People walked all over Charlie, and he simply tried not to think or talk about it. One day, all of his anger and rage from over the years came exploding out to form his new personality, Hank. Charlie was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. If he did not take his medication regularly, Charlie and Hank took turns being present. Charlie was well-mannered, soft-spoken, and a nice guy who never wanted to offend anyone. Hank, however, was rude, easily-angered, and lashed out at everyone without considering their feelings.
Charlie and Hank in one related to the Dissociative Identity Disorder we learned about in chapter twelve on psychological disorders. A person with Dissociative Identity Disorder, or Multiple Personality Disorder, seems to have more than one identity. It is normally the result of a large repression of unwanted, bad memories. The people who suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder have usually experienced things they would rather forget or avoid, just like Charlie. Because of that, Hank was formed.
3 comments:
I love that movie. Can't belive I forgot about it in my movie post. Also the "little person" that Charlie's wife left him for, was a member of MENSA
I remember watching that movie myself
years back. He did have a split personality.I don't see how his wife put up with him.I would have got him help immediatly!
Dissociative identity disorder is generally caused by abuse in childhood. I know this was a movie, but in real life, developing it as an adult would be hard to believe. Of course, Hank could have been in Charlie since his childhood, but didn't come out until the stress of life hit him hard.
Doris
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