The sense of self of the pwbpd is fragmented.This is characteristic of many case of cluster b personality disorders where the given person has difficulties in such areas asSplittingLack of object constancyLack of ambivalenceSplitting is the first position of infants, who cannot perceive objects as a whole. If they develop normally, the infant learns to conceive of objects (principally people, such as its mother) in an integrated way, having both good and bad qualities. Too much trauma in the infant’s experience can inhibit it’s abil to integrate the object, so it sees them as either “all good” or “all bad.”This includes the infant itself, who sees itself as an “all good” or “all bad” person.Different personality disorders have different ways of dealing with the splitting.It is the splitting which causes the pwbpd to have a sense of self which is fragmented.
(1) If my mother had to suffer harsh and rude behaviour at the hands of my father (when SHE carried me through the pre-natal stages) or at the hands of other members of the family eg. her mother-in-law : the emotional ups and downs creating turmoil, will result in a fragmented personality.…. when I grow up to be a young lad.(2) If my family had to change the place of residence every two or three years (during the initial period of development in my childhood) for various reasons like service conditions etc. then my fragmented childhood will result in a fragmented personality.Note :During my childhood, my parents had to change their residence every two or three years. My father served in the Armed Forces.By the time, I was nine years of age; for some time the family was in AYODHYA, then in Pune, there after in Patiala, after that Ambala and finally Benares.When I look back upon my childhood days and try to see with the help of ‘the internal eye’ where my childhood was spent….. I have no integrated picture of those days. Only fragmented pieces. So I have no childhood friendship of long lasting. It is all fragmented and disintegrated.So is my subtle personality, all fragmented and disintegrated.
Yes, actually!Some alters retain information better than others, and may learn subjects without others knowing. In the physical sense, some alters can be stronger simply because they believe it.For an example, Cotton Candy and Aveline in my system are stronger, as they’re more determined to get things done. While the thing in their hands is still the same weight, it seems less to them, but for another alter, like a child alter, it feels extremely heavy.Another example is that I’m better at retaining information about odd things and things I hyperfocus on compared to alters who don’t really care much about having interests.Hope that answers your question.
Well, just because you seem to have multiple personalities doesn't mean it's dissociative identity disorder (aka multiple personality disorder or DID). Of course, it could be DID, but fragmented personalities have also been reported with things like Bipolar Disorder or Psychosis. I would recommend getting help from a psychiatrist.
You’ve been given some good answers already, but since you apparently asked specifically for my answer, I will respond. It sounds like you are intending to ask about Multiple Personality Disorder (currently referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder), which is different from personality disorders. The terminology is confusing, I know. In cases of DID, information based on clinical experience informs us that some “personalities” are aware of other “personalities,” but some seems to stay hidden or out of sight. There is no hard and fast rule concerning “who” knows about “whom.”Does that address your question? This is at best a difficult and confusing topic, so feel free to steer me in the direction of answers you are looking for.
As far as interacting with other people is concerned, if you have a “strong personality” you won’t have to tell people about it they will find out quickly enough.Going around introducing yourself by saying something like “Hi I’m **B*O*B** and I have a **S*T*R*O*N*G** **P*E*R*S*O*N*A*L*I*T*Y**!!!!!” (with apologies to all the “Bobs” in the world) is going to make you look like a jerk.As far as interacting with yourself is concerned, You will know when you have a “strong personality” when you feel confident in yourself more often than you feel non-confident. (There isn’t any ‘magic dividing line’ so it’s really on a scale from “annoyinSubmitgly cringing” to “obnoxiously pushy”.)
Multiple personality disorder, is it real?
Multiple Personality Disorder got a name change in the early 90s to Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Try looking that up on the web, and you may find some things. I have done my master's paper on treatment efficacy for DID, and am currently looking at how transference and counter transference affect the therapeutic relationship when working with clients with DID. Is it real is a loaded question. Some people believe that it is a legitimate diagnosis, and others believe that this diagnosis is the client trying to agree with the therapist, so they invent and then believe in their different personalities. Some say that even if the client does have different personalities due only to the therapist that this may still be a helpful step to whatever was bothering them from before. (Basically DID may be better than having no way to deal with problems). Anyway, hope that is helpful. Also, there is a wing at Sheppard-Pratt in Maryland that works with DID clients, so you may check their website. VERY IMPORTANT- DID IS NOT THE SAME AS SCHIZOPHRENIA. THEY ARE NOT REALLY EVEN THAT CLOSE.
Everyone has one personality, without exception.If someone adapts his behavior to a new situation, that is simply a normal adjustment.If a person has Dissociative Identity Disorder, he has one personality, but his illness causes him to feel fragmented and lost, overwhelmed by events of the past, usually traumatic events. In the past people thought such a person had ‘many personalities’ but he does not, in fact he has much worse trouble than that, he’s lost in a confusing maze of past trauma. But can be helped to feel ‘whole again.’But for every average person, for example, when I am fixing my car, I may curse like a sailor when I bash my hand, but if I bash my hand on a door in church, I’ll mutter “God BLESS it” and leave it at that.Certainly, I act differently in different groups of people. I can act like a crusading tiger when the hospital delays giving medication to my husband, the rest of the time I am just a meek little flower(well….maybe…..).This isn’t different personalities. This is simply one personality adapting to different situations.And of course, I do feel strange, hopping from the farm store and talking to an Amish man about horse harness, then hopping in my car, driving to the city to talk about the future of cloud technology - but - that’s life! That’s what gives my life excitement and challenge.