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I just watched "Hide & Seek" the other day with my friends. Well, in the end, it shows a picture that Emily drew of herself and her new guardian. In the picture, Emily has 2 heads. Did she draw it this way because she has a personality disorder like her father? Also, what is this multiple personality disorder caused? Lastly, Emily and her dad's neighbors - what did they have to do with anything? Why were they even in it? Why were they important? And why was the wife neighbor like, "You have to leave. My husband makes it very painful." or something and why was the husband crazy-looking/sounding? THankkss so much. (link)
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Hi,
I can only answer one of your questions, the one about multiple personality disorder and how it's caused. Currently it's called DID or dissociative identity disorder. It's not a common psychiatric disorder but people nearly always develop it in early childhood after a severe or repeated trauma, such as severe physical or sexual abuse.
DID is basically an extreme coping mechanism in which the mind is so unable to deal with the trauma that it fragments into other "personalities" who can better cope with the trauma. When a person switches to another personality this is considered a type of dissociation and because they don't completely break from reality it's not considered a psychosis. DID is sometimes mistakenly referred to as schizophrenia, but schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder that has underlying biological causes. I hope this is a little helpful for you. :)
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