Well, it seems Dissociative Identity Disorder ends up in the news about once a year either because someone admits to being Multiple, someone makes a bad movie about MPD, or someone thinks a pop star's erratic behavior is really Dissociative Identity Disorder. And we've got the trifecta going on right now!
1. Hollywood
- Big Screen: 04/17/08 per Variety: Halle Berry has announced that she's going to produce and star in a movie called "Frankie and Alice" in which she portraits a woman with two alters, one of which is a white racist. Yippee.
- Little Screen: New TV show by Steven Spielberg called "The United States of Tara"
2. Herschel Walker's new book "Breaking Free" hit the shelves and news outlets this month.
3. Who else is being called "Multiple"?
- Not Famous: Rozita Swinton, aka "Sarah" the tipster that set off the events in a cult compound in Texas
- For Publicity: Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana
- As if we didn't suspect already: Tori Amos, aka American Doll Posse
- Yeah, right, sure...: Britney Spears
Every time it pops up I wonder when I'll have to suffer through a "MPD is fake!" conversation. Or hear people confuse it with Bipolar, Schizophrenia, or a personality disorder. At work I have to smile and ignore the comments about the people "stupid enough" to fall for that rubbish, or the counselors who must has "swindled" them and "implanted" these outrageous ideas. My favorite is when people swear that they could easily spot someone who "truly" had Multiple Personality Disorder. Yeah... right...
So, cheers everyone, we survived another round of stupidity, misinformation, and "experts."
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