AND STILL THEY GET IT WRONG!
I have a google tag for DID which I must say usually picks up news of professional works. Of late the newest TV show about being multiple has monopolized a good many posts. "United States of Tara" is getting a lot of hits and media coverage. Just lately 'The Today Show' had a clip on "DID: Fact or Fiction?"
Tried to put the clip here but I failed. Go here for video
As always media put up an ill informed Psychiatrist, this one from John Hopkins to make him especially important, a doctor insisting firmly that DID doesn't exist. This isn't surprising, JH is the hospital where Dr. New did the famous gender studies based on lies. This sad, pathetic doctor was laughable as he insisted DID was, "all made up because of media." It's all the fault of "Three Faces of Eve" & "Sybil," they have made us poor patients become sheep needy for attention.
The really insulting part of this clip is that TTS dug up a retractor, one who sued and won against her psychiatrist. We "real" multiples have followed these high profile cases back in the day, only 2 were proven and these women had been held in IP for a year or more. As always this woman was shown as having her life ruined by some evil therapist who "made" her have "hundreds of people" living in her head.
"Hello!"
At what point did this woman realize? I mean 100 people? There must have been some point around say 2 that she might have said to herself, "Hmmmmmm, this seems a bit WRONG."
All those folk in her head had to be gratifying some need and here's why I say that, because there she was today all damaged by someone else. There was no sense that she was now leading a grand mentally healthy life. No it's always dicey.
I'm just as willing to make her portrayal of being a victim, yet another media blitz. Media takes one step up and then as many back.
Why this woman and not a kosher stamped multiple? It's damn annoying and insulting! I wanted to bitch slap this woman and "make" her realize she's really pathetic.
In the last week or so, my alerts are bringing up split-personality sighted as DID. Also that DID can be medicated by anti-psychotics. Actual (okay this is the net, but still) it's doctors stating this crap. Why? There are legit studies out there. Go read people/doctors! There's studies of DID done with real scientific controls and reliable results. It's just just damn frustrating.
Sometimes it's real hard not to take this crap personal.
Ravin
Tried to put the clip here but I failed. Go here for video
As always media put up an ill informed Psychiatrist, this one from John Hopkins to make him especially important, a doctor insisting firmly that DID doesn't exist. This isn't surprising, JH is the hospital where Dr. New did the famous gender studies based on lies. This sad, pathetic doctor was laughable as he insisted DID was, "all made up because of media." It's all the fault of "Three Faces of Eve" & "Sybil," they have made us poor patients become sheep needy for attention.
The really insulting part of this clip is that TTS dug up a retractor, one who sued and won against her psychiatrist. We "real" multiples have followed these high profile cases back in the day, only 2 were proven and these women had been held in IP for a year or more. As always this woman was shown as having her life ruined by some evil therapist who "made" her have "hundreds of people" living in her head.
"Hello!"
At what point did this woman realize? I mean 100 people? There must have been some point around say 2 that she might have said to herself, "Hmmmmmm, this seems a bit WRONG."
All those folk in her head had to be gratifying some need and here's why I say that, because there she was today all damaged by someone else. There was no sense that she was now leading a grand mentally healthy life. No it's always dicey.
I'm just as willing to make her portrayal of being a victim, yet another media blitz. Media takes one step up and then as many back.
Why this woman and not a kosher stamped multiple? It's damn annoying and insulting! I wanted to bitch slap this woman and "make" her realize she's really pathetic.
In the last week or so, my alerts are bringing up split-personality sighted as DID. Also that DID can be medicated by anti-psychotics. Actual (okay this is the net, but still) it's doctors stating this crap. Why? There are legit studies out there. Go read people/doctors! There's studies of DID done with real scientific controls and reliable results. It's just just damn frustrating.
Sometimes it's real hard not to take this crap personal.
Ravin