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Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) or Multiple personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by two or more identities that control a person’s behavior.

The symptoms of DID are:

·         Inability to recall personal information

·         Often they refer to themselves as we, he or she

·         Severe headaches

Most of the patients with DID report sexual abuse and physical abuse.

Yesterday we saw a video of a woman that suffers of DID in which she showed the things she use or used to do, like hurting herself and no control in her behavior. Tracy said she has 5 personalities: Susan, Becky, Miss Anne, Samantha and Emily, and she showed how she calls each of her identities. The Becky’s identity called my attention because it’s kind of strange how Becky wanted to kill Tracy because she thinks she’s a bad person and things like that. That video didn’t convince me, I think she was acting because she called Becky when she wanted Becky to come and I think DID come without signal.

 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear and repetitive behaviors.

The symptoms are:

·         Excessive washing or cleaning

·         Repeated checking

·         Extreme hoarding

·         Preoccupation with sexual, violent or religious thoughts

·         Relationship-related obsessions

·         Aversion to particular numbers

·         Nervous rituals such as opening and closing doors

Yesterday we saw a video of a woman that has OCD, the video shows that the woman used to wash her hands every time she touch something, like the door, the mailbox, even her baby! She washed her hands with soap and hot water, she washed her hands, part of the arm and her nails, and every time she finished she had to be careful because if she touches the trash can she has to wash her hands again. It’s a crazy obsession. She didn’t carry her baby; she dragged her baby with a bedcover because she did not want to contaminate her hands. I can’t imagine how awful it’s a life like that, I mean it isn’t life. She didn’t carry her baby! HER BABY! Her own blood! I think people with OCD and DID suffers a lot! They can’t live a normal life like us.

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally energy levels.

The episodes bipolar people experiment are:

·         Depressive episodes

·         Manic episodes

·         Hippomanic episodes

·         Mixed affective episodes

The causes of bipolarity can be genetic, physiological and environmental. Doctors use a therapy that it’s called “light therapy”. I think DID, OCD and bipolar disorder can’t be cured because they are mental diseases and nobody can cure or treat your mind, or maybe they can do something but for you to not be that “mad” but they can’t cured for real.

I hope one day someone find a cure for these three diseases and cure all people that are suffering for this. I think the worst illness is OCD, cleaning everything around always and washing your hands every time you touch something… It’s like a horror movie, they need help and we have to help. We can help with taking those people to the doctor or something like that.