Dissociative Identity Disorder & ableist tropes in fiction

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staticnonsense @ I Am Not: Your Plot Device

I [1] have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

Before you start thinking about all that you know about the disorder or its American historical counterpart Multiple Personality Disorder, probably influenced by media portrayals such as that train wreak of a movie Sybil – stop. Now. These portrayals are so wrong and full of tropes it’s not even funny.

[…] For now, let’s just go through a list of these tropes and just why exactly they piss me off.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a decent portrayal of DID/MPD/multiplicity. :/

(I don't remember how I got this link, sorry!)

Comments

[sashajwolf]

Really glad to see the author making the point that not all multiplicity is disordered. I used to define as multiple, and for me it was a very positive thing that helped me make huge strides forward in mental health. I don't identify that way any more because I don't experience my personalities as separate any more (I had an experience of the type that's sometimes referred to as "spontaneous integration"), but I look back on it as a very useful stage in my life.

[gloss]

Thank you for this link. It's sorely needed.