INSiDE

A mental patient (Jeremy Sisto) affected by a multiple personality disorder, is about to undertake an evaluation test. And his doctor wants to ask him a couple of questions.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• short
• film

[leighannenoelle]

Kudos to the filmmaker for tackling the subject of DID, but as someone who has the disorder I have to say that that is certainly not what it's actually like.

[helpmepic1]

you are sooooooooo wrong

[valebarba]

I LOVE IT

[Sameir8055]

This is a wonderful short film I have ever seen

[buginyourear]

That was very cool!

[Youjustwatchmechange]

@eclectictllc what i really liked is that when no one was touching his shoulder he was in front but you can tell he could still hear what was going on behind him. So true to life for me. sometimes i get a snippet of something and it is like WTF?! if the writer/director isn't a multiple he studied a lot and/or is close to someone who is. i think anyway. of course, jeremey sisto is brilliant in it.

[Youjustwatchmechange]

@leighannenoelle i gotta tell you, before learning to communicate it was a lot more like that internally. not always with insiders coming out like that but that amount of raucous noise and contempt for one another? we can certainly relate.

[eclectictllc]

@HappyDad98036 My take: "want" is probably not the right term. It seems children who have inherited the ability to dissociate (there's some evidence of genetic influence), when pressed into circumstances where they FEEL their life is in danger, do what they can to survive. You may only dissociate this strongly when you've experienced something worth dying over: routine betrayal by caregivers, constant torment, extreme uncertainty or outright neglect -- or a combo that pushes you over the edge.

[eclectictllc]

@ArchNME You're missing a fact. Correlate your cases of MPD/DID with cases of documented child abuse & neglect, and GUESS WHAT? You'll find a sharp spike at the same time. In the early 1970's, when I was being abused, child abuse was overlooked except in the most obvious and horrifying cases. Come the 70's and suddenly people realized children were being hurt and it wasn't always broken bones, burns, and concussions.

[eclectictllc]

@mjoek Thank you. It is. :) We're the lucky ones: from the moment we realized something was "up" those "in charge" took a very proactive stance and welcomed getting to know each other. There's such a wide variety of beliefs & personalities, but the overall culture is one of acceptance and curiosity about each other, and of shared responsibility. We clamp down on outright misbehavior, but not on self-expression, of our more resistant or "difficult" residents. It's an intentional community.

[eclectictllc]

@HappyDad98036 I'm not sure they're intimating rapid switching -- I think it's the dissociation going on inside the head, hence the title...If I switch like that it's a headache for sure!

[HappyDad98036]

@jluvisions ..."those that really want to escape reality"....indeed! That is where DID comes from--from children who have been sexually abused, emotionally neglected, or hurt in a 100 other ways, beyond what most adults could tolerate...they want to escape reality, so to save themselves by dissociating, becoming "another" self. Over time, as their reality gets worse--or doesn't get better, the selves start to pile up and can create problems.