Herschel Walker on Dissociative Identity Disorder

Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back Herschel Walker talks to WNYC's Leonard Lopate about his struggles with dissociative identity disorder, which nearly drove him to suicide.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/04/15/segments/96866

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• Herschel
• Walker
• Dissociative
• Identity
• Disorder
• Football
• NFL

[MrXSpeaks]

you don't have to be like Sybil and have different names and accents, you just have to have different "modes". Its like logging into windows with a different account, its the same computer but all the settings are separate.

[bertinotti]

Man, Herschell is a classy classy guy. Good man. GO FOR IT IN MMA.

[ladythreecats]

you got DID because you were a fat child and been bullied? I don't think so dude!!!!!!!

[MrJacksonvill]

thats so funny, I feel lonely at times and avoid crowds..and feel completely ok once on stage.

[lochmabon]

@cosmic4u

Are you referring to Colin Ross? I agree that anyone, regardless of any 'training' they have received or any title they use as part of their name, that relies on hypnotherapy or drugs (often used in controlling people) as part of their treatment is not trust worthy. This does not discount other documented cases of MPD, which since 1994 is now called DID,and is just ONE of the main dissociative disorders listed , that goes back to as early as 1791, as accounted by Eberhardt Gmelin.

[multiversedancer]

Go watch the movie "Psychiatry An Industry Of Death" and "Making A Killing".

[cosmic4u]

@lmollot I feel you are going on about irrelevant topic, and that you are, falsely labeling people. I said NOTHING about violating a child, I never said anything about victims lying, and I certainly never said anything about hate, or that it was right to violate any child; that's your own issue. My stand is that Multiple Personalities does not exist. Period.

[cosmic4u]

@lmollot You misread, I said, 'People with post traumatic stress and schizophrenia do NOT have multiple personalities.' Furthermore, I never said anything about being angry, I never said anything about rape victims and amnesia, that's YOUR misinterpretation. Multiple Personalities- or DID as it's been changed to- never has existed, and it never will. End of story.

[lmollot]

if pple read his book-or watched all his interviews 2x-its all there- sad is that trauma total loss of self confidence makes u rage if someone disagrees -b/c no solid confidence there- makes us feel unloved - so we defend self by shout,hit,reject others- "too sensitive" is a sign/defence-we cant take more hurt-suicides are VERY COMMON-feel/get rejected end the memories for good- i have 2 sibling who suicided from parental/older sibling/teacher sex assaults-if family abuses we locked as "insane"

[lmollot]

@cosmic4u why do u say "load of crap"? nice mature language- research instead-schizophrenia doesnt exist you just read that somewhere- and you will read something else somewhere also-then how will you decide who is right?medical history changes every 5 years-plus docs disagree w each other-u can be angry but it wont change victims getting support- rape doesnt exist- she was willing"-that used to be accepted as truth-maybe u believe thats false memory when victims get triggered out of amnesia?sad

[lmollot]

@FoziaAbdi YES did is healthy response to trauma-its amnesia- see paul bonacci in boystown school /franklin cover up- vid conspiracy of silence-teachers have started child abuse in society-are always excused covered up- mothers/grandmothers are downgraded by teachers in order to displace their power to protect their own children-education -= genecide-see kevin annett "UNREPENTANT"-re canada natives- but also africa etc natives lands stolen by teachers-ethnic kids end up in drug sexslave ghettos

[lmollot]

@VilIgnoble Thats so amazing what u said- im not sure if i really get it- but sounds like u have experience & higher level info- share more/explain? thanks-keep on