Yes, it is. You
probably won't recognize Shirley Ardell Mason, the woman on whom the book and movie "Sybil" was extremely loosely based. Later
analysis of her case has been hampered by sealed records even though both her and her doctor are long dead, but many
researchers think much of the case was faked by Doctor Cornelia Wilbur for gain and notoriety. This hasn't stopped
thousands of people since the book came out in 1973 from using this extremely rare disorder as a rationalization for all
sorts of ugly behavioral habits from minor deceptions to violence and sexual promiscuity. Those who imagine themselves
"afflicted" by this disorder sometimes seem to think it makes them somehow exotic and unique and wonderful, and seek out
others who will either feign the disorder with them or at the least buttress their imagined personalities by pretending
to interact with them.. sometimes even on a psychic level! Think what you can get away with and still look at yourself
in the mirror, when you can tell yourself "sure that was my body, but it wasn't really me doing/saying that." Combine
that with the ego boost a person with self-image issues such as a narcissist gets from having such an unusual
disorder... we have a Win/Win situation! That's my rant for today... and please, if someone reads this who actually
-does- suffer from the very rare disorder know as MPD... know that this rant is not aimed at you, but rather reflects my
impressions of some very specific people.
07-15-10
Todays Letter is W for WhackJob
Yes, it is. You
probably won't recognize Shirley Ardell Mason, the woman on whom the book and movie "Sybil" was extremely loosely based. Later
analysis of her case has been hampered by sealed records even though both her and her doctor are long dead, but many
researchers think much of the case was faked by Doctor Cornelia Wilbur for gain and notoriety. This hasn't stopped
thousands of people since the book came out in 1973 from using this extremely rare disorder as a rationalization for all
sorts of ugly behavioral habits from minor deceptions to violence and sexual promiscuity. Those who imagine themselves
"afflicted" by this disorder sometimes seem to think it makes them somehow exotic and unique and wonderful, and seek out
others who will either feign the disorder with them or at the least buttress their imagined personalities by pretending
to interact with them.. sometimes even on a psychic level! Think what you can get away with and still look at yourself
in the mirror, when you can tell yourself "sure that was my body, but it wasn't really me doing/saying that." Combine
that with the ego boost a person with self-image issues such as a narcissist gets from having such an unusual
disorder... we have a Win/Win situation! That's my rant for today... and please, if someone reads this who actually
-does- suffer from the very rare disorder know as MPD... know that this rant is not aimed at you, but rather reflects my
impressions of some very specific people.
