Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
Although it is usually fairly easy to tell with movies like Split, sometimes dissociative identity disorder (D.I.D., formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder) is used as a plot twist, joke, or some other offensive tool. It would be good for those of us who live with D.I.D. to have warnings so we don't have be surprised by the shame and stigma cast on us.
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TV Show • 1969 Report
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Goatsipstea
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There is a character with D.I.D but it was very well researched
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jamieblazej
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A mentally ill man who assaulted (broke the arm of) his therapist is said to have only been violent because he was in a “dissociative episode” but no other details are mentioned. DID isn’t mentioned or alluded to.
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ConnieBlackwood
Possibly; will update as the show continues but Taissa seems to be developing a second, more "evil" personality. Whether this is legit possession or bad DID rep to be seen.
EDIT: From a recent interview with Taissa's actress, Tawny Cypress: "First of all, I want to make it very clear that I do not approach Other Tai as being a split personality or dissociative state… there’s no DID (dissociative identity disorder) going on here. I would never, and I don’t think the writers of the show would ever presume to know or to try and portray that on screen. What I’m doing would not be an accurate portrayal of DID."
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adeliajbrown
The yes vote is probably because some things here could be interpreted as a metaphor for DID, and not a particularly accurate one. But nobody literally has DID, and DID isn’t used as a twist at the end or anything. Movie is pretty understanding toward mental illness in general
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horrorgoblin
There is no mention of Dissociative Identity Disorder or implication a character may have it in the movie
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SPOILERS AHEAD BEWARE.
Closest it gets is a creature called a Hyde
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artsyintellectual
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SPOILERS: No, but there is quite a bit of rapid switching between Nica and Chucky (who is possessing Nica) with specific triggers and fainting in-between. It's played very similarly to how DID misrepresentation is often played.
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The closest would be in Season 2 for "Led Tasso" which is a harsher personality of Ted Lasso. Coach Beard has to "snap him out of it". It could come off as a "switch", especially because Ted says "how long was I gone this time" which can be common for systems who experience amnesia during switches. Our system wouldn't consider it misrepresentation, though.
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