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Originally Posted by Bellax3
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It's all just really bizzare, because she completely and genuinely believes all of it. I asked her if she physically morphs into a werewolf, and she said she does when she hunts. At first I thought it might be just a case of DID, but she is fully aware of what each alter ego is doing. Like, the first day I met "Misty" , Brittany told me she couldn't bring Misty out because Misty was off teaching a class, but I wasn't allowed to know what the class was about. Then Misty came, and mentioned how Brittany would be angry because she was now stuck teaching the self defense class (against demons) and the next day, Brittany knew everything that had happened with Misty, as if they were both there. Still, Brittany told me in the past that she will black out, and that is when Misty takes over. Like, a few times, she blacked out to find herself in mid battle with a demon. brittany often changes her story but dodges any possiblity that she may not be telling the truth, and when she can't explain something, she'll just say "you just don't understand because you're not one of us" and later on she will come up with an explation, like a compulsive liar.
Micah- I understand what you mean, but Brittany just doesn't seem to understand that Misty is NOT a seperate entitiy- she truly believes that Misty is a werewolf, but Misty can't be seen by the human eye unless she takes over a human body, and she does that through Brittany. You're werewolf represents certain parts of you, the parts that have no regard for social norms, etc. But it is a part of you. Brittany thinks Misty is almost, a spirit that takes over her body. A totally seperate being residing within her.
Her friend, who has been with her since elementary school (the one i mentioned before) explained to me that Brittany has a lot of turmoil in her life. Her mom deals drugs, she's been raised by her grandparents all her life, and last year her grandfather died, often leaving her to care for her ailing grandmother. Her friend says she can understand why Brittany would want her alternate reality to exist, but she doesn't understand that it simpily does not exist.
To Brittany, everything exists. When Brittany first started talking about this, she was talking about how Misty tore up her friend's twilight book because Misty hates Vampires. Then I asked if vampires extist, like the cullen family, and she said yes, everything exist. and I said half jokingly "Even UNICORNS AND MERMAIDS!?!?!" And brittany laughed "Yeah Bell, They ALL exist" :/ I'm not sure the school psycholigist can even really help her right now. It may just convince her that the school and the government really ARE out to get her and that she should run off or something....
Thanks for all your help
*edit* oh yeah, and now its clear where Brittany got the name Misty- when we were kids and pokemon was "in" brittany was obsessed with the character Misty. Brittany would always insist on being called Misty whenever they played make believe games, and she would name all her dolls Misty, and she even named her cat Misty. Now, her alter ego is named Misty.
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Thank you. Maybe I was elusive in my description.......I also thought that I was "possessed".........that I would phase from human to werewolf during the hunt. I would also "black out" during my runs. I called them Demon Runs and they usually involved intense rage. I would wake up in hospital with my clothes torn and bloody and have no recollection of what I had done. Terrifying.
I believed that the Devil had sent my furry friend to destroy me........and he did a pretty good job......until I learn't to acknowledge, treat, accept and eventually love my other side and make peace with the fact that it was ALL me, not some demon sent by the devil. I did not have a name other than "he that shall be obeyed

" and my werewolf was a big secret as the battle had to be done in isolation.
He is still with me.........but years of hospital, therapy and generous doses of anti-psychotics have helped me "mature" with him. He is more a protector now.........I am sure that was him all along.
Don't know if that helps........it is a very complex pathology that your friend has.......and often these manifestations come from a severe need of safety.
By the way......I also love vampires and have studied their mythology for years.......who says werewolves and vampires can't live in harmony!
