[genn]

I was reading and article that got my attention, her real name was
Shirley A Mason. What do you think about this article.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...-personalities

copy paste the address...I think it would work ......

[PurpleFlyingMonkeys]

I dont know if we will ever know, perhaps i should give her book a good read through. Perhaps she did lie, but honestly, isnt a part of did denial? I still have trouble believing i have did, being diagnosed 11 years ago, even though my t and pdoc are sure i do, some days i just want to walk in and say "there is nothing wrong with me, i am fine, i do not have did". Even when the facts point to me having it, its sometimes difficult for me to wrap my head around me having it. But i dont, nor would i claim to, fake anything so i have no clue if she lied or not.

[here today]

“Sybil” passed away in 1998. Whatever her “diagnosis” it appears according to Wikipedia that she had a lot of problems and pain in her life. I don’t see what good it does now trying to dispute what her actual issues may have been.
Dissociation is real. In my case, lots and lots of therapists who did not see or understand or know how to respond to my DDNOS resulted in years and years of ineffective and iatrogenic therapy. And how could I possibly provide the information about the separateness of my “parts” myself? My rational self knew about them – sort of – but since it was normal for me how could I know it wasn’t the way everybody was?
So I wonder -- maybe parts of "Sybil" felt she was lying and parts of her didn't? That seems like a real possibility to me though it might not to the "normals".

[Roseheart101]

Dear Genn,

Thank you for posting this article. I read it and I read one of the ones at the bottom. Somehow something finally made sense. I know I act different at different times, I think differently at different times, I always can take either side in an argument, etc. I know I have unexplained behaviors etc. My T is firm about the DID even when I waver, but I waver all the time, do I or don't I? Obviously part of me believes and part of me doesn't believe.

To cap off this experience, I had to relog into the website to get into the forum to respond to the question, and when it came time for the password, I totally could not remember it, even though it follows my standard rules for passwords.

So I also think Sybil might have been making up part of her behavior, and part of it might have been DID. If Sybil did have DID, she would be the least of anyone to recognize it.

[genn]

I think many of us have a sybil inside us.