[LouR]

Has anyone seen the movie "Tommy" by The Who?
I was watching a a clip on youtube titled I'm Free by The Who and then I started watching all the other songs in it and made a connection.
I think back in 1974 The Who unwittingly fell across what it means to be a DID, and wrote all these powerful songs that at some times in my life I fully identify with.
Has anyone else seen this connection?
Have you guys come across other films or pieces of media that you have noticed that it feels as though their describing our issues?
A few songs that I have found that I identify with is David Bowies "Space Odyssey" Or Pink Floydd's "Comfortably Numb"
Just had an insightful moment and thought I would share.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by LouR

Has anyone seen the movie "Tommy" by The Who?
I was watching a a clip on youtube titled I'm Free by The Who and then I started watching all the other songs in it and made a connection.
I think back in 1974 The Who unwittingly fell across what it means to be a DID, and wrote all these powerful songs that at some times in my life I fully identify with.
Has anyone else seen this connection?
Have you guys come across other films or pieces of media that you have noticed that it feels as though their describing our issues?
A few songs that I have found that I identify with is David Bowies "Space Odyssey" Or Pink Floydd's "Comfortably Numb"
Just had an insightful moment and thought I would share.

Ive seen it and no I didnt see any connection to being DID.

if I remember right and not mistaking the film for another one the plot line is that Tommy had PTSD from seeing his step father kill his father, then his mother and his step father take Tommy through all kinds of medical, mental and religious treatments hoping for a cure, at some point Tommy is left in care of a relative who abuses him. when tommy looked in the mirror his "ID"appeared to him..

here where I live and work the Id, Ego and Super Ego are not considered alternate personalities..

the mental health community here where I live and work believe every person mental disordered and not have an "id" "ego" and "superego"

the "id" is a persons instincts... example when you put your finger on something hot your brain sends a message to your finger to pull away from the burning object..

the ego is also something every human being has... the brains ability to think logically and realistically...

examples

knowing whats real and whats not real
being able do math and other logical reasoning thinking

the superego is a human beings ability to have morals, critical thinking

example
knowing right from wrong,
having a conscience, regretting bad behaviors. ....
being able to think ..gosh that was dumb or wow I did good that time type self talk..

here where I live and work the mental health community believe DID is two or more alternate personalities that take control of the body and function as a separate being living life with their own way of being.

Example I dont like tight clothing, bars, drinking and smoking, my alternate personality would dress up in tight jeans and sexy shirt, go hang out at bars, drink, smoke and pick up intimate partners.

but I do understand what you are saying.. people can find all kinds of things that are not meant to be in movies and books... one of my favorite songs is about a divorce but if I am in a mood where Im focused on my DID symptoms the words can sometimes sound like they are talking about DID stuff not two people getting a divorce and their feelings that go on through out the process of getting their divorce...

I have a friend who swears the sound of music musical is about the nanny having bipolar disorder and schizophrenia when I say its about one family adjusting / transitioning and gaining freedom during the occupation by the nazi's..

people can read anything into anything... so I can see your point even though to me the movie said something different.

[jax01]

I have actually thought about making a list of things like that from various media.
But then I think,"what am I going to do with this thing, if I make it?"

[LouR]

Hey Jax01
You could share it with me

[Silversand]

My Protector's fav song is 'Behind Blue Eyes' by the Who. I know this because he shared it with T.

When i hear 'Like a Bridge over Troubled Water' it sometimes feels to me like it is coming from inside - from Two Certain Protectors to me.

When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Then this part since we've decided to heal:

Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

Silvergirl is my name on this site, BTW, because of that song.

As far as films go: my husband brought home a film once. It was called 'Tidelands' or something like that. While watching it, i felt like it was an allagory to my life. Amazingly my h said 'That little girl is you.' I felt like it too. The film is triggering and it triggered me for weeks but i think that little girl was dissociative.

[LouR]

Wow thank you for sharing guys.
Yeah Amanda Louise I guess what your saying is correct and yes Tommy had PTSD but one could argue that his core chose not to live in the world via his senses and in a sense an alter was helping him through it.
Especially when Jack Nicholson's character is assessing him and in that song his eyes react to light but he does not see you... I would argue that it sounds a wee bit dissociative maybe not at the level of a DID
My fave song at times is I'm free I love the imagery in it and at times I feel this way on a good day.
Love behind blue eyes Silversand thats another one i identify with.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by LouR

Wow thank you for sharing guys.
Yeah Amanda Louise I guess what your saying is correct and yes Tommy had PTSD but one could argue that his core chose not to live in the world via his senses and in a sense an alter was helping him through it.
Especially when Jack Nicholson's character is assessing him and in that song his eyes react to light but he does not see you... I would argue that it sounds a wee bit dissociative maybe not at the level of a DID
My fave song at times is I'm free I love the imagery in it and at times I feel this way on a good day.
Love behind blue eyes Silversand thats another one i identify with.

lol, yes Im sure you, me and everyone else in this world could "argue" "debate" what our favorite films and music means...

for I could argue here where I live and work, eyes physically reacting but no one mentally home isnt in the american diagnostics for DID, or even dissociation..here in NY that points to a medical problem such as brain tumor, brain amateurism, alzheimers, eye degeneration and other vision problems..the one mental disorder I know that does have the symptom of eyes reacting to light and dark but no one seems to be home mentally is catatonic state with psychotic disorders.

here where I live and work one of the reasons why diagnostic testing of those we suspect to be dissociative is done, is because there are physical changes that happens when a person dissociates, including the rate in which their eyes dilate and contract. here in NY its pretty common for dissociative s body reactions including eyes to be at a slower rate then they normally are. We dont go according to all dissociative's blink this many times or their eyes take this long to dialate/contract. we notice how each person normally is compared to when we they are dissociating.

Yea we all could have loads of fun "debating" and "Argueing" about all kinds of stuff in relation to mental disorders and movies/nusic..

as many members there are here, would be how many different views we could all come up with... good thing debating and arguing isnt allowed here huh it would never end with no winners and everyone losing, and everyone upset with each other..

so instead we all just accept that we are all different and movies/books/music means something different to each of us.

Im glad you/ we all have found some music and movies you can relate to.

[LouR]

No worries Amanda Louise
I guess in Australia one would say that is your perspective on it and I glad you have a great grasp on the definition of DID it is always a pleasure to have your input in such matters

[Orrion]

I saw it a few days ago. I forgot how good it was. Life was a much happier place back when it came out. My life, then was extremely hard but I was soooo full of hope. If you have a ROKU box it is on the "popcorn flix" channel now, and probably will be for some time. I forgot how good the Who sounded. Keith Moon was the Best drummer of all time. Ann Margret and Eric Clapton were in it also. Floyds "comfortably numb" was, and still is, a favorite too. I am a born again Christian and did not remember how many Christian parodies, references, etc that Tommy had. I look at it as "Art for art's sake", so I wasn't bothered.