the history of MPD

Kiya · Jun 29, 2008 at 03:16 PM

Once upon a time in this forum there was a thread about how new DID/MPD is and why it would all of a sudden "show up" in this day and age. I tried to find the thread, but there aren't many pages of the forum kept.
Anyway from what I am studying at this time it looks like the first *documented* case was in 1811 (Mary Reynolds). Just thought I'd share my findings. I am certain there were more prior to that time - but it probably took people a little time to figure out what was going on. And then more time to write about it.
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pegasus · Jun 29, 2008 at 03:29 PM

At the bottom left hand corner of the DID forum, is a thing to click on that says SHOW and you can change how many pages to look through. Click on 'from all dates' then click on 'change.' You might find what you are looking for. the history of MPD

wanttoheal · Jun 29, 2008 at 05:12 PM

Hi Kiya,
That's pretty interesting. I would guess that it has been around for a very long time, but people did not know what was going on too.

My son has bipolar. I was very clueless to be honest. I had never heard of it, didn't know anything about mental illness. When he was almost 15, our world exploded in a sense. Looking back I now see so many things that should have alerted me. I knew something was going on, but I didn't know what mental illness was. All this while myself having DID. I had no clue. I didn't know what was normal, what wasn't. I'm so glad more things are going on to make more people aware of mental illnesses. If I had only known a lot of things way back then, my life and the lives of my children would have been heaps different.

It's interesting to see when things were first documented. Amazing that we are just now becoming kind of aware as a people.

If you find that post, please bump it up. I'd be very interested in reading it too. You can also do an advanced search and select the DD forum to narrow down the search. the history of MPD

Thanks Kiya.

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Kiya · Jun 29, 2008 at 05:30 PM

Thanks pegasus, w2h, i just looked through 6 months of posts and didn't find it. funny, i could have sworn it was only like 4 months ago. but maybe it was embedded in another post. oh well.

Jun 29, 2008 at 06:47 PM

This isn't the post but it is a link to an article I posted a long time ago. It might help a little?

"The great French psychiatrist Pierre Janet coined the word dissaggregation about one hundred years ago to identify changes in consciousness which disturbed the normal, well-integrated functions of identity, memory and thought in several of his patients. This term was later translated from the French as dissociation

Janet's studies of patients with amnesias, fugues, and 'successive existences' (now known as other personalities), convinced him that their symptoms were the effect of split-off parts of the personality which were capable of independent thoughts, actions and identities. Further, he concluded that the dissociation which caused the symptoms was the result of past traumatic experiences, and that the symptoms could be alleviated by bringing the split-off memories and feelings into consciousness. Dr. Janet's contemporaries, both American and European, expanded upon his research and a model for the diagnosis and treatment of dissociation was soon built.

During the 1930's, however, as Freud's theories were embraced by the psychiatric world, studies of dissociation declined. Renewal of interest among the professional community was not sparked again until the 1980's, following increased public and professional awareness of child abuse and the rise in treatment of Vietnam veterans' post-traumatic stress syndromes.

http://www.soulselfhelp.on.ca/didpro.html

(JD) · Jun 29, 2008 at 07:36 PM

You can also ask Clyde in his forum to look in the archives for you. the history of MPD

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by just "show up in this day and age"
Are you talking about it not happening until the 20th century, or not until someone is older that it's found?

Of course, we don't know how much of it was being suffered prior to mental health study (basically begun by Freud.)

You can google it and see that there are a few very early documented cases (sometimes called by various names.)

I think it has become more widely recognized (as a true disorder and as being found in people) because of the studies and work on PTSD after the Vietnam War. With that understanding continuing to grow, and with the issues that often the mechanism of DID begins to break down and not be as effective as someone ages, could be why we are noticing so much of it. (Estimations are from 1 in 100 to 1 in 500 or more have this disorder.)

the history of MPD

wanttoheal · Jun 30, 2008 at 08:42 AM

That's pretty interesting. Thanks Orange!
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