MPD / DID folks

[mtnwinds]

Does your work/study include schizophrenia? I'd be interested to read about this, but I can't DM or email.

Yes. I can highly recommend the book, "A More Excellent Way" by Henry W. Wright for your consideration. You can get it on Kindle.

 

[JimiSurvivor]

Anyone who would like to discuss 'multiple personality disorder' or 'dissociative identity disorder' please respond to this post. I need to learn as much as I can about the condition because I believe Our Lord identified that condition when He spoke to the folks in His hometown synagogue saying;
(Isaiah 61:1) "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD anointed me To bring good news to the humble; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners;

For some 20 years I was a Licensed Mental Health Counselor [who is also a believer in Jesus]. I have had much experience with people who I believe genuinely have DID as well as those who THINK they do not but in reality do not or else have some related condition. It is much harder to get an accurate diagnosis in cases of lower spectrum dissociation which often confuses those of us in the mental health field. Once, I took on a client who said she had DID but, after a time, I came to the conclusion that she did not. One reason is that she was INTO the disorder and hung out with other "groupies" on the internet. People who really have DID are terrified to reveal their condition to others. This makes sense when you consider that DID is all about concealment and hiding.

Another professionals have to sort through is the degree to which an individual dissociates. In some people, the parts are more or less separated than others. There is a matrix based on the level of trauma the person has experienced vs their ability to dissociate.
Neurologically, I conceptualize DID as result of the fact that the human brain is not a single unitary system but consists of multiple sub-systems each of which can operate more or less independently when the stress becomes high enough. When a person is traumatized (which happens when they have experienced some stressor has have exceeded their ability to process it. Young children (especially 4-5 year olds) who have less resilience, and a less developed sense of identity and a less logical way of thinking tend to fragment more than others. Treating such individuals requires a lot of time, close involvement and commitment to the process as well as a lot of prayer. I have seen many abandon the process when it gets too intense. In my experience, such a client is very likely not to continue in the process.

 

[JimiSurvivor]

As to the issue of demonic possession, we cannot discern according to outward appearances. Many things that look like demons may not be. In my experience, believer who is attuned to the Spirit can sense the presence of demons who, after all, are spiritual entities (who formerly were angels). I have read of many accounts of humans who encountering an angel of God will fall on their face.
I have felt strange sensations when I was about to open a door and go into a house where a professed witch lived. I did not know what I was doing back then. I just wanted to help. However, as soon as I was in proximity of the house I felt something strange and evil. Humans who have DID have never impressed me that way. They come across as humans albeit humans who are bound and who have the human emotions consistent with their suffering. I never mistook them for a demons. Anyway, take that for what it is worth.