This mental illness is rare and is generally believed to affect only a few privileged people. For example, brilliant scientists, artists, writers, composers.
What is split personality?
Dissociative identity disorder (this is what we are talking about) in this case it even serves, according to the famous psychologist Cesare Lombroso, as a source of creative inspiration, an unprecedented surge of thoughts, ideas that lead a direct path to the creation of masterpieces.
None of the famous psychologists doubt that the causes of split personality are a difficult childhood, memories associated with violence, humiliation and suffering. Already during this period, the disease made its way into the future, slowly but surely occupying a person’s consciousness.
And it is not surprising that a mental disorder “awakens” in adulthood and makes itself known by the appearance of several personalities. Each character will have his own point of view and will begin to dictate rules of behavior to himself. Unfortunately, the “war of the worlds” in the inflamed soul and mind of a mentally ill person will reach its climax.
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That is why, in difficult moments, he will even think about suicide, hoping to put an end to the crowd of interlocutors and a deep state of depression. It is surprising that in such a situation a person often has a creative idea. And he, let’s say, makes discoveries that will bring him worldwide fame.
They say that the great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, the creator of the imperishable “Dead Souls”, had a bad relationship with his characters. They appeared in his mind as if they were alive and he spoke to each of them in a friendly manner. Perhaps for this reason the literary images from the writer’s pen were so vivid and precise.
The tragedy of a person suffering from dissociative identity disorder is that in his mind there is an involuntary division between perceived enemies and friends. At times he lacks the will of his mind to clearly understand this unfortunate multitude of images, unfortunately, having finally resigned himself to his sad fate.
10 movies about split personalities
“Divided”, United States, 2016
Director – M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley
Age limit: 16+
Three girls, Casey, Claire and Marsha, are kidnapped from the parking lot. They find themselves in the basement and become Kevin’s prisoners. The girls soon discover that the kidnapper suffers from multiple personality disorder. The 23 characters lodged in the boy’s mind eventually suppressed his will. Kevin acts at the behest of these individuals and has absolutely no control over himself.
“Split”
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“Psycho”, USA, 1960
Director –Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Age limit: 16+
Marion can’t sort out her personal life. A love affair with a divorced man seems to be coming to an end. Out of desperation and hopelessness, she commits a crime. After getting a large sum of money at work, Marion rushes out of town as soon as possible. On the way, the girl stops for the night in a motel. Here everything is run by Norman, a strange guy who fears his stern mother like fire.
“Psychopath”
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“Angel Heart”, United States – Canada, 1987
Director -Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
Age limit: 18+
Private detective Harry Angel is looking for musician Johnny Favourite. Louis Cypher asked him to do this. The detective finds himself in a cycle of events that are sometimes simply inexplicable and mysterious. For example, everyone who wanted to tell Harry something about the missing man, Johnny Favourite, died under strange circumstances.
“Angel heart”
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“Beaver”, United States, 2010
Director –Jodie Foster
Starring: Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Jennifer Lawrence
Age limit: 16+
Walter Black, it seems, has achieved everything in life: he is a successful businessman, he has a strong and happy family. However, Walter is constantly depressed. One day, very drunk and with a stuffed beaver doll in his hand, he even tries to commit suicide. But, to the great joy of his loved ones, everything will work out. Moreover, at first glance, pleasant changes will occur in his life associated with the beaver doll.
“Beaver”
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“The Color of Night”, United States, 1994
Director -Richard Rush
Starring: Bruce Willis and Jane March
Age limit: 18+
The famous psychologist Bill Cape suffers from a severe depression. During one of his sessions, a patient dies. The shock was so deep that Bill could no longer see colors. He goes to see a friend in Los Angeles to calm down and get his act together. But then something happens that forces Bill to return to his favorite profession. He relates the unexpected death of his friend to the sessions that the latter conducted in one of the groups.
“Color of the night”
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“Enemy”, Canada – Spain, 2013
Director – Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon
Age limit: 16+
History teacher Adam Bell rents an unknown comedy film from a video rental store to relieve his boredom. The comedy did not please him with its content, but in one of the movie’s episodes he saw an actor who looked strikingly like him. Bell, out of curiosity, wants to meet him. He has no idea that this whim of the soul will radically change his life.
“Enemy”
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“A Tale of Two Sisters”, South Korea, 2003
Director – Kim Ji Woon
Starring: Im Soo Jung, Moon Geun Young, Yeom Jung Ah
Age limit: 16+
Sisters Soo Mi and Soo Yeon return from a mental hospital and are greeted at the door by their stepmother. The relationship between them was always tense and strained. One night, the sisters see the ghost of a woman who will strike terror into their hearts. One morning, Soo Mi discovers bumps and bruises on Soo Yeon’s arms. She begins to suspect her stepmother for what happened.
“A tale of two sisters”
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“Identification”, United States, 2003
Director –James Mangold
Starring: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
Age limit: 16+
Bad weather forced a group of 10 travelers to take refuge in an old roadside motel. And they thanked fate that they finally found a reliable shelter where they could calmly survive all the troubles. However, the joy will soon diminish when terrible events begin at the motel that affect each of them.
“ID”
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“Double”, United Kingdom, 2013
Director – Richard Ayoade
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska
Age limit: 18+
Simon is one of the company’s modest and discreet employees, who is not in favor with his colleagues, including his stern boss. He has an unrequited love for the charming girl Hannah and follows her everywhere like a shadow. One day, the boss introduces a new employee, James, to the company. Simon even faints when a newcomer appears: he looks exactly like him.
“Double”
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“Bloody Harvest”, France – Italy, 2003
Director – Alejandro Azha
Starring: Cécile de France, Maiwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon
Age limit: 16+
Students Marie and Alex go to the latter’s country house, where they intend to prepare for the session in calm silence. But at that moment a fat man in overalls, a maniac and a psychopath, appears on the area. He kills Alex’s parents, as well as her younger brother. Marie becomes a witness to the crime. The maniac ties the girl with chains, but she manages to free herself. The killer continues to pursue her.
“Bloody harvest”
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There is a rather controversial opinion that the split personality observed in ordinary people is a kind of decoration of our boring life, when we get tired of everyday life. And, they say, for a moment we look into the storehouse of their consciousness, filled with extravagant ideas and thoughts. In fact, the world of a person suffering from a split personality remains mysterious and inaccessible to us.
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