Schizophrenia - a microcosm of life with emotional illness
Although Kevin has been confirmed by his trusted psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher to have 23 personalities, there is still a master personality that dominates all personalities that has not yet emerged. In order to survive the war of all personalities, Kevin had to deliberately kidnap three girls, including the observant Casey. When the world of reality and fantasy was about to collapse, he had to find a way to defeat and escape. .
Just watch the movie "Split"
I highly recommend everyone to watch the movie "Split", especially those who like psychological thriller movies and those who focus on multiple personality issues, because James McAvoy performed wonderfully in each different personality when interpreting "Split", in addition to his expression, The overall appearance and even physical appearance are tailored to each personality.
"Split" has a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere as a whole. Because of its atmosphere creation and first-class natural and terrifying soundtrack, you will feel involuntarily indulged in the plot, and you will feel the huge panic that you feel.
Director Shyamalan once said: "I wonder what would happen if each of the multiple personalities believed that they were 100% independent individuals. If one of the personalities believed that he had diabetes or high cholesterol, the body would react to such a belief. Corresponding chemical changes? So what happens if one of the personalities believes that he has superpowers?"
Kevin was set to have 23 personalities in "Split", and contrary to what the director said, he set each of them to be "somewhat" aware of each other's existence. If the direction of the show in the movie is to become "multiple personalities who are unaware of each other's existence", and each personality leads an independent life, and the same person has different social circles with different identities, it might become more interesting!
Key personality introduction
(1) Kevin: The most original personality
(2) Berry: Extroverted Leader
(3) Patricia: female personality, most often in charge with Berry
(4) Dennis: The one with the best physique and the personality responsible for the kidnapping operation
(5) Haiwei: 9-year-old girl
(6) Beast: An almost non-human personality, the boss of all personalities, wants to kill those who have not been bullied and defiled, and believes that those people have no value in living.
Multiple personality issues
personality disorderFrom the outside, it has always been a very mysterious issue, and because of its mystery, it has often been remade into many movies to expose more people to this issue, such as EX: Beautiful Realm, Black Swan, etc. "Split" focuses ondissociative personality disorder(Dissociative Identity Disorder, referred to as DID), which can be divided into three aspects to discuss:
1. The emergence of personality:
"Split" mentioned that Kevin was once subjected to domestic violence, which resulted in such a series of personality splits. Each personality will be generated due to different stimuli during the growth process. For example, the birth of a beast is likely to be due to the peak of defensiveness in childhood, resulting in an antisocial personality.
In addition, I would like to talk about a part that has not been confirmed by the case. The ending said that the kidnapped girl Casey was left until the end when the beast discovered that she was the same species (Kathy was also hurt by her family). We can see that "personality and Although this "sympathy between personalities" has not been proven by actual cases, I think that some emotional elements of this kind were added in the movie to increase tension.
3. Treatment:
The interaction between multiple personality patients and therapists has always been the focus of attention, and the development of negative personalities should also receive the attention and care of society. For example, the interaction between Kevin and therapist Karen Fletcher in the movie is critical. Dr. Fletcher has to carefully dissect the thoughts of each personality and carefully figure out the most suitable way to cause the least harm to people. Get treatment. Bringing it into real life, the therapist must carefully analyze and detect the patient's antisocial personality, and treat the patient's personality with the most caution.
One of the famous treatment methods is "encouraging internal communication between separate personalities." In the movie, Dennis and Patricia are more likely to become the "dominant personalities" of multiple personalities. It is assumed that they are used to treat Kevin in real life. These two personalities will have a better chance of success.
So what can we do?
After watching "Split", we have learned more about split personality, and you may want to ask, how can we help these patients?
- Pay attention to the "International Society for Trauma and Dissociation ISSTD", they are dedicated to the treatment of structural dissociation and long-term trauma.
- It takes several years to cure multiple personality disorders. Because patients are highly suggestible, hypnosis is often used in clinical treatment to summon the patient's different personalities for treatment. However, according to clinical experience, hypnotherapy is mostly auxiliary or only a technique, not a permanent cure.
- If the patient does not accept medical help, relatives and friends can use things that the personality fears to make the personality disappear, or use things that the patient likes to stimulate the patient.
- When using the above methods, it is best to cooperate with other good sub-personalities. If the personality is not a threat, there is no need to kill them all, because the personality is born to help the patient.
