The Girl With Dissociative Identity Disorder

not me, but my take.

Multiple people,
In that girls head.
Which side will come out,
Which side will remain temporarily dead.
Her altars aren't simply characters,
Do not be foolishly mislead.
Even though she was born,
As one seed.
Her mind is one that tend to,
Consistently impede.
These personas came,
From the young trauma she received.
When she switches her memory goes blank,
If she says she doesn't remember,
Don't feel deceived.
She lives a secret life,
With multiple people,
In her brain.
No wonder,
Everyone simply,
Deems her,
Insane.

Author's Note

what do you think?

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Very thought provoking and illuminating on a subject I have thought about in the past. I remember as a child watching a TV movie called Sybil about a girl with dissociative identity syndrome. It made me wonder if the voices I heard in my head were alters. Only later in life would I come to realize I was too self aware of these voices that it was my own manic depression reaching out to me. I never blanked out or woke up in strange places wondering how I got there. Considering all the trauma I have gone through I'm both relieved and surprised I never ended up with this devastating mental illness. I could never imagine what it would be like to be lost in an endless maze in your mind while a split personality takes over your body as you're unaware. Like most mental illness cures are unlikely but treatment helps manage these issues. And as a society we need to show more compassion and less ridicule toward people who suffer through such devastating illness. Thank you, Anaya, for sharing your poem.

[John the Baptist]

This one does give insight into this disorder, which is a service. I recall reading of one woman who had 16 different identities coming in and out of her mind.