SYBIL’S BATTLE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER The multiple personalities of “Sybil”. Drew P. Burks East Mississippi Community College The Multiple Personalities of “Sybil”. In the movie “Sybil”, Sybil has multiple personality disorder. This means that she has a rare disorder in which two or more distinct and different personalities live within one person. Multiple personality disorder is often caused by physical and sexual abuse in children (NAMI, 1996). Sybil created an escape and defense from …showed first 75 words of 786 total…

…showed last 75 words of 786 total…Some other patients can recover, but it can take many more years than it did in “Sybil’s” case. At the end of the grieving process, creative energy is released. The survivor can reclaim self-worth and personal power and rebuild their life after so much focus and healing. In conclusion, people with multiple personality disorder are very courageous, intelligent, creative, socially skilled, talented people whose dissociative abilities allowed them to survive traumatic abuse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**