Please help me. My friend has a double personality, and I believe he's a danger to himself and others.?
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Be very careful when around him as he can be very dangerous! even if he is faking it he could take it to extremes to make it believable. If it is true it is for the doctors and experts to treat him... maybe you should contact his family first and let them know whats happening.
If he honestly seems like a danger to himself (Which it sounds like he is, if he said he's the devil's servant), he needs psychiatric help ASAP. Be sure that he gets it-----I don't believe in possession, but even if it exists, it's better if they try him on psych drugs first just in case that might be it.
Does he know that he has a double personality? I think he should seek therapy.
hey iv just been told like an hour ago that i have a muddle of mental illnesses like schizopherna and mood affect disorders and obssesive conpulsive...basically i get like that one minute i am the best person ther havin fun and ppl love bein around me, next minute im down and feel rubbish and moody.
tel your friend to go see his gp, this isnt to do with religion, when your high your mind makes you think you are special and your friend sayin he is devils servant is typical of a schizophrenia disorder...(split personalities, voices etc) if he sees a psychiatrist they wil ask him if he hears voices, tastes and smells things that arent there, if he thinks he has any special powers etc etc...he will most likely be given antipsychotics (to treat psychosis) dont worry he isnt mad and you tryin to'cast out his double personality' may actually make things worse so get him to a medically trained person as quick as possible.
If he is truly an antisocial personality, the times he is being nice is only to gain your trust and desire to be near him so he can abuse you in the future. My suggestion is to RUN as far away from him as possible. You cannot change a bully, you only have the ability to change how you respond to his cruel actions. Any attempt to help him just feeds into his egotism while conditioning you to accept abuse.
Save yourself a lot of frustration and end contact with him now. If he wants help, he can seek out professional help.
PS: Become more choosy about who you call a friend. Anyone who leaves you feeling bad about yourself most of the time IS NOT A FRIEND!
I think what you’re enquiring about is Multiple Personality Disorder (not double personality). If your friend, when he becomes “b” is unaware of the fact that he changes when he is “a” then it is very likely that he is in fact suffering from MPD. MPD is characterised by the surfacing and interchanging or two or more dominant personalities which are not aware of one another. What “b” does, “a” doesn’t know about. It is not uncommon for MPD sufferers to claim to be devils’ servants, etc., especially if they are exposed to information. There are many different theories on the matter, but most psychologists tend to agree that a traumatic, life changing event triggers MPD and it becomes a coping mechanism to deal with difficult life experiences. I read a case study of a young sexually abused girl who developed over 80 personalities in order to cope with the trauma she was experiencing. Your friend needs support from a psychologist. You should speak to other concerned friend and members of his family. Someone else will have noticed. This sort of thing can be resolved and treated.
If your friend is aware of his interchanging personality then it is likely that he is severely antisocial or narcissistic and feeds of your emotional responses to his actions. Narcissists crave attention of the emotional sort where as antisocial people do not react to others’ emotions and so not even notice that they are causing harm. Either way, psychologists can treat these sorts of things.
As for Catholicism... I am not a Catholic myself, but I come from a Catholic family and I am a practicing Christian. From what I have heard about exorcisms, the demons and the person affected are aware of one another’s existence. If you are concerned, you should seek spiritual advice from your family persist and refer your friend to a psychologist. That way all possibilities are covered and you can rest assured.
Can I also add, to clear up previous confusion, that split personality and multiple personality are different matters. I noticed that others got this confused. Schizophrenia, also known as “split mind” refers to having a personality that is different from the norm. Some schizophrenic patients, especially paranoid schizophrenic, have delusions of grandeur and hallucinations in which they come to believe that they are hearing voices, or great/evil beings such as gods or demons. This is not a different personality. It is a part of their damaged personality but they do not have the capacity to understand this. Multiple personality is an entirely different disorder.
Hollywood got it wrong. MPD and Paranoid Schizophrenia (with signs of split personality) are entirely different!
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