Contrastingly, in the case of dédoublement from Puyesegeur two or several personalities co-exist in one body. As an example, the case of Mary Reynolds who was an American who suffered from what could be concluded as multiple personality disorder. Nowadays déboublement of the personality is commonly called dissociative identity disorder (DID),it is a mental disorder “on the dissociative spectrum characterized by the appearance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behaviour, accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness” (en.wikipedia.org ) Diagnoses is difficult and can be confused with other mental problems as
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To differentiate both in few words we can say that BPD is a lot of problems in a single personality but DID are separated problems in two or more personalities. People with DID house personalities as if they were different people, with different names, ages, and astonishingly different genders and sexual preferences. They generally influence each other as they are connected. Yet, sometimes they are not even aware of each other.
Due to the events that follow in the novel, especially considering that Grace Marks is pardoned, the reader can infer that the idea that she is faking is discarded and with it the idea of double consciousness which will leave an open door to the theory of dédoublement. Does this position suit for Grace’s case? In order to determine if Grace can be considered as to have this diagnosis it is essential to establish the causes. It is believed that the main reason for different personalities to appear is cases of abuse and violence during childhood from what the individual or the “host” cannot defend himself. As a result, one or more “protectors” appear to help
To differentiate both in few words we can say that BPD is a lot of problems in a single personality but DID are separated problems in two or more personalities. People with DID house personalities as if they were different people, with different names, ages, and astonishingly different genders and sexual preferences. They generally influence each other as they are connected. Yet, sometimes they are not even aware of each other.
Due to the events that follow in the novel, especially considering that Grace Marks is pardoned, the reader can infer that the idea that she is faking is discarded and with it the idea of double consciousness which will leave an open door to the theory of dédoublement. Does this position suit for Grace’s case? In order to determine if Grace can be considered as to have this diagnosis it is essential to establish the causes. It is believed that the main reason for different personalities to appear is cases of abuse and violence during childhood from what the individual or the “host” cannot defend himself. As a result, one or more “protectors” appear to help