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Re: compulsive liars » jimmyjgill

Posted by fallsfall on May 2, 2005, at 8:14:33

In reply to compulsive liars, posted by jimmyjgill on May 1, 2005, at 11:08:00

Maybe she has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) - formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.

If she did, then each identity you saw would be sincere, but they wouldn't necessarily combine together to an understandable whole. Did she remember being one way when she was the other? Or did she say that she never loved you? (you said: "Her emotions completely different as if the previous conversation never took place.")

You could try asking her (if she contacts you again) what her name is. Often people with DID have different names for different identities. You could try to figure out if she "loses time" - sometimes when a person is in one identity, the other identities don't remember what that identity has done. So Identity A will have no idea what happened between 2PM and 5PM, because Identity B was in control at that time.

If she has DID, she may not be aware of it, and her therapist may not be aware of it. It is a tricky diagnosis, and often is very scary for the patient.

Tread lightly. Good luck.

On the other hand, she may be a compulsive liar...

 

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