Letting you know I am lurking

[idianshire.livejournal.com]

I thought since I have been reading the forum for a while now, and actually created a LJ account and joined this week I should introduce myself. I don't know how much I will write, but I think its only good manners that those I am reading at least know I am here.

I started reading because I was hoping it woudl be a place where I could discuss multiplicity. I have other groups that deal with other aspects of my life, but lately multiplicity is becoming this big unspoken thing. Not that I'm ashamed, it's just because there isn't a place to put it. And I don't believe it's a good thing, to have such an important aspect of who each of us are kept silent. But in saying that I don't knwo how often I will post. I am not good at speaking up a lot of the time.

So anyway, this is my introduction, it doesn't say a lot about me but at least you know I am reading.

Shire

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[pengke.livejournal.com]

DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: THE RELEVANCE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

Abstract: Behavior analytic accounts of Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, are rarely presented in detail. This lack of depth may be due to misunderstanding the relevance of the behavior analytic position on personality, abnormality, and related issues. An argument is made here that a behavioral analysis of Dissociative Identity Disorder demystifies these behaviors and that behavior analysts need to communicate to a wider audience by addressing more phenomena of a clinical and popular interest.

Interesting 'highlights':

"Because abnormality is defined by its context, and because we are frequently less adept at self-observation than we are at observing the behavior of others (Skinner, 1974), this in and of itself could lead to aberrant behavior. But individuals with DID-like behaviors persist in their self-observations and reports, even in the face of contradicting public observations. They claim to be different persons when in fact there is only one and the same person (or body) present. These individuals have dissociated their self-observations and resulting reports from the reports of others. As a result, they have observations that are not as controlled by the public environment but are instead a function of their own distorted verbal governances (Fine, 1992)."

"Whereas you or I might ask, "Did you see (or hear) something?" when we are unsure of seeing or hearing, individuals whose behaviors are consistent with the label of DID may have to learn to ask, "Am I still behaving as me?" The therapist could not answer this question alone but family members and significant others could. This process would have to continue until the person reports being the same individual with the same experiences, and has less observable variability in his or her personal repertoire."

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