Sybil Movie

[mysticeden.livejournal.com]

I finally saw Sybil this weekend with my room mate who is also a multiple. I had read the book but never seen the film. I thought her acting was amazing! Me and my room mate both looked at each other in shock. If we hadn't known it was an actress I might have believed her. I was surprised since she's a singlet (as far as I know).

Besides from that the movie was good, although I don't understand why they made all the alters into children. That was very weird especially since a lot of them were either the same age as Sybil or older. In all reality I cant judge the movie alone because all the holes in the story I knew about since I read the book.

One question though, who was the guy? does anyone know? I knew of a few different guys in the book, but the love interest in the movie seemed like a combination of them and her best friend (who did not appear in the movie anyway).


Well this is just me ranting but I'd like to hear your opinions on this movie or the book.

Comments

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

I find I'm frequently popping up on this community for weird historical facts about multiplicity. Please bear with me.

Prior to 1900, possession was the most frequent "diagnosis" for cases that might very well have been cases of multiplicity. Psychologically, we've only thought about personality and identity in those terms very recently (last 100 years or so) and before that everything was given supernatural reasons for occurring. If you read up on some stories of possession, particularly case studies of some witch burnings in the 16th and 17th centuries, you'll realize that all of the "symptoms" sounds a hell of a lot like multiplicity.

Some of us even have demons or inhuman soul-bonds and the like. Technically, that kind of multiplicity fits the very definition of possession.

Luc, et al

[mysticeden.livejournal.com]

That would also make walk-ins and other kin a type of possesion wouldnt it?