Multiple Personality Disorder/DID

[Soapy Sam]

Well it would be interesting if an objective test existed. I agree it makes no difference legally now, but if it could be indisputably proven that I was not in control of my body at the time, there is precedent for diminished responsibility ("while the balance of his mind was disturbed").

I wonder, if personality A did all the work, would personality B refuse to spend A's money on moral grounds?

 

[ReFLeX]

I'm not sure i necessarily agree with Merck that the number is that high.

That's fine, because I cited it to show that there are current cases.

The earliest clear description was in Germany in 1791.

More specific, please?

We don't?
A brief Google search turned up:
http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref4.html
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00394.x
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10084343&dopt=Abstract
http://www.siari.co.uk/Dissociation...ociative-identity-disorder-in-adults-2005.htm
http://www.empty-memories.nl/abstra...www.fortea.us/english/psiquiatria/history.htm

Hmm... sketchy...

And it's highly likely that some "true" mediums, ie. those who were not intentionally deceptive charlatans, may have been DID sufferers as well.

See, this is what I'm talking about. How can this wild conjecture be "highly likely"?