8/3/2023 0 Comments Joining hands pics![]() ![]() ![]() You noticed a couple of things after you'd been working with her, you told me. Yeah.įischman: But that wasn't all that was going on with Ella. And that was the primary motivator of the PTSD. She endured really horrific abuse as a young child and was very aware of that, never had forgotten it. So she had a lot going on that she was really struggling with this trauma that she had experienced. And she had some disordered eating and self-harm. So that included things like flashbacks, nightmares, bodily kinds of difficulties. She was dealing with symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder. At the time she came to see me, she was a 19 year old college student. Well, Ella is, of course, the pseudonym to protect her her privacy. This episode of Science, Quickly contains discussions of personality disorders, childhood trauma and a brief mention of child abuse. She'll tell us about a patient she worked with for many years, an amazing young woman with 12 different "parts." These parts started out fighting with one another but, eventually and remarkably, they formed a peaceful community, many selves in one body and mind. Is it possible for one person to have several completely different personalities? I've seen movies and read books that claim that this happens, but is it real? To answer that question today, I'm joined by psychotherapist and anthropologist Rebecca Lester from Washington University in Saint Louis. I'm Josh Fischman, Scientific American senior health editor. Josh Fischman: Welcome to Science, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. ![]()
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