Fragmented Personality- A Psych Term Questioned

by **jmJMjm** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:54 pm

Who isn't fragmented? Untalented people (people who can't play many roles on entertainment shows, who can't do stand-up comedy and make jokes over different topics). Who?

The person who writes all these novels as if they were in the shoes of the character's they write about? The person who part of them wants to tell a white lie whilst a part of them wants to tell the truth? The person who is sometimes divided over certain issues.

I once heard someone tell another person about, "a fragmented personality". My first thought: What personality isn't made up of many parts and pieces?

Who doesn't have their work personality and their fun personality? So what is the psychbabble in pd places that talk of Fragmented Personalities. They don't say multiple, but fragmented.

I hear this about bpd's and hpd's a lot (that the pd's are fragmented), but isn't everyone fragmented somehow someway, pd or no pd?

A fragmented personality certianly has it's good points...

1. You are never alone.
2. You always have someone to talk to.
3. When you get in a discussion with someone, you always win because the majority rules.
4. When people say, "Y'all come back now," they mean it.
5. "Pull yourself together, man" takes on new meaning.
6. "The more the merrier" makes one stop and think.
7. You already know how to speak in front of groups.
8. Crowd control comes naturally.
9. You can take your selves on vacation at no additional charge and have a party.
10. Sometimes you can get group rates.

by **Fallen_Angel73** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:32 pm

BAZINGA!

by **thisislabor** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:04 am

... if you had a fragmented personality how would you even know?

- Labor.

by **masquerade** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:52 am

I decided to go for a Google walk in response to this, and typed in "Fragmented Personality". Most of the articles I found were related to Dissociative Identity Disorder, which bears no connection to HPD or any of the other personality disorders.

This small article about BPD was interesting, however.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17652950

It is common for those with HPD to lack a sense of identity, resulting in role playing, the expression of which would vary according to their circumstances, because their sense of self is so poor.

by **thisislabor** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:17 am

Even if you were disassociating... you wouldn't really be able to tell that you were. Your biggest indicator that you are disassociating is a withdrawal of awareness about you... probably even into your immediate surroundings. you litterally withdraw into yourself mentally like watching a small animal crawl into a cave. because associating with reality is too painful you begin to disassociate... so it's like watching your mind watch the world from it's mind.

... that's my best description of it to tell you.

... but people having bi-polar and completely crazy emotions ... now that it is just normal stuff.

- Labor.

by **Fallen_Angel73** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:27 am

thisislabor wrote:... if you had a fragmented personality how would you even know?

This is actually a very good question.

masquerade wrote:Most of the articles I found were related to Dissociative Identity Disorder, which bears no connection to HPD or any of the other personality disorders.

I beg to differ. I clearly have dissociative features (can't tell how serious it is on a clinical scale — see above question...). I have noticeable and unstable holes in my memory. Both me and my shrink are convinced it's completely intertwined with my schizotypy. It's controversial whether schizotypal disorder should be a PD, though (I don't think it should).

It is common for those with HPD to lack a sense of identity, resulting in role playing, the expression of which would vary according to their circumstances, because their sense of self is so poor.

I believe this is a huge part of why I seem to be attracted to HPD's. I have an extremely fleeting sense of self. The very idea of having a constant and defined identity feels like a heavy commandment. I feel a sense of identity with those who lack it.

by **thisislabor** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:00 am

anagram wrote:The very idea of having a constant and defined identity feels like a heavy commandment. I feel a sense of identity with those who lack it.

It's almost like there are those kind of people who have read the bible and those who haven't.

anagram wrote:BAZINGA!

well played - .^ :lol:

- Labor.

by **Fallen_Angel73** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:38 am

thisislabor wrote:It's almost like there are those kind of people who have read the bible and those who haven't.

Sounds about right. I don't do things by the book...

by **LoreilDarksky00** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:45 am

I actually have fragmented personalities--it is very obvious to those who have it, that they have it.
It's like having multiple personalities, except far beyond that. To me, they act and behave as entirely separate individuals. We speak inside my head, we see each other, we switch out when needed. Each fragment holds and embodies an aspect of my full personality, but they have become much more than that, it seems. They have their own opinions, thoughts, coping skills, skill sets, and mannerisms. They are all me, yes, but surface-wise they are "others".
It gets confusing when I forget they ARE me, when I prefer to think of them as true "others"... but as in most cases, fragmented personalities is a result of a trauma the original could not handle, and so fragmented so certain personality aspects could handle and cope with the parts they can, instead of being overwhelmed with the entire situation as a single individual.

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