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God Complex

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The God Complex has never been recognised as a personality disorder, but it is very similar to the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). It was coined by the psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, it is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. A person with a God Complex may refuse to admit the possibility of their mistakes or failures, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, intractable problems or difficult and impossible tasks. The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct. He/she does not concern responsibility for the evil he commits. Someone with a God Complex doesn't respect any conventions and society demands, and may request special consideration or privileges. The person demands constant attention from others, adoration and an emotional attitude. The confidence which characteristic for the God Complex

Billy Milligan- The most severe case of DID

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The most severe case of dissociation identity disorder was William Stanley Milligan. Twenty-four personalities have been diagnosed in him. Doctors conducting the medical "investigation" found that Billy's problems were closely related to his childhood and to his stepfather Chalmer Milligan, who not only beat or buried the boy underground, but also raped him and sexually abused. It was the time, when David's personality appeared for the first time, helping him to deal with anxiety and pain. More personalities appeared over time. The primary, original personality was 26-year-old William Stanley Milligan with blue eyes and brown hair, who was not able to graduate from high school. He constantly tried to commit suicide and was put to sleep by others. Next personality was 22-year-old Arthur. He had a dominant role, he decided which personality would be revealed and would take over consciousness. He was intelligent, unfazed, and spoke with British accent. He wore glasses. T

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a dissociative disorder where there are at least two personalities in one person. Usually the individual personalities do not know about the existence of the others, but not always. Not only are the behaviors of different personalities usually different, each of them has a separate identity, memories, and what is very interesting, sometimes even gender, IQ, blood pressure, visual acuity, sexual preferences, addictions or allergies and diseases such as diabetes. Personalities can also be of completely different ages. Nervous system function tests can reveal differences in the brain function of individual personalities in the same person. The mechanism of the disorder is not well understood. As a dissociation, the multiple personality develops after very painful, traumatic experiences and crises in childhood related to death and sexuality. It is characterized by the disintegration of the ego, the integrity of which provides the ability to positivel

Mental disorders

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