Just a while ago, I stated that DID patients were usually “very good girls” in their childhood, but there are exceptions. Some patients gave an impression to their parents that they are capricious and moody. In fact, this could have been a sign of switching which might have begun to show in their family of origin.
Usually their parents do not have a slightest idea that their children are occasionally switching into different personalities, and often find them as confusing and unpredictable. On the other hand, those children who are not aware of their own switching do not understand why their parents seem so perplexed and confused. They even have a feeling that they are misunderstood and treated unfairly by their parents.
When mothers are interviewed, they usually do not appear to be cold or indifferent. They often give an impression of being reasonably concerned about their daughters’ conditions. Most of them are over concerned and swing from joy to sorrow according to their daughters’ conditions. Some mothers are criticized by their daughters and their other personalities for their “maltreatment” and “lack of affection” toward them in their childhood.
The case of Ms.A
I will present one of my cases of DID whose relationship with her mother had some of the above-mentioned features.
Ms. A is a single woman in her late twenties. She does not have a job and is living with her parents. Her chief complaint was as follows. “I sometimes become like a child. I want someone to do something about it”. Her mother who accompanied Ms.A says that she cannot stand her daughter’s attack any more.
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