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This article discusses a TV show in which the main character suffers from dissociative identity disorder and compares the portrayal of the disorder on the show with the realities of the disorder in real life. It also discusses some of the controversial questions in the mental health world regarding dissociative identity disorder.
The author says that the woman on the show is portrayed as having a more extreme case than typical and that most people with this disorder do not have it affect their lives to the extent of this Hollywooded up portrayal of dissociative identity disorder.
It also talks about the controversy over whether the disease is real, but also says that it is fairly easy to distinguish between the real cases and the fake ones, however most doctors say that they have seen very few believable cases. One real life example of this was the Hillside Strangler, who claimed to have multiple personalities but was discovered as a fraud.