I have a friend who's a genuine Sybil-style multiple personality (though much more stable than poor Sybil at the time of diagnosis). I have another two who are severely dissociative and will forget things that make them emotionally uncomfortable. And I myself have night terrors when I'm in a stressful period - as in I will wake up wondering what the heck the terrible racket is, and *then* realize that I'm screaming my lungs out for absolutely no reason.
Um, the screaming thing has only happened a few times in my life, and always during a stressful time (graduation, parent in hospital, etc). I am much saner than that anecdote probably made me seem. ;-)
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Date: 2007-02-02 07:06 pm (UTC)So yes, I can believe it. *shrug*
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Date: 2007-02-02 07:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-03 12:34 am (UTC)