Me Myself And Irene Book Report

I watched Me, Myself and Irene. It is about a Rhode Island State Trooper named Charlie. He fell in love with a girl and they got married. She ended up leaving him for another guy. After going through everything Charlie was diagnosed with Multiple Personalities Disorder. As part of Charlie’s job he has to bring a woman named Irene to another police station. Along the way, Irene meets Hank, Charlie’s second personality while they themselves are trying to run from the police. In the end, Charlie’s personality disorder in the end is under control and Irene and Charlie get engaged. Multiple Personality Disorder is also called Dissociative Identity Disorder. According to Psychology Today, “Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness” (Psychology Today, 2008). Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by a traumatic injury, mentally or physical, that happened during childhood.
Schreiber was a known journalist and specialized in writing about mental health issues. The most important phone call that Schreiber would get that would change her career for forever was when “Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, a psychoanalyst and psychiatric practitioner, phoned Schreiber to tell her about one of her patients, a young women with no fewer than sixteen multiple personalities.” Once Dr. Wilbur had interviewed all of the woman’s personalities Schreiber began to write her book. The book was based on the case history. Throughout the process of writing the book Sybil, the family got really close with Schreiber (Sinason,