Sybil: Multiple Personality Disorder

206 Words1 Pages
The movie Sybil was released in 1976, in the beginning one can clearly see a dysfunctional woman who suffered from multiple personalities and learning to deal with them on a daily basis. Later in the movie we discover that she did suffer from multiple personality disorder. This disorder manifested itself after she had endured horrible abuse as a child, physically, mentally, and sexually this child was abused for a long time which later developed into this serious disorder. She struggled for eleven years seeking treatment and a way to see fit a normal life. Her mother seemed to have suffered from schizophrenia which appeared to have been the reason of the horrifying events that took place during Sybil’s childhood. This movie was based on actual