All Of Me | Living with multiple personalities (dissociative identity disorder) | 7NEWS Spotlight

Jess is a young woman who lives five distinct identities - five different people, all in the same body. Four of them are male. What’s more, any of them could appear at any time - even when she and her husband were at their most intimate. So how does it all work? Melissa Doyle was invited to spend a week with Jess and her extended family.

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[sharbear]

This was very well done. I hope those with dissociative identity disorder continue to speak out & help spread awareness.

[masterpys]

"If I was a boy, what happened to me wouldn't have happened." My heart breaks for this woman.

[imthinkingaboutagooduserna]

This is how you interview. Super respectful.

[dnereaux]

I'm just so happy for her that she has a partner that loves and accepts her and the four others as well. He truly does love his wife and that's awesome.

[priscillaandthebean]

This disorder is not that difficult to understand. It's your mind literally not able to fight or flight a situation so your body goes through a disassociation. These "alters" protect the main host whenever they feel threatened mentally physically and emotionally. It's mind-blowing that there are DOCTORS who don't believe in this! Doctors, if anybody, know the human body has so much untapped potential that's not been discovered yet.

[couragekarnga]

Now, I don't personally have DID, but my girlfriend does. Before we knew what was wrong, she just thought she was going mad. So I salute those brave souls of you living with any kind of mental illness. My girl has PTSD, anxiety and depression, and DID. I salute you courageous souls living with a mental illness. You all are the bravest people in the world. Best of luck to you all.

[amynicole_]

I think it’s so important to increase awareness about this! It’s actually a beautiful expression of the brain wanting to protect a child who could not protect themselves

[EbethEsh]

This is one of the most respectful interviews I've ever seen, also her husband is a gem :')

[samarter]

Now THIS is how you respectfully interview someone. Well done on being a rare "done right"

[Shereezy]

So basically it is a coping mechanism people develop to help cope with something that has traumatized them as a child! very Interesting!

[ravenmarie]

What a wonderful man. She is a very lucky woman to have someone so loving understanding and supportive. Im so happy for her

[marilynmcelroy]

One of my friends has this disorder.  The first time I witnessed it was alarming.  She has at least 6 different "people" existing in her mind.  Unlike Jess, however, my friend has no memory of these other identities when she is herself.  She doesn't know when they make their appearance, or remember any of it.  It's terrifying for her, because she has no idea when they are going to appear.  They will appear usually when she is in a stressful or difficult situation.  She was the victim of sexual abuse as a child and it continued until she was a teenager.  It is her way of coping with the horrific things she endured.

[jolube]

One of the alters needs prescription glasses...
That's so intriguing

[mpacino]

Coming from someone who has this disorder it pains me to see people being so harsh towards those who don't understand it. Many of you sound like the Doctors who tried to tell me how I feel. Every case is a little different. We are not all the same. I also have a Seizure Disorder on top of it and it took a long time to get diagnosed correctly because everyone wanted to TELL ME what I was experiencing. Just because you study something doesn't make you an expert. Unless you actually have it you have no idea what it is like. You are no different from the people asking questions. I had one Doctor who laughed at me when I described my seizure symptoms (before being officially diagnosed by my Savior Dr). While chuckling she was all, "I have never heard of that". I was all, "You never heard of people smelling things before a seizure?" I even told her my sister and cousin have seizure disorders. She still wrote me up as "Mental Diagnosis". It took having a grand mal seizure in front of students in the classroom for me to be properly diagnosed. Had they not been telling me I was mental I would have been on proper meds. Good think it didn't happen while I was driving. So just because you are a Doctor or Student does not mean you know what you are talking about.

[elizabethcooper]

DID is both beauitful in the sense that its truly amazing what our bodies and minds are capable of doing to protect us, but also devastating. At the heart of it the reality is, somewhere along the line someone with DID saw or experienced something so traumatic that it literally fractured your psyche in a last dash attempt to save you. Yet, in all truth the core of who you are ends up locked inside your own cage. Things like this make me question how much we are actually incontrol of our minds, and how much our subconscious dictates.

[heathercorinne]

17:42 no one's gonna acknowledge the irony of the cat having two different colored eyes... beautiful!

[myworld]

Her husband is awesome, now that's a good man. Btw she's very beautiful too.

[MyAliceTube]

If I were a boy what happened to me wouldn't have happened 😞

[gothempress]

I love how beautiful and gentle this documentary is for Jess, her alters, and Gaz. So touching!

[TheNewMailLady]

I saw an incredible documentary about Jess a couple of years ago and became enamored by the amount of courage it must have took to show the world what DID looks like. So much love Jess 💓