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Hyde, Mr., 115

Hyslop, Professor, 109

 

hypnosis, 50, 384, 391, 400, 401, 402, 431, 446; age progression by, 385ff hypocrisy, 129, 158, 181, 185, 186, 279, 295, 378; excessive propriety, as part of, 185 hysteria, 84, 87, 106, 309, 384, 446, 449; conversion symptoms, 165ff; genesis of, in environment, 314, 341.

See also psychological symptoms identifications, multiple, 287 identification with: aggressor (mike), 288-289; father, 262; father, as Sid, 284, 288; grandfather Dorsett, as Mike, 284, 288; Jews, 275; males, 287 igloo, 409-410, 414 immaturity, 37, 43, 320, 395 incest, 188, 262, 405-406 incomprehensible thing, the. See terrible thing, the injuries, physical. See abuses insanity, 47 integration 314, 316, 328, 333, 342, 344, 348, 360, 361-362, 384, 388, 391, 400, 403, 409, 432, 435-436, 440, 446; existential fear of, 411; mood improvement, 414; of Peggy Lou, 397-398; of Ruthie, 392-393; resistance to, by male personalities, 411-413; return of assertiveness, 414; spontaneous, 400 intercourse between parents, 183-189 internal injuries, 210, 275 Interpretation of Dreams (freud), 449 IQ, 38, 278

 

James, Professor William, 109 Jekyll, Dr., 115

 

laughter, 195, 197, 198, 201, 209, 213, 224, 242, 248, 269, 286 lesbian feelings, 351, 381; of Sybil Ann, 381 lesbianism, encounter with, 205 listening, blockage to, 307 lobotomy, 48 lost time. See terrible thing, the male cells, 288 male figures: Danny, 150ff, 164, 165, 278, 279, 336; Henry, 349ff; love for, 418; Ramon, 415, 416ff, 433-434, 441; Stan, 62ff, 417 male personalities, 283; environmental influences upon, 290; genesis of, 290 maleness, in every woman, 412 Mamie, 108, 109 manic depressive psychosis, 261 Marcia (marcia Lynn Dorsett, sometimes Baldwin), 122-123, 177, 178, 179-180, 181, 186, 289, 296, 298, 312, 335, 338, 340, 345, 361, 362, 365, 371, 372, 373, 376, 378, 379-380, 387, 389, 390-391, 403, 405, 410, 411, 424, 430, 433, 434, 445; depression of, 381. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Marjorie (marjorie Dorsett), 301, 302, 315, 335, 341, 361, 378, 389. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Mary (mary Lucinda Saunders Dorsett), 123, 162-164, 165, 166, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 180, 186, 288, 297, 298, 299, 315, 341, 344, 345, 347, 349, 358, 360, 362, 364-366, 367, 376, 377, 378, 379, 389, 390, 405, 407, 409, 410, 411, 424, 440, 443.

See also alternating selves; alternations of personality masturbation, 205; mutual, 206 maturity, 437, 440

Mayo Clinic, 40, 128, 274-275 memory, 51, 356, 357, 430; normal, 436; return of, 436 memory trace, 388, 446; Vicky's, 157, 356 menstruation, 163 mental illness, 424, 427

Mike (mike Dorsett), 282, 283-284, 285, 286-287, 288, 291, 296, 299, 301, 315, 335, 341, 344, 347, 361, 362, 378, 379, 387, 388, 402, 411-412, 413, 414, 424, 429, 440. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Mitchell, Dr. L., 109 modes of behavior, 431 money, 405; father's abuse of, 251, 269 Montana mother, 224 moodiness, 4, 130, 277 mother, 38, 41, 43-44, 45, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 62, 69, 73, 81, 83, 87, 88, 93, 114, 130, 137, 138, 139, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 153, 154, 161-162, 169, 173, 174, 179, 183, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 201, 202, 205, 206, 207, 213, 214, 215, 216-220, 221, 222, 248, 249, 258, 259, 275, 295, 297, 302, 322, 326, 328, 332, 338, 340, 357, 358, 359, 372, 374, 375, 388, 391, 411, 431; abuses by, 209-212, 273; as Hitler, 275; death wish for, 402; depression of, 193; hatred of, 401-402; need for, 181, unparalleled destructiveness of, 273, 275. See also Dorsett, Henrietta (hattie) Anderson multiple personality, 94, 115, 120, 199, 207, 241, 246, 267, 273, 274, 291, 313, 315, 340, 345, 347, 375, 381, 384, 402, 417, 424, 427, 438, 445, 446, 449;

associated root, 274; Beauchamp, Christine, 108, 110, 313; Bourne, Ansel, 106, 109; dynamics of, 331; Eve, 109; Felida X, 108, 109; first formation of, 109; Fisher, Doris, 108, 109, 313; genetic factors of, 111, 246, 313, 322; letter of denial of, 374; Mamie, 106, 109; objective study of, 448;

predisposition to, 111, 246; Prong, Silas, 108, 109; reaffirmation of, 374-375; Reynolds, Mary, 108, 109; Smead, Mrs., 108, 109;

Smith, Miss, 108, 109; taproot, 274; trauma, 110; verification of, 277; Vive, Louis, 108, 109; with male selves, 291. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality multiple selves. See multiple personalities multiplication, return of, 439 music, 85-86, 95, 101, 112, 130, 131, 256, 303, 327, 420; frustration over, 342; guitar, 166, 255, 277, 404; love of, 349; piano, 87, 132, 177, 212, 213, 242, 246, 251; violin, 200, 404,

 

nameless thing, the. See terrible thing, the Nancy (nancy Lou Ann Baldwin), 301, 308-313, 315, 361, 362, 378, 379, 389, 390, 440.

See also alternating selves; alternations of personality neurasthenia, 301, 304 neuritis, Willard's, 404 neurological test, 447 neurosis, family, 127, 244 neurotic solution, 342 nursing, 134, 361 nurturing, lack of, 112, 241, 245,

"Objective Study of a Multiple Personality," 448 occupancy of the body, simultaneous, 177 Oedipal feelings, 262, 408 only child, 38, 421 original child, 340, 342, 391, 402, 411; cessation of, 340; restoration of, ovaries, 287 overprotection, 37

parents, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 300, 340

Peggy, after integration of Peggy Lou and Peggy Ann, 410, 413, 415, 417, 419, 422, 427, 430, 431. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Peggy Ann (peggy Ann Baldwin), 93, 94, 115, 133, 145, 169, 170, 289, 290, 295, 307, 310, 315, 317, 318, 320, 321, 323, 329, 332, 333, 335, 339, 341, 347, 361, 362, 389, 394, 395, 405, 430. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality "Peggy" feelings, 414

Peggy Lou (peggy Lou Baldwin), 94, 97, 99, 111, 116, 117, 122, 133, 145, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 178, 180, 182, 185, 205, 275, 282, 286, 288, 289, 290, 295, 297, 299, 307, 310, 315, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 333, 334, 335, 339, 340, 341, 342, 345, 347, 350, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 366-371, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 389, 390, 391, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 405, 430, 431, 439, 440, 445, 446; assertiveness of, 381; rage as the core of being of, 368. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Peggy Louisiana, 183, 339, 408. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality penis, 185, 188, 286, 287, 412;

envy, 290; identification, 290 pentothal. See sodium pentothal personality reorganization, 435 personality, secondary, 108, 111 predisposition to multiple personality, 111; genetic, 246 prejudice, 295; against women by male personalities, 412-413 pretend world, 223, 247 primal scene, 183, 184, 262, 279, 367; different reactions to, 185 Prince, Dr. Morton, 91, 383; The Dissociation of a Personality, 108 prisoner, 213, 221, 292, Prong, Silas, 108, 109 psychiatric literature, 63 psychiatrist, 37, 39, 40, 53, 55, 173, 330, 427

 

psychiatry, 44 psychoanalysis, 49, 50, 52, 55, 58, 62, 64, 113, 115, 116, 168, 171, 268, 295, 297, 301, 320, 323, 341, 342, 344, 347, 348, 351, 355, 383, 384, 388, 425, 427, 446, 449; as force, 49; turning point of, 361 psychoanalyst, 267, 320 psychological test, 447, 448; word association, 447 psychoneurosis, 116, 250. See also grande hyst@erie psychosis, 116; freedom from, 392. See also schizophrenia psychosomatic illness, 117 psychotic, 117, 204 punishment, 351 rage, 220, 351; genesis of, 342;

return of, 402

Ramon, 336, 416, 433 rejection, 56 religion, 420-421. See also fundamentalist faith religious conflict, 288 repression, 111, 214, 221; of the waking self, 73 repudiation: of femininity, as reaction against mother, 285; of women's organs, 287 resistance, 46, 320, 326, 335, 348, 363, 383

Reynolds, Mary, 108, 109 ritual battering, 209ff; burns, 211;

cathartics, 209; dislocation, 211, enemas, 209; fracture, 211; instruments of torture, 210; internal injuries, 210; sadistic tortures, 210; severing of hymen, 210; suffocation, 211, 212; vaginal manipulation, 210; vibration, 211. See also abuses Ruthie (ruthie Dorsett), 186, 187, 289, 296, 304, 315, 335, 341, 361, 378ff, 385, 388ff, 392, 395, 396, 398, 399, 413, 446. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality schizophrenia, 117, 241, 261, 273-274, 313, 322; catatonic phase of, 207 secondary selves, 431, 447 seizure, psychological, 47 self-effacement, 39 self-realization, 308, 437 self-repudiation, 343 sex, 64, 262; as degradation, 185;

attitude toward, 182; copulation, parental, 184; desire for, 351;

differences, 286-287; distinction, 291; distortions about, 290; intercourse, 184, 186; sexless marriage, 417; starvation, 348; violation, 250 sexuality, 186 shame, 376 shock treatment, 355

Sid (sid Dorsett), 283-285, 286-287, 290-291, 296, 315, 335, 341, 361, 362, 378, 380, 387, 389, 411, 412, 413, 414, 424, 429, 440.

See also alternating selves; alternations of personality sinister force. See terrible thing, the sleeping Sybil, 399

Smead, Mrs., 108, 109

Smith, Miss, 108 sodium penthothal, 355, 356, 357, 360, 363, 384; addiction to, 363, 384; dependency on, 361, 363;

psychological addiction to, 363; weaning from, 363

 

special friends: within, 50, 177-180; without, 100-108, 122, 178 speech, precocity of, 213 stealing, 202, 203 suicide, 310, 311, 312, 368, 373, 388, 395, 397, 410, 411; attemp, 336; consideration of, 352 Sybil. See waking self, the Sybil Ann (sybil Ann Dorsett), 301, 302, 303, 304, 315, 341, 347-348, 358-359, 361, 362, 378, 379, 389. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality symptoms, emotional, 52, 64-65, 75, 76, 81, 93, 111-112, 122, 130, 135, 142, 211, 423 symptoms, hysterical: conversion, 165, 221;

numbness, 431; paralysis, 431; paresis, 431; seizure, 431;

spasticity, 431 symptoms, nervous, 15, 37, 39, 41, symptoms, physical, 39, 42, 51, 84, 86, 91, 93, 113, 195, 211, 213, 220, 224, 263, 337, 357, 377, 378, 401; gastrointestinal, 432; Vicky, 164.

See also symptoms, psychological symptoms, psychological, 49, 53, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 76, 77, 80, 81, 85-86, 91, 102, 107, 112, 113, 118, 119, 122, 135, 138, 142, 143, 151, 155, 164ff, 172, 196, 220, 292, 304, 308, 336, 349, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 373, 374, 378, 383, 401, 407, 426; linkage with early traumas, 341; neurasthenia, 304

 

terrible thing, the, 39, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 65, 69, 107, 113, 114, 117, 122, 144ff, 150, 151, 153, 155; lost time, 114, 117, 122, 150, 151, 156, 164, 282, 315-316, 341, 344, 360, 361, 362, 375, 404-405 testicles, 287

Thigpen, Dr. Corbey H., A Case of Multiple Personality, 108 Three Faces of Eve, 381 time: new sense of, 435; normal, 445 torture, instruments of, 222 trauma, 110, 176, 188, 199, 306, 314, 327, 336, 362, 380, 383, 385, 386, 394, 402, 409, 434;

original one, 341; taproot of, 402 trust, 45, 68, 77, 176, 224, 297, 368, 405 umbilical cord, 179 unconscious, the, 119, 275, 283, 291, 297, 321, 346, 367, 392, 393, 400, 402, 425, 443, 447, 449;

total, 381 uniqueness, 291 uterus, 287

 

vagina, 286, 287

Vanessa (vanessa Gail Dorsett), 123, 173, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 186, 289, 295, 296, 298, 315, 335, 341, 344, 347, 361, 362, 370, 371, 372, 373, 376, 378, 379, 387, 389, 390, 405, 411, 414, 424, 427, 440, 445. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Vicky (victoria Antoinette Scharleau), 100-101, 106, 107, 108, 111, 116, 117, 122, 127, 155ff, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 180, 181, 185, 186, 202, 282, 286, 289, 298, 312, 313, 315, 317, 318, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 347, 348, 350, 352, 356, 357, 360, 361, 362, 366, 371, 373, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 389, 390, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 399, 405, 408, 410, 411, 413, 414, 417, 427, 430, 431, 433, 434, 436, 440, 445, 446. See also alternating selves; alternations of personality Vive, Louis, 108, 109 voyeurism, 203

 

waking self, the, 111, 321, 336, 341, 446; as "boss," 357; depletion of, 340, 341; Dorsett, Sybil Isabel, 23ff; recollection of behavior of alternating self, 357; recollection of memories of alternating self, 360; unawareness of alternating selves, 324

 

walking, delayed, 213

 

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