not understood so therefore was soon forgotten. Many cases showed up during the years, but was overlooked, or misdiagnosed as either schizophrenia or psychosis. Many in the medical profession did not believe that a person could have more than one personality in a body, unknowingly, even after the 1950s. In 1993, records show that three to five thousand people were being treated for MPD, compared to the hundred cases reported ten years earlier. The disease is commonly found in adults who were abused mentally, physically, emotionally, and or sexually as children, between birth to eight years of age. The child uses a process called disassociation to separate himself/herself from the abusive situation. This is when the child makes up a personality to take control of the mind and body. During abuse, usually there is a personality for every emotion and feeling when the abuse is taking place. Symptoms of the disease include: amnesia, hallucinations, depression, and suicidal thoughts, and tendencies, and there can be anywhere from two to over a hundred different personalities. Usually each personality will fall into one of the following categories: host, core, child, teenager, artistic, adult, animals, intimate members, self-helpers, persecutor, rescuer and helper. The child is usually under the age of twelve, with according behaviors, such as thumb sucking, tantrums, crying whining, pulling hair, and eating cookies. The persecutor is self destructive including drug and or alcohol habits, they also take over and can become violent or angry. The rescuer is logical, able proficient and responsible. The helper acts as medium for all personalities, almost like an all- knowing omniscient narrator. In Somebody Somewhere, Carol and Willie were Williams Escape. The alters helped her deal with everyday situations she could not deal with. Williams would disappear into her world, while Carol or Willie took over. Carol would be the rescuer,...